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  • Emmy 2012: Watch Best Documentary Emmy Nominee 'Armadillo'
    For six months, often while under fire, Janus Metz and cameraman Lars Skree captured the lives of young soldiers fighting the Taliban in a hostile and confusing environment. Watch now!
    POV Staff 1 min read September 26, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Viewers' Revelatory Reactions to 'Where Soldiers Come From'
    A selection of comments about our most recent broadcast.
    POV Staff 3 min read November 16, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Critical Acclaim for 'Where Soldiers Come From' – Airs 11/10 on PBS
    Read what critics have to say about the POV documentary Where Soldiers Come From. Watch it now for free on the PBS mobile app, or tune in to its U.S. broadcast premiere on PBS this Thursday (Nov. 10, 2011).
    Emily Thomas 3 min read November 8, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Next on POV: 'Where Soldiers Come From'
    POV's 2011 season on PBS concludes Thursday, November 10, 2011, with the U.S. broadcast premiere of Where Soldiers Come From, a compelling documentary following childhood friends from Michigan to the battlefield of Afghanistan and back.
    Emily Thomas 2 min read November 8, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 'Soldiers of Conscience' Featured at Public Hearing of the Truth Commission on Conscience in War
    Catherine Ryan is a three-time POV alum. Soldiers of Conscience (POV 2008) was her third film to be shown on POV. The other two are Maria’s Story (1991) and The Double Life of Ernesto Gómez Gómez (1999). She reports back from last month’s public hearing of the Truth Commission on Conscience in War that was […]
    POV Guest Blogger 3 min read April 9, 2010 Documentary News Comments
  • Conversations About War
    Veterans Day may only happen one day out of the year, but veterans — and their loved ones — live with the after effects of war everyday. They also deserve our thanks, attention and appreciation everyday. Last week, POV launched a new project: Regarding War. Conceived as a place for citizens and soldiers to share […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read November 18, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Looking Back on the Original Re:Vietnam Site
    In 1996, POV launched Re: Vietnam | Stories Since the War. The site was an early test of the potential of the Internet as a vehicle for community building and open exchange. Today, as POV announces Regarding War, an update of the original site that provides a space for conversations about all wars — current and […]
    POV Guest Blogger 7 min read November 11, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Soldiers of Conscience's Gary Weimberg Answers Viewer Questions
    Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan produced and directed Soldiers of Conscience, which had its broadcast premiere on PBS on October 16 — but if you missed the broadcast, the full film is available online through November 30. Last month, Gary participated in a live chat hosted by PBS Engage and answered viewer questions online. Time […]
    Catherine Jhee 7 min read November 7, 2008 Documentary News Comments