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  • Viewers Respond to 'Best Kept Secret'
    Read what viewers have been posting about POV's Best Kept Secret, which is available to watch for free online until October 7, 2013!
    POV Staff 5 min read October 2, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Viewers Respond to 'Neurotypical'
    Read what viewers have been posting about POV's Neurotypical, an unprecedented exploration of autism from the point of view of autistic people themselves. Now streaming free for a limited time.
    POV Staff 5 min read August 12, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Love, Hate or Relate: Viewers React to 'Guilty Pleasures'
    Julie Moggan's Guilty Pleasures premiered on POV last week, starting on July 12, 2012. Some viewers took a cue from the documentary and fell in love with the film. Others were turned off by the film's portrayal of romance readers and authors.
    POV Staff 4 min read July 17, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • 'The City Dark' Elicits Starry Memories From POV Viewers
    Ian Cheney's The City Dark, which premiered on POV on July 5, 2012, has prompted viewers to share their own stories about the night sky.
    POV Staff 4 min read July 10, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • “Powerful and Chilling”
    Viewers of Granito: How to Nail a Dictator have told us they were profoundly moved by the film. Read some of their comments, then join the conversation.
    POV Staff 2 min read July 3, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Broadcast of 'Armadillo' Prompts Reactions to War in Afghanistan
    Each Friday, we share a selection of comments relating to the week's documentary broadcast. This week, viewers watched Armadillo, the Danish war documentary that sparked controversy about the Afghanistan war in its home country.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 2, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Your Short Takes on 'POV Short Cuts'
    Each Friday, we share a selection of comments relating to the week's documentary broadcast. This week, viewers watched POV Short Cuts, a one-hour collection of documentary shorts by established and emerging filmmakers.
    POV Staff 2 min read August 26, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • POV Viewers Find Meaning in 'The Oath'
    Each Friday, we share a selection of comments relating to the week's documentary broadcast. This week, viewers watched former Osama bin Laden bodyguard Abu Jandal in The Oath, a story layered with contradiction, irony and tragedy.
    POV Staff 2 min read August 19, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • POV's 'Food, Inc.' Broadcast Leaves Viewers with Unsettled Stomachs
    Each Friday, we share a selection of comments relating to the week's documentary broadcast. This week, viewers watched filmmaker Robert Kenner lift the veil on our nation's food industry in Food, Inc.
    POV Staff 2 min read August 12, 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
  • Of Books, Burros and Bibliotecas: Viewers Bray About 'Biblioburro'
    Each Friday, we share a selection of comments relating to the week's documentary broadcast. This week, viewers posted their reactions to Biblioburro: The Donkey Library, the story of a librarian — and a library — like no other.
    Ashlin Aronin 3 min read July 22, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Comments of the People: Viewers Reflect on 'Enemies of the People'
    Each Friday, we share a selection of comments relating to the week's documentary broadcast. This week, viewers posted their strong reactions to Enemies of the People, a shocking assemblage of never-before-seen testimony from high-ranking officers and foot soldiers of the Khmer Rouge.
    Ashlin Aronin 2 min read July 15, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • We May Have an App for That!
    POV and PBS are meeting in D.C. tomorrow to talk about PBS plans for cellphone content. We imagine that you’d probably like to see an optimized POV site homepage, a streamlined TV schedule and perhaps an easier way to view video, but we want to know what apps or other content you’d like to see […]
    theresa 0 min read April 26, 2010 Documentary News Comments
  • 'Food, Inc.' Sparks Its Own 'Food Revolution' on PBS
    Judging from the reviews and reactions on the POV Food, Inc. pages, Wednesday night’s PBS broadcast made quite an impact on American viewers. Kicking off PBS’s celebration of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Food, Inc. seemed to strike a chord with viewers who were already aware of some of the issues raised in Food, […]
    theresa 6 min read April 23, 2010 Documentary News Comments
  • Audience Appreciation for 'The Way We Get By'
    Last night’s special Veterans Day broadcast of POV’s The Way We Get By prompted a tremendous response from PBS viewers — in fact, the most viewer emails, comments, tweets, etc. we’ve received in a very long time. Many U.S. service men and women and their families wrote to say that the film reminded them of […]
    theresa 5 min read November 12, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Last Day to Watch “Beyond Hatred” Online
    Beyond Hatred, which aired on June 30, is streaming online in its entirety until midnight tonight! Don’t miss this amazing film, which follows a family in France as they struggle to deal with the aftermath of their son’s murder by three skinheads. With remarkable dignity, the Chenu family fights to transcend hatred and the inevitable […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read July 15, 2009 Documentary News Comments