On December 12th, POV aired Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock’s latest film, Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner. Viewers wrote in with questions about the film for Ms. Mock via email and via blog comments. You can read Part I of Ms. Mock’s answers here. The following is Part II of her answers to
Continue reading this entry »POV 2007: Wrestling with Angels
Ask a Filmmaker: Freida Lee Mock Answers, Part I
Last week, POV aired Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock’s latest film, Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner. Viewers wrote in with questions about the film for Ms. Mock via email and via blog comments. She’ll be answering a selection of those questions on the POV Blog this week. Question: Wrestling With Angels is about
Continue reading this entry »Ask a Filmmaker: Freida Lee Mock
Wrestling with Angels filmmaker Freida Lee Mock will be answering viewer questions as a guest blogger on the POV Blog the week of December 17th. In the meantime, get to know this Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker by downloading a podcast of the interview she did with POV’s Chris White earlier this year, or by reading a
Continue reading this entry »‘Wrestling with Angels’ Review Roundup
The early reviews for tonight’s broadcast of Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner are in. The Hollywood Reporter calls the film a “spellbinding look at Kushner as it catches him at work, with his family and out at the podium speaking about political problems he sees in this country.” The Denver Post‘s Joanne Ostrow notes,
Continue reading this entry »Coming Up on POV – ‘Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner’
Next Wednesday, December 12th, Oscar-winning director Freida Lee Mock’s Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner airs on POV at 9 PM (check your local listings). If you don’t know Tony Kushner and his work in the theater, here’s your opportunity to meet the man who has been called “the most charming dissident around.” Since the
Continue reading this entry »Filmmaker Spotlight: Freida Lee Mock
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock returns to POV on December 12th with her new film Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner. In the film, Mock followed the acclaimed playwright from 2001 to 2004, documenting his creative process, his collaborations with actors, composers and directors, and his steadfast commitment to political activism. In 1995, Freida
Continue reading this entry »Upcoming Events
Homegoings
June 21, 2013
7:30 pm
New York, New York
Firelight Media, POV and the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ) present the Harlem premiere of New York filmmaker Christine Turner’s debut feature documentary, Homegoings, at the historic Apollo Theater. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film subjects and director Christine Turner. Visit homegoingsharlem.eventbrite.com to register online. First come, first served. Registration does not guarantee admission
More info »