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  • Four Ways to Explore Women's History In Your Community
    Here are four great ways to use POV's films to start a dialogue around Women's History Month in your community.
    POV Staff 3 min read February 10, 2016 POV Films Blog Comments
  • New to Watch: Four Women Make Movies Films from the POV Archives
    To celebrate our multi-year partnership, POV is streaming four critically acclaimed WMM films from our archive from January 11, 2016 through April 10, 2016.
    POV Staff 4 min read January 11, 2016 POV Films Blog Comments
  • 'India's Daughter' and the Importance of Social-Issue Documentaries
    Banned from television in India as "objectionable content," Leslee Udwin's controversial documentary India's Daughter forces us to take a closer look at the 2012 gang rape in Dehli.
    Tom Roston 6 min read March 10, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Spread the Word in the Final Hours! 'After Tiller' Airs Tonight
    Check out our Storify round-up for inspiration on spreading the word about the film After Tiller, airing tonight on PBS! Use our sample tweets to help get the word out.
    POV Staff 1 min read September 1, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Spread the Word about Big Men in the Final Hours!
    Check out our Storify round-up for inspiration on spreading the word about the film Big Men, airing tonight on PBS!
    POV Staff 1 min read August 25, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • The Fate of Documentary?
    In a response to a New York Press essay about the current state of documentaries, guest blogger Heather McIntosh of Documentary Site offers a second view, that documentaries are thriving and always have.
    Heather McIntosh 8 min read August 23, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Kim Longinotto: Not a “Fly on the Wall”
    POV series producer Yance Ford reports back on a couple of Kim Longinotto events from last week. POV’s Chris White and filmmaker Kim Longinotto at her POV filmmaker interview. If you were in New York City last week, you may have noticed that filmmaker Kim Longinotto was, well, everywhere. On Thursday afternoon she was interviewed […]
    Yance Ford 3 min read May 13, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Kim Longinotto Master Class
    Filmmaker Kim Longinotto has long been a highly respected and acclaimed documentarian in her native Britain. Her films, including Sisters in Law, Divorce, Iranian Style and Rough Aunties, have won awards at the Cannes, Sundance, Hot Docs and IDFA film festivals, as well as BAFTA and Peabody awards. This summer, Hold Me Tight, Let Me […]
    Ruiyan Xu 1 min read April 28, 2009 Documentary News Comments