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Maleonn, also known as Ma Liang, has become one of China's leading conceptual artists, producing works of stunning imagination that span photography, video, drawing, installations, set design and mechanical puppetry. "Maleonn is at once," a gallerist describes him, "a sculptor of the senses, a visual poet and a…

When Hurricane Maria blew across Puerto Rico in 2017, television news media descended to cover the disaster, filming the requisite scenes: wind lashing the island, infrastructure devastated, people desperate for rescue and relief. But to filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo, the coverage felt as superficial as a light…

EXCLUSIVE: PBS’ documentary series POV has acquired U.S. broadcast rights to Landfall, Cecilia Aldarondo’s feature-length film that looks at the rebuilding of Puerto Rico after the devastation of Hurricane Maria through the stories of farmers, fishermen, educators, real estate agents and newcomers. The doc, which had…

The 33rd season of PBS’ documentary series POV will launch July 20 with the broadcast premiere of Linda Goldstein Knowlton's We Are The Radical Monarchs. The film which premiered at SXSW 2019, follows a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice in Oakland, and kicks off a lineup of 13 docs that…

EXCLUSIVE: The future is female…more specifically, females of color. POV’s two-part docuseries And She Could Be Next directed by Peabody Award-winner Grace Lee (American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs) and Iranian documentary filmmaker Marjan Safinia (Seeds) has released its first trailer and added…

EXCLUSIVE: The long-running PBS documentary series POV has acquired U.S. broadcast rights to Midnight Traveler, the Hassan Fazili-directed feature that been collecting awards-season noms since it bowed this year winning a jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival. POV, produced by American Documentary, will air the…

EXCLUSIVE: Women are front and center in PBS’ slate for its 32nd season of POV. A total of 16 feature films in this year’s lineup were created by women directors, while four of the five short films are helmed by females. To further diversify its season, POV has a global reach with 10 of the feature films coming from…

EXCLUSIVE: The Nancy Schwartzman-directed documentary Roll Red Roll has been acquired by Together Films and will have a limited theatrical release starting March 22 at the Film Forum in New York. The launch marks Together Films’ first foray into the U.S. market and will come ahead of the documentary’s nationwide…

EXCLUSIVE: POV, American television's longest-running independent documentary series, has announced their slate for their 31st season. The series kicks off with Bill Nye: Science Guy, which puts the spotlight on the beloved titular children's personality in celebration of Earth Day on April 18. POV will also premiere…

EXCLUSIVE: Public television docu series POV has acquired broadcast rights to Oscar nominee for best documentary short Joe’s Violin and will air it over the summer. The film is about the ways in which a donated musical instrument forges an improbable friendship between 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Joseph Feingold…

On the eve of the commercial broadcast network’s Upfront Week, PBS announced its summer season will start with its remake of one of its most popular crunchy-gravel miniseries Poldark, and wind up with its first ever live natural-history event program, Big Blue Live. The summer also marks the third season of Derek…

Nostalgia for the Light from Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzman was named best feature Friday night at The International Documentary Association’s 2011 Awards at the DGA Theatre in West Hollywood. Event was hosted by avant-garde impresario Josh Fox, Sundance veteran/Webby Awards founder Tiffany Shlain and IDA Board…