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    POV Staff 3 min read December 18, 2014 Documentary News Comments
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    What critics have been saying about POV's documentary The Act of Killing, and all the ways you can watch it free right now.
    POV Staff 5 min read October 8, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
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    What critics have been saying about POV's documentary Koch, and all the ways you can watch it free right now.
    POV Staff 2 min read October 4, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
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    Read what critics have been saying about POV's documentary After Tiller, then watch it free right now on the POV website or mobile apps! (U.S. Only)
    POV Staff 2 min read September 11, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
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    The critics have weighed in. Now watch POV's "Big Men" online. It's streaming free at POV for a limited time. (U.S. Only)
    POV Staff 2 min read September 10, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
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    We asked fans of POV to help us find the "greatest" documentaries of all time, and this is what we found...
    POV Staff 10 min read December 3, 2012 Documentary News Comments
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    POV Staff 2 min read November 8, 2012 Documentary News Comments
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    With independent distributors entering the digital subscription market, guest blogger Heather McIntosh considers questions of access, curation and ownership that emerge from consumers discarding their DVD collections for Netflix membership.
    Heather McIntosh 6 min read October 4, 2011 Documentary News Comments
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    Discover the wealth of documentaries about women.
    POV Staff 34 min read April 4, 2011 Documentary News Comments