South Dakota, Ohio, Albama, Chicago and Vermont -- Check out free screenings and sneak previews of POV films coming to a community near you this week.

As the new school year approaches, using documentaries in the classroom is on our minds. POV hosted eight Brooklyn educators to learn how teachers use documentary in the classroom.

From eFuneral's screening and Skype Q&A with 'Homegoings' director Christine Turner at the Cleveland Public Library to San Diego Public Library's sneak-preview screening of 'Ping Pong,' this week there's something for everyone. Check out free screenings of POV's Season 26 films taking place in a community near you.

Shannon Carroll recaps her experience at the 2013 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, where 160 filmmakers, programmers, academics and film enthusiasts convened in Hamilton, New York, to investigate the form and function of history in cinema.

Heather Freundenthal and Joseph Shahadi give POV Eastman Fellow Alfonso Francois a closer look at the process behind Art of Brooklyn Film Festival's The Big Screen series.

Brooklyn-raised POV Eastman Fellow Kendra Williams reflects on her Rooftop Films experience and talks with program director Dan Nuxoll about another season of showing films in high places.

From the Midwest to Maine, wherever you are this Thursday you can find free community screenings of POV documentaries from current and past seasons! Check out our local screenings map for events near you.

Viewers across the country are having Premiere Parties to watch 'Neurotypical' with friends and family. Check out these fun Premiere Party ideas and tell us about your party for a chance to win a signed 'Neurotypical' DVD and poster, plus a bundle of POV DVDs, chocolate, popcorn, coffee and more!

Join POV screening partners this week for summer screenings all over the country! From Idaho to Georgia see films from POV's current and past seasons.

Five teams "re-invented the documentary" at POV's latest weekend laboratory of nonfiction storytelling and technology.

Social media captured the last-day inspiration, panic and sleep deprivation at POV's meeting of nonfiction storytelling and technology minds.

A recap of the first day of this weekend's POV Hackathon 4 (July 27-28, 2013).

Tuesday is this week's day for documentaries! Check out these screenings near your of films from POV's past seasons and catch sneak-preview screenings of Season 26 Films!

This weekend's POV Hackathon (July 27-28, 2013) has slots open for a developer and designer. And don't wait to RSVP for tickets!

Check out these free upcoming screenings of POV documentaries happening near you, including a screening and Q&A with the director of Homegoings at the Princeton Public Library.

Join the #docchat Twitter chat with High Tech Low Life director Stephen Maing on Tuesday, July 23 from 5-7 PM ET (2-4 PM PT).

Watch POV's Season 26 films and enter for a chance to win a Premiere Party Pack, including signed DVDs and posters, plus popcorn, chocolate, coffee and more.

For POV Hackathon 4, teams of filmmakers and developers will be challenged to create web documentary prototypes in a single weekend. Here's more about the five selected projects and their teams.