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  • A Conversation with Filmmaker Maxim Pozdorovkin
    Maxim Pozdorovkin, co-director of The Notorious Mr. Bout talks about his controversial subject and Russian stereotypes.
    Tom Roston 5 min read November 3, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Next on POV: 'Girl Model'
    Mark your calendars! On March 24, at 10 PM, POV will present the national broadcast premiere of the provocative documentary 'Girl Model' on PBS
    POV Staff 1 min read March 20, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • My Perestroika Premieres in Moscow, Russia
    Director Robin Hessman writes about the Russian premiere of My Perestroika at Moscow's ArtDokFest and reaction of a "home audience."
    POV Staff 5 min read December 21, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • A Model's View of 'Girl Model,' from Estonia's Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
    Rachel Blais, a model featured in the upcoming POV documentary Girl Model, attended a screening in Tallinn, Estonia, and told POV about the audience's misconceptions about the international modeling industry.
    POV Staff 3 min read March 8, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Critics Love 'My Perestroika' & So Should You; Now Watch the Film Online For Free

    My Perestroika, which premiered last Tuesday night on POV, has been receiving rave reviews. As you meet five former classmates, you'll witness their coming-of age from living sheltered childhoods in the USSR to searching for their places in today's Moscow. Here's a sampling of what some top critics are saying about this important film.

    Alva French 2 min read July 5, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Next on POV: 'My Perestroika'
    POV's brand new season is now in full swing with the American broadcast premiere of My Perestroika, an intimate look at the last generation of Soviet children, Tuesday, June 28, 2011, on PBS.
    Alva French 2 min read June 27, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 'My Perestroika' Featured as Part of The Economist Film Project on PBS NewsHour
    Filmmaker Robin Hessman appeared on the PBS NewsHour to talk about her feature-length film, My Perestroika (which premieres on POV next Tuesday, June 28) as part of a series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour.
    theresa 1 min read June 23, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • What's Your POV about 'Belarusian Waltz'?
    Belarus, one of the nations formed in 1991 from the breakup of the Soviet Union, is a strange and little-known country in a region of growing strategic importance, a country that’s been called “Europe’s last dictatorship.” In filmmaker Andrezj Fidyk’s Belarusian Waltz, one man — post-modern performance artist Alexander Pushkin — is determined to challenge […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read August 12, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • 2008 POV Preview: 'Belarusian Waltz'
    On August 12th, POV will broadcast Belarusian Waltz by Andrzej Fidyk. The film features an idiosyncratic man named Alexander Pushkin, who shares a name with the great Russian Romantic poet, but turns out to be a different breed of artist altogether. Belarus has been called “Europe’s last dictatorship.” Since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko has ruled the […]
    Ruiyan Xu 1 min read June 13, 2008 Documentary News Comments