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  • Your Best and Worst Advice for Documentary Filmmakers
    Drawing influence from the new book Tell Me Something: Documentary Filmmakers, POV blog readers offer some of their best and worst advice for documentary filmmakers.
    POV Blogger 2 min read February 21, 2014 Documentary News Comments
  • Advice to Documentary Filmmakers From Shola Lynch on Balancing Your Personal and Creative Life
    In this excerpt from Tell Me Something, filmmaker Shola Lynch shares advice on balancing one's creative and personal life. Edited by Jessica Edwards, Tell Me Something features advice from 60 of the world's best documentary filmmakers.
    POV Staff 5 min read November 26, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • Five Takeaways from “The Future of Documentary Storytelling”
    Abi Wright shares her notes from the recent discussion hosted by ONA-NYC and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in May.
    POV Guest Blogger 4 min read June 7, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • Giveaway: Win a Ticket to Paley DocFest's Event “Documenting Power: 25 Years of Political Films on POV”
    Passionate about political issues? Excited about the upcoming election? Win a ticket to the Paley DocFest Event "Documenting Power: 25 Years of Political Films on POV" at The Paley Center for Media in New York City, Thursday, October 18, 2012, at 6:30pm.
    POV Staff 11 min read October 17, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Ron Simon on Curating Paley DocFest 2012 and the Impact of Political Documentaries in an Election Year
    Ron Simon tells POV how he curates New York City's Paley DocFest, which this year features a handful of politically themes documentaries timed to the November elections.
    Adam Schartoff 7 min read October 9, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • POV & Firelight Media Summit: Sustaining a Career as a Public Media Maker
    Firelight Media's Shoshone Johnson recaps a day of practical advice for documentary film producers, held at POV's office on Friday, February 17, 2012.
    POV Guest Blogger 5 min read February 22, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • POV & Firelight Media Summit: A Docmaker's Survival Guide from the Legendary Filmmakers of Blackside
    Journalist and aspiring filmmaker Alva French reports from the opening panel of "Sustaining a Career as a Public Media Maker," a day-long summit held at POV.
    POV Guest Blogger 4 min read February 22, 2012 Documentary News Comments