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Nanook of the North
  • March (of the Docs) Madness 2015
    Legends, stirring storylines and passionate fans are a few of the commonalities between college basketball and documentary filmmaking. 32 documentary symbols go head to head in our March Madness tournament. Vote now!
    Tom Roston 5 min read March 15, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Linklater, Like Flaherty Before Him
    Like Flaherty, Linklater is pioneering a new form in film.
    Tom Roston 3 min read February 10, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • #365Docs: Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (7/365)
    I'm watching 365 documentaries and writing about each one in 2014. Tweet your suggestions to @documentarysite.
    Heather McIntosh 3 min read February 20, 2014 Documentary Site Comments
  • The Greatest Documentaries of All Time: Rajendra Roy on 'Kon-Tiki'
    "Thor Heyerdahl's adventure was grander than anything my boyhood brain could have conceived."
    POV Guest Blogger 2 min read November 21, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • The Greatest Documentaries of All Time
    Nanook of the North? Hoop Dreams? Fahrenheit 9/11? What's your pick? Vote by Thursday, November 29, 2012!
    POV Staff 2 min read November 8, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Documentary Films? That's Entertainment!
    Documentaries have started to assert that they, like their Hollywood cousins, can be more than simply 'engaging.' Doc Soup Man Tom Roston says they can be entertaining diversions too.
    Tom Roston 9 min read April 3, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Documentary Year in Review Countdown #8: Cinéma Vérité Pioneer Richard “Ricky” Leacock Dies
    POV is counting down the top documentary stories of 2011 on New Year's Eve 2012.
    POV Staff 1 min read December 31, 2011 Documentary News Comments