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  • POV Hackathon 9: Explore the Prototypes and the Technology
    Four teams 're-invented the documentary' at POV's latest weekend laboratory of nonfiction storytelling and technology at the Chicago Innovation Exchange in Chicago!
    POV Staff 8 min read August 18, 2015 Documentary News Comments
  • Announcing POV Hackathon 7 (Nov. 8-9, 2014 in New York City)
    Fast Company called it one of 2014's "most anticipated events." Don't miss your chance to participate in POV Hackathon.
    POV Staff 1 min read September 18, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV's 2013 Documentary Filmmaking Equipment Survey (Updated)
    View the infographic. Cameras, lenses, audio and more: POV asked documentary filmmakers which gear they can’t live without, and which they can't wait to try.
    POV Staff 1 min read November 12, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • Considering Upgrading? Is It Four Times Better?
    The simple rule that can help documentary filmmakers decide whether that new gadget is worth it.
    Edward J. Delaney 3 min read March 6, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Cell-Phone Documentaries: Films & Tools
    Apple's iPhone 4 has sparked a new industry of smartphone filmmaking.
    Edward J. Delaney 4 min read February 24, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • What's Your POV about 'Freedom Machines'?
    Did you know that there are an estimated 54 million people with disabilities living in the United States? That nearly 70 percent of working-age adults with disabilities are unemployed? And that fewer than 25 percent of people with disabilities who could be helped by assistive technology are using it? POV’s Freedom Machines, which first aired […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read September 9, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Media Guide: Watch Feature-Length Documentary Films Online with Netflix “Watch Now”
    We test out the service from Netflix that allows instant viewing of movies for PC users. When Netflix’s ‘”Watch Now” feature, which allows users* to watch* movies* instantly*, launched earlier this year, there was some excitement, until all those asterisks reared their ugly heads. And rear they did, and quickly, which is always how things […]
    David Nanasi 2 min read December 17, 2007 Documentary News Comments
  • Media Guide: Storytelling Through Visualization
    During the Docs 3.0 panel at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, my fellow panelist Paula Le Dieu talked about how Web technologies are allowing for new forms of storytelling, specifically through what she called visualization. Here are some of the visualization websites she highlighted, which provide visitors a new understanding of very complex data sets and encourage […]
    Ruiyan Xu 1 min read November 14, 2007 Documentary News Comments