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  • POV Interactive Shorts: Q&A with Theo Rigby ('Immigrant Nation')
    Q&A with Immigrant Nation creator Theo Rigby.
    POV Staff 5 min read September 22, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with POV Films
    September 15 - October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month! Celebrate and learn about Hispanic Heritage with POV films.
    POV Staff 1 min read September 18, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Upcoming POV Screenings
    Check out the great lineup of POV films being screened across the country this week! Don’t forget to visit our local events calendar for a full list of events.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 12, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Upcoming POV Film Screenings
    Check out the great lineup of POV films being screened across the country this week! Don’t forget to visit our local events calendar for a full list of events.
    POV Staff 1 min read September 5, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Upcoming POV Film Screenings
    Check out the lineup of POV films being screened across the country this week! Don't forget to visit our local events calendar for a full list of events.
    POV Staff 1 min read August 29, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • February 2014 POV Streaming Films
    Check out which POV films you can stream for free this month, including our February 3, 2014 broadcast, American Promise, Racing Dreams, Reportero and more!
    POV Staff 5 min read January 31, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month with POV Films and PBS Programming
    Commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15, 2013) with POV films and PBS programming.
    POV Staff 1 min read September 12, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Upcoming POV Screenings
    This week, POV partners are hosting a wide range of screenings, from San Jose Peace and Justice Center's screening of 'Reportero,' to the Chicago Public Library's POV series in celebration of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, and more!
    POV Staff 1 min read May 3, 2013 POV Films Blog 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: Watch & Vote for Sin País
    Watch and vote for Sin País. Winner of a 2012 Student Academy Award®, Sin País explores a family’s experience as members are separated by deportation.
    POV Staff 1 min read March 6, 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
  • Upcoming POV Screenings
    Whether it's celebrating Black History Month with Southern University at New Orleans' screening of 'I'm Carolyn Parker' or indulging in 'Guilty Pleasures' at Hollins University's Wyndham Robertson Library, don't miss out on these great POV documentary films.
    POV Staff 1 min read February 15, 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
  • Last Chance to Watch Select POV Short Docs Online!
    Watch The Barber of Birmingham, Sin País and other documentary shorts free online while you can!
    POV Staff 2 min read November 2, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Immigration Issues in Documentaries: A Twitter Chat with Theo Rigby, Director of 'Sin País'
    Join the #docchat Twitter chat on Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at 8 PM Eastern. The director of Sin País will answer questions about immigration issues in documentaries.
    POV Staff 1 min read August 14, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Mobile Selects
    Download the PBS mobile video app for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch or Kindle Tablet and watch POV documentaries before they air on television!
    POV Staff 1 min read June 23, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Preview POV's 25th Season
    Watch a video preview of the films coming up in the 2012 season of POV!
    POV Staff 0 min read May 17, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV Announces Documentary Lineup for Its 25th Season on PBS
    This year on POV, you'll see remarkable individuals challenging authority and their own limitations to indict a dictator, keep investigative journalism alive, rebuild after Katrina and find strength in love.
    POV Staff 12 min read March 22, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments