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  • Join a Social Screening of 'The Barber of Birmingham' with Filmmaker Robin Fryday
    Watch the Oscar-nominated short film online and ask the director. Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at 4PM ET (1PM PT).
    POV Staff 8 min read October 15, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Project VoiceScape: Watch the Full Films and Vote for Your Favorite!
    Young filmmakers who won production grants earlier this year are now competing for the 2011 Project VoiceScape Audience Award. Watch the films and vote for your favorite before 9/30!
    POV Staff 1 min read September 12, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Inauguration '09: I Was There. And So Were You.
    POV interactive director Theresa Riley was in Washington D.C. last week for the presidential inauguration. She tells us about watching — and documenting — the inauguration from the ground. A few days after the election in November, Thursday the 6th to be precise, I called up my congresswoman’s D.C. office and asked to be put […]
    theresa 6 min read January 27, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Outside the Frame: MediaStorm and Online Storytelling
    Freelance writer Amanda Hirsch, former editorial director of PBS Interactive, blogs about documentaries and the Web in her column, Outside the Frame, published every other Wednesday. “MediaStorm’s principal aim is to usher in the next generation of multimedia storytelling.” So announces the website for New York-based multimedia production company MediaStorm. Sound ambitious? Just a bit. […]
    Amanda Hirsch 4 min read November 12, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: What Can We Learn About an Election From Docs?
    Independent journalist Tom Roston checks in and writes about the world of documentaries in his column, Doc Soup. Well, it’s election week and certainly in my lifetime, it’s never felt like more was stake. I know a lot of people are already getting ready to celebrate an Obama victory, but I’m not. Nothing, in my […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read November 3, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • Watch 'Election Day' on the POV website
    Next Tuesday, November 4, 2008, millions of voters across America will take to the polls and cast their ballots to determine the next president of the United States. When you’re in the voting booth, and the curtains are closed, you’ll be making an important contribution to American democracy and making your voice heard. But are […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read October 28, 2008 Documentary News Comments