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  • Critical Acclaim: 'The Workers Cup'
    "If we choose to pursue these ideas further, we may find ourselves questioning how our allegiance to the adrenal thrills of sports can help hide darker truths about the companies, countries, and organizations we throw our allegiance behind."
    POV Pressroom 0 min read July 16, 2018 Press Room
  • POV to broadcast Sundance Favorites '306 Hollywood' and 'Minding the Gap' for 31st Season
    "The films we are planning to finish out our 31st season with are powerful examples of how documentary can reexamine and reanimate lives past and present."
    POV Pressroom 3 min read June 20, 2018 Press Room Comments
  • Doc Memo: 'The Eagle Huntress' Soars, Anthony Bourdain Tackles Food Waste in Upcoming Doc
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 2 min read November 2, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • The International Film Festivals to Submit Virtual Reality Movies in 2016
    If you produce VR films or 360 videos, make sure to submit to these international film festivals and get your name out there.
    Deniz Ergurel 3 min read August 22, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: How 1,300 Hours Became 'Gleason,' The Real and Unreal of 'Kate Plays Christine'
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read August 22, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: Netflix to Premiere 4 TIFF Documentaries, 5 Must-See Films at NYFF
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read August 10, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: The Seminal Concert Doc, Behind the Scenes with Werner Herzog
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 4 min read August 1, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: How Film Festivals Select Films, Spain's Booming Doc Scene
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 2 min read July 1, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: Seminal Designer Gets Doc, Burlesque Through a Feminist Lens
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read June 22, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: New Brian De Palma Doc, Filmmakers on Making an Impact
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read June 13, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: 5 Films Set to Premiere at LAFF, 7 Documentaries to Close Mental Health Month
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read May 31, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: Political Scandal in 'Weiner', 2016 Docaviv Festival Winners
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read May 26, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: 10th Anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth', Banned Doc Wins Big
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read May 13, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • The Breakdown of Sundance Documentary Deals
    What goes into a documentary distribution deal during a major film festival?
    Tom Roston 4 min read February 2, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup's Most Anticipated Sundance Documentaries
    From 'Weiner' to 'Jim,' these are the docs that we'll be hearing about all year.
    Tom Roston 3 min read January 21, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • 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: Return to Homs
    Teenage goalkeeper leads ragtag group of fighters against brutal Assad regime while seeking intervention: “O World, What Are You Waiting For?” Watch "Return to Homs" - Monday on PBS.
    POV Staff 2 min read July 16, 2015 POV Films Blog Comments
  • SundanceNow Doc Club: Spotlight on Nick Broomfield
    Doc Soup Man talks to director Nick Broomfield, whose work is currently showcased on SundanceNow's Doc Club.
    Tom Roston 3 min read April 24, 2015 Doc Soup Comments

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