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Brown Bears Are Good at Making Documentaries (But Are They The Best?)

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Proud Brown University alumnus Doc Soup Man Tom Roston thinks his alma mater has outdone all others in producing great documentary filmmakers.

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By Tom Roston | May 25th, 2012 | Tom Roston's Doc Soup

‘Where Soldiers Come From’ Mural-in-Progress – Day 5 with Dom

The detail and shadow work makes Dominic's art pop off the wall.

Dominic (Dom) Fredianelli, one of the subjects of Where Soldiers Come From (POV 2011), is in the National Veterans Art Museum this week working on a mural that will be unveiled this Saturday, followed by a film screening and artist’s talk.

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By POV Guest Blogger | May 25th, 2012 | Events, POV 2012

Upcoming POV Documentary Screenings

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Community events continue across the country, including sneak preview screenings of our upcoming 25th anniversary season.

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By Jamie Dobie | May 25th, 2012 | Events, POV 2012

‘Where Soldiers Come From’ Mural-in-Progress – Day 4 with Dom

The paint pens are in three different widths, so Dominic can play with density and shadow, helping create the illusion of dimensionality.

Dominic (Dom) Fredianelli, one of the subjects of Where Soldiers Come From (POV 2011), is in the National Veterans Art Museum this week working on a mural that will be unveiled this Saturday, followed by a film screening and artist’s talk.

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By POV Guest Blogger | May 24th, 2012 | Events, POV 2012

‘Where Soldiers Come From’ Mural-in-Progress – Day 3 with Dom

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Dominic (Dom) Fredianelli, one of the subjects of Where Soldiers Come From (POV 2011), is in the National Veterans Art Museum this week working on a mural that will be unveiled this Saturday, followed by a film screening and artist’s talk.

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By POV Guest Blogger | May 23rd, 2012 | POV 2012

‘Where Soldiers Come From’ Mural-in-Progress – Day 2 with Dom

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Dominic (Dom) Fredianelli, one of the subjects of Where Soldiers Come From (POV 2011), is in the National Veterans Art Museum this week working on a mural that will be unveiled this Saturday, along with a film screening and artist’s talk.

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By POV Guest Blogger | May 22nd, 2012 | Events, POV 2012

5 Reasons Why My Next Film Is Coming to the Web First

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Filmmaker Liz Nord (Jericho’s Echo: Punk Rock In The Holy Land) is embracing transmedia as she produces her new documentary (and web project), Battle for Jerusalem.

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By POV Guest Blogger | May 22nd, 2012 | Documentary News

TMI: How Much Information is Too Much Information When Gaining the Trust of a Subject?

Documentary filmmakers Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher (October Country, Off Label)

Donal Mosher and Michael Palmieri, the directors of the award-winning October Country and the new documentary Off Label, understand the nuance in sharing personal information to win over a subject and, sometimes, in keeping a secret.

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By Tom Roston | May 22nd, 2012 | Tom Roston's Doc Soup

‘Where Soldiers Come From’ Mural-in-Progress – Day 1 with Dom

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Dominic (Dom) Fredianelli, one of the subjects of Where Soldiers Come From (POV 2011), is in the National Veterans Art Museum this week working on a mural that will be unveiled this Saturday, along with a film screening and artist’s talk.

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By POV Guest Blogger | May 21st, 2012 | POV 2012

18 Days in Egypt Co-Creator Jigar Mehta

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Journalist-turned-web-documentarian Jigar Mehta tells POV about treating documentary filmmaking like a startup company, hiring crowdsourcing evangelists (with help from Kickstarter) and re-inventing the participatory documentary on the fly.

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