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  • Upcoming Events
    As many look forward to celebrating holidays with friends and families, you can share intimate stories from families around the world with those in your community. Host your own screening in December!
    POV Staff 2 min read October 31, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Upcoming Events
    This week, 7 different films are being screened in 7 cities throughout the US, covering topics such as juvenile justice, Alzheimer's, and LBGT issues.
    POV Staff 3 min read October 17, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Hot Docs: Discovering 'Pine Ridge'
    Allow Doc Soup Man Tom Roston to introduce you to Pine Ridge, a documentary that made an impression at Hot Docs in Toronto by first-time Swedish filmmaker Anna Eborn.
    Tom Roston 5 min read April 28, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Watch Now: 'Sun Kissed' Streaming for Free at POV
    Trying to decide what films you are going to watch this weekend? The powerful and emotional 'Sun Kissed' is now streaming on POV!
    POV Staff 1 min read December 28, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Next on POV: Sun Kissed
    When a Navajo couple discovers their children have a disorder that makes exposure to sunlight fatal, they also learn their reservation is a hotbed for this rare genetic disease. Why? Watch Thursday, October 18, 2012 on POV.
    POV Staff 1 min read October 16, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Watch 'Sun Kissed' on your iPad and iPhone!
    Just announced! You can now watch the riveting 'Sun Kissed' before the U.S. broadcast premiere on October 19, 2012 on the PBS app for iPhone and iPad!
    POV Staff 1 min read October 12, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Ask Director Erica Scharf About the Documentary 'Up Heartbreak Hill'
    Director Erica Scharf of Up Heartbreak Hill will be taking your questions live on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 2:30 PM Eastern.
    POV Staff 1 min read August 1, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Watch 'Boomtown' Online and Celebrate Native American Heritage Month
    As Americans come off a historic day at the polls, American Documentary (the producer of POV) presents a film about America’s national identity. Boomtown, by Bryan Gunnar Cole, portrays the selling of fireworks by the Suquamish Nation–exploring life, liberty and the politics of Indian sovereignty in America. November is Native American Heritage Month. Celebrate by […]
    Andrew Catauro 2 min read November 4, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • The Last Conquistador's John Valadez Answers Viewer Questions
    John Valadez, along with Cristina Ibarra, is the co-director of The Last Conquistador. After the film aired on July 15, viewers wrote in with questions for John and Cristina on the POV Blog. Read on as John answers questions about John Houser, handling angry reactions from viewers and what’s happening in El Paso now. Anne […]
    Ruiyan Xu 5 min read July 28, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Questions on 'The Last Conquistador'
    Independent journalist Tom Roston checks in and writes about the world of documentaries in his column, Doc Soup. Today, he raises some questions that came to mind as he watched the most recent POV film. So, I’ll repeat what I said in my Monday post that I think The Last Conquistador is a really good […]
    Tom Roston 2 min read July 16, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • What's Your POV about 'The Last Conquistador?
    It sounded like a perfect partnership. Renowned sculptor John Houser dreamed of building the world’s tallest bronze equestrian statue, a stunning monument to the Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate that would pay tribute to the contributions Hispanic people made to building the American West. The city of El Paso, Texas, was looking to improve its […]
    theresa 2 min read July 14, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmakers: The Last Conquistador's John J. Valadez and Cristina Ibarra
    When John J. Valadez and Cristina Ibarra, learned that the city of El Paso had commissioned a sculptor to create a statue of Juan de Oñate, they knew they wanted to document the controversial public arts project that had come to be seen as a monument to culture by some, and as a glorification of […]
    Catherine Jhee 1 min read July 14, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Docs as Art or Activism?
    On Tuesday night, you’re going to get to see a very compelling doc called The Last Conquistador, about sculptor John Houser‘s building of the largest bronze equestrian statue in El Paso. The good people at POV gave me a DVD screener of the film, so I got to see it and I have a lot […]
    Tom Roston 2 min read July 14, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • 2008 POV Preview: 'Last Conquistador'
    Today, we continue looking ahead to our upcoming season. On Tuesday, July 15, POV will broadcast The Last Conquistador, by John Valadez and Cristina Ibarra. Renowned sculptor John Houser has a dream: to build the world’s tallest bronze equestrian statue for the city of El Paso, Texas. He envisions a stunning monument to the Spanish […]
    Catherine Jhee 1 min read May 9, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • 2008 POV Preview: 'Election Day'
    Now that it’s mid-April, we’re finally beginning to get a taste of spring here in New York. And that means that summer — and POV’s 21st season — are just around the corner. Today we’re taking a sneak peek at Election Day, which will have its broadcast premiere on Tuesday, July 1 at 10 PM […]
    Catherine Jhee 1 min read April 11, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Cinematic Poetry
    This weekend, the documentary The Unforeseen will begin trickling into theaters. On the surface, it’s about urban sprawl in Austin, Texas. It traces the history of the booming growth of that city, and the tensions that arose between developers and environmentalists trying to protect a natural spring-fed watering hole called Barton Springs. As a piece […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read February 29, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • White Plume Family Loses Home to Fire
    I’m sad to report that the White Plume family, featured in Standing Silent Nation, one of this year’s POV films, lost their home in an electrical fire last week. Thankfully no one was hurt, but according to this report on Daily Kos, “[Debra White Plume] only had time to snatch her grandson, pipe, purse, and […]
    theresa 1 min read December 28, 2007 Documentary News Comments