POV

Indie Films Series / 13 Seasons

Since 1988, POV has been the home for the world’s boldest contemporary filmmakers, celebrating intriguing personal stories that spark conversation and inspire action.

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24m 35s / TV-14

Documenting Power: 25 Years of Political Films on POV

1h 2m

How have documentaries changed our conception of politics? Throughout its illustrious history POV has been committed to dissecting political issues and illuminating the electoral process. At the Paley Center for Media, filmmakers Marshall Curry, Shola Lynch, Laura Poitras and Marco Williams, along with critic Caryn James, discussed how to cover the politcal system and gain access to it.

Reportero: An Independent Newspaper in Mexico

5m 4s

Blancornelas forms 'Zeta,' a newsweekly out of Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1980s, after seeing a need for more investigative journalism in the reporting of drug trafficking and politics.

Nostalgia for the Light - Trailer

2m 2s

Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light is a remarkable meditation on memory, history and eternity. Chile’s remote Atacama Desert, 10,000 feet above sea level, provides stunningly clear views of the heavens for astronomers. But it also holds secrets from the past: human remains, from pre-Columbian mummies to the bones of political prisoners "disappeared" during the Pinochet dictatorship.

Nostalgia for the Light: The Architect of Memory

3m 36s

In this clip from 'Nostalgia for the Light,' an architect who was imprisoned at a concentration camp during Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile explains how he was able to memorize and document the camp, without getting caught.

Nostalgia for the Light: My Brother Was Dead

3m 33s

In this clip from 'Nostalgia for the Light,' a woman who continues to search for the bodies of those who were "disappeared" during Pinochet's regime remembers learning of her brother's fate after part of his remains were discovered.

Nostalgia for the Light: We Felt Completely Free

3m 59s

In this clip from 'Nostalgia for the Light,' a man remembers the astronomy club he was a part of while he was imprisoned in a concentration camp under Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile.

Sun Kissed: Filmmaker Interview with Maya Stark and Adi Lavy

25m 41s

Filmmakers Maya Stark and Adi Lavy talk about their film 'Sun Kissed,' which follows a Navajo couple as they search for answers about the origins of a rare skin disease, XP, which affected both of their children. The filmmakers describe their reasons for making the film as well as the responsibility that comes with telling a personal and sensitive story in a documentary.

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