Join the #docchat Twitter chat on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, at 8 PM Eastern (5 PM Pacific).
Continue reading this entry »Making a War Documentary: A Twitter Chat with Heather Courtney (Where Soldiers Come From)
Find out more about past and upcoming POV films!
Did you know? Many POV films are available free to stream online and on mobile devices. Visit POV's Watch Video page or download the PBS mobile app for iPhone or iPad, and see which films are available today!
Did you know? Many POV films are available free to stream online and on mobile devices. Visit POV's Watch Video page or download the PBS mobile app for iPhone or iPad, and see which films are available today!
Upcoming POV Documentary Screenings
As the drug war intensifies and the risks to journalists become greater, will the free press be silenced? Catch Reportero this month at a series of exciting screenings throughout the U.S.
Continue reading this entry »Meet Wendy Phillips, POV Premiere Party Winner!
Congratulations to Wendy Phillips, one of the lucky POV Premiere Party Pack winners! Wendy invited friends over to watch POV documentaries, entered the Premiere Party Giveaway, and won autographed film memorabilia, dvds, books, official film posters, fair trade and organic coffee, chocolate, tea, popcorn and more!
Continue reading this entry »I’m Carolyn Parker: An Update on Hurricane Isaac
Daniel Wolff, author of ‘The Fight for Home: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back’ provides a brief update on how Carolyn Parker is weathering Hurricane Isaac in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.
Continue reading this entry »Community Partner Profile: ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai’i
On Thursday, August 16, 2012, ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i hosted a screening of The City Dark in its planetarium. The film fascinated its members, who were introduced to the science of the dark and explored our relationship with the stars.
Continue reading this entry »Next on POV: ‘Where Soldiers Come From’
Watch the Emmy-nominated documentary about childhood friends who journey from a snowy, small town in northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan. Broadcast Date: Thursday, September 6, 2012, on POV.
Continue reading this entry »Community Partner Profile: Bronx Documentary Center
A late July screening of Up Heartbreak Hill kicked off a partnership between POV and The Bronx Documentary Center. Check out photos from the event! We’ll continue this September with Reportero and Bronx Princess.
Continue reading this entry »Writing The WGA Doc Screenplay Winner ‘Better This World’
Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega, who won the WGA Best Documentary Screenplay award for Better This World earlier this year, explain what it means to “write” a doc.
Continue reading this entry »Next on POV: ‘Better This World’
Watch a documentary about two friends accused of intending to firebomb the Republican National Convention that goes to the heart of the war on terror in post-9/11 America. Broadcast Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012, on POV.
Continue reading this entry »New Barriers to Voting and the Legacy of the Foot Soldiers of the Civil Rights Movement
How much has changed since President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law?
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
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