Yoruba Richen will be on several radio shows talking about the issues in Promised Land (tonight on PBS at 10:00 pm) and her experiences making the documentary. Today at 11:30 am ET/8:30 am PT, she will be on KPFA Berkeley’s Morning Show, then she’ll be on WNYC Radio, New York’s Leonard Lopate Show at 1:00
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‘Food, Inc.’ Filmmaker Robert Kenner Appears on The Bonnie Hunt Show Today
Food, Inc. director Robby Kenner will be appearing on “The Bonnie Hunt Show” today to talk about the film, the DVD, the issues, the environment, POV’s potluck campaign and more. Also on the show will be actor/environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr., discussing what we all can do in our daily lives to be a bit more
Continue reading this entry »Three POV Filmmakers Garner DGA Nominations
This just in . . . Three POV filmmakers have been nominated for DGA Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for the year 2009! We are thrilled for Geoffrey Smith, who directed last season’s The English Surgeon, and two filmmakers who are part of our upcoming 2010 season: Robert Kenner for Food, Inc. (which
Continue reading this entry »A Busy Week for Patti Smith
Patti Smith‘s got a lot going on in the coming weeks and months: sold-out Bowery Ballroom concerts; “Objects of Life” show with Steven Sebring at the Robert Miller Gallery; new book, Just Kids (pictured, right); poetry reading with Sam Shepard at the 92nd Street Y and of course, POV’s Patti Smith: Dream of Life, which
Continue reading this entry »A Night at the Museum: ‘Campaign’ Plays at MoMA, With a Surprise Guest
Cathy Fisher, POV’s senior manager of communications, attended a screening of the upcoming POV film Campaign at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City this past week. She writes in to tell us about her night. “People only listen to you for three seconds, so make sure you mention the candidate’s name in
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Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
May 30, 2012
5:30 pm
Portland, Maine
Join the Portland Public Library as they continue their Summer Documentary Film Series with Granito: How to Nail a Dictator. For more information, call 207-871-1700.
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