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  • Upcoming POV Documentary Screenings Near You
    Weekend plans? Whether you're in Oklahoma or the Pacific Northwest screenings are happening nationwide!
    POV Staff 1 min read April 13, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Upcoming POV Community Screenings
    POV is bringing documentaries including 'Steam of Life,' 'Armadillo,' 'Sweetgrass' and 'Calavera Highway' to communities across the country this weekend, with post-screening Q&As and discussions about critical social issues.
    Jamie Dobie 2 min read September 16, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Viewers Let Off 'Steam' About POV's Finnish Sauna Doc Broadcast
    Each Friday, we share a selection of comments relating to the week's documentary broadcast. This week, viewers posted their reactions to Steam of Life, a moody, comic and moving study of Finnish men framed by a national obsession with the sauna.
    POV Staff 2 min read August 5, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Hot Press for 'Steam of Life'
    "Joy rises up like steam from a bed of hot rocks." Read what critics have to say about Steam of Life, tonight's POV documentary that goes deep into the inner sanctum of Finnish life — the sauna.
    Alva French 1 min read August 2, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Next on POV: 'Steam of Life'
    POV's 24th season continues with the U.S. broadcast premiere of Steam of Life. The film airs on PBS on Tuesday, August 2, 2011.
    Alva French 1 min read July 29, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Upcoming POV Community Screenings
    POV Community Partners around the country are gearing up for another week of exciting pre-broadcast screenings.
    Jamie Dobie 1 min read June 24, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Catch a Sneak Peek of the Upcoming Season of POV!
    Celebrating its 24th season on PBS in 2011, POV features the work of the best independent documentary filmmakers from America and around the world. This season, POV films examine such diverse topics as the last generation of children to grow up behind the “Iron Curtain” of the USSR, the lives of soldiers before, during and […]
    POV Staff 1 min read May 26, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Upcoming POV Community Screenings Around the Country
    POV’s Community Network members are holding free screenings of POV films around the country all year long. Last year, we had over 500 screenings! Check out some of the exciting community events coming up over the next week… Berkeley, CA The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Thursday, April 28, […]
    Jamie Dobie 1 min read April 22, 2011 Documentary News Comments