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  • Doc Memo: Backstage with Hamilton on PBS, Sharon Jones Doc to Premiere
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 2 min read July 29, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: The Summer Box Office Decline, The New Michael Moore
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 2 min read July 28, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Now Streaming: Girl Model, Scout's Honor, Granito, A Perfect Candidate, and 4 Shorts from the PBS Online Film Festival
    POV now has four great feature-length documentaries streaming for free on its website: Scout's Honor, Granito: How to Nail a Dictator, When the Mountains Tremble, and A Perfect Candidate.
    POV Staff 3 min read March 18, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • PBS 2013 Online Film Festival: Vote to Determine the People's Choice Winner
    All of the films from PBS's second Online Film Festival are now online! Watch and vote for your favorite shorts!
    POV Staff 2 min read March 4, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Four POV Short Films Selected for PBS 2013 Online Film Festival
    Four of the 25 independent short films will be presented by POV: Ars Magna, CatCam, Sin País and Sound of Vision.
    POV Staff 2 min read January 14, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • PBS Online Film Festival: Watch 'Seltzer Works'
    Your votes will determine the People's Choice Winner in PBS's first-ever Online Film Festival! The short film Seltzer Works profiles third-generation seltzer-filler Kenny Gomberg, the last bottler in Brooklyn.
    POV Staff 1 min read April 6, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • PBS Online Film Festival: Watch 'The Archive'
    Watch this Emmy-nominated short film about a man and his giant record collection (that no one wants), then vote for it and it be the People's Choice Winner in PBS's first-ever Online Film Festival!
    POV Staff 1 min read April 5, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • PBS Online Film Festival: Watch 34x25x36
    Watch and vote for 34x25x26, a short film that shows the inner workings of the Patina V Mannequin Factory and the musings of the designers who decide what the perfect female body should look like.
    POV Staff 1 min read April 4, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • PBS Online Film Festival: Watch 'Flawed'
    Your votes will determine the People's Choice Winner in PBS's first-ever Online Film Festival! In the animated film Flawed, a woman is uneasy about beginning a relationship with a plastic surgeon.
    POV Staff 1 min read April 3, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • PBS Online Film Festival: Watch 'This Gay and Age'
    Your votes will determine the People's Choice Winner in PBS's first-ever Online Film Festival! Watch an award-winning documentary short by teen filmmaker Morgan Wilcock, who examines the stereotypes that bombard today's LGBT youth.
    POV Staff 1 min read April 2, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • PBS Online Film Festival: Which Film Will Be the People's Choice Winner?
    All of the films from PBS's first-ever Online Film Festival are now online! Watch and vote for your favorite shorts!
    POV Staff 2 min read April 1, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments