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  • Enter the Edit: Activating Feelings of Immediacy and Intimacy With a Film
    How to make the audience feel like they're in the moment.
    Eileen Meyer 10 min read December 7, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Regional Filmmakers With an International Footprint: 50 Years of Kartemquin Films
    Kartemquin Films co-founder Gordon Quinn shares the key to the Chicago production company's longevity.
    Tom Roston 5 min read August 18, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • Watching Kartemquin Films
    Kartemquin Films has a strong Chicago connection, and many of its documentaries are about the city and its people in some way.
    Heather McIntosh 3 min read February 18, 2015 Documentary Site Comments
  • Sundance 2014: Five Major Documentary Takeaways
    Doc Soup Man Tom Roston shares the biggest documentary news from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
    Tom Roston 6 min read January 24, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Where You Can Watch 2013 News and Documentary Emmy Winners
    At last night's News and Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony, PBS programs garnered nine awards. The good news for you — all of these winners are available to watch for free online!
    POV Staff 4 min read October 2, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • A Visit to Kartemquin Films: An Inside Look at a Corner Documentary Production Studio
    This post is the first in a series about my visit to the documentary production powerhouse Kartemquin Films.
    Heather McIntosh 5 min read September 19, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • The Best Documentaries of 2011 (Updated)
    Nerd out to our infographic of the top documentaries of 2011, based on lists from critics, documentary festivals, industry organizations and online voting!
    POV Staff 8 min read February 28, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • 'The Interrupters' Takes Top Two Prizes at Cinema Eye Honors 2012
    On a rainy evening in Queens, New York, a group of documentary luminaries got together to celebrate the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors, a five-year-old awards show for nonfiction filmmaking.
    Adam Schartoff 4 min read January 13, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Documentary Year in Review Countdown #12: Ford Foundation Funds Webified Documentaries
    POV is counting down the top documentary stories of 2011 on New Year's Eve 2012.
    POV Staff 2 min read December 31, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • The Best Documentaries of 2011
    According to who you ask, the best documentary of 2011 could have been one of 67 films. Could it be The Interrupters? Nostalgia for the Light? Project Nim? Cave of Forgotten Dreams? We've constructed a handy graphic to help you make your own decision.
    POV Staff 5 min read December 23, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • The 2011 Documentary Oscars: My Shortlist
    Doc Soup Man Tom Roston proposes an entirely different list of 15 films that could have just as easily been deemed Oscar-worthy.
    POV Staff 4 min read November 28, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • A Conversation with Steve James, Director of 'The Interrupters'
    James discusses the film, his multi-award-winning Hoop Dreams and what he's learned from following film subjects over years.
    Adam Schartoff 8 min read July 30, 2011 Documentary News Comments