This Thursday Feb. 4th and Friday 5th, join POV on Twitter for a live conversation with the directors of Landfall, Through the Night, Our Time Machine, We Are The Radical Monarchs, Softie, The Love Bugs and Sing Me a Lullaby. Follow @povdocs for more information!
POV Features Filmmaker Q&As
POV is proud to present the following feature films for your consideration this award season: The Mole Agent, Directed by Maite Alberdi, Softie, Directed by Sam Soko, Through the Night, Directed by Loira Limbal, We Are The Radical Monarchs, Directed by Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Landfall, Directed by Cecilia Aldarondo and Our Time Machine, Directed by S. Leo Chiang.
Below is a curated list of Filmmaker Q&As with journalists, activists, actors and directors:
We Are The Radical Monarchs Dir. Linda Goldstein Knowlton and the protagonists of the film sat down with Rosario Dawson and POV alum Yoruba Richen for a wide-ranging Q&A.
Through The Night Dir. Loira Limbal in conversation on filmmaking and care moderated by Geeta Gandbhir with Malika Zouhali-Worrall.
Landfall Dir. Cecilia Aldarondo in a Q&A with renowned journalist Naomi Klein and POV's Opal Bennett.
Our Time Machine Dir. S. Leo Chiang and Producer Jean Tsien talk with Academy-award winning filmmaker Steve Bognar about their film.
Softie Dir. Sam Soko and Producer Toni Kamau were in conversation with Lupita Nyong'o for IDA's Documentary Screening Series.
POV Shorts Filmmaker Q&As
POV is proud to present the following Documentary Short Films for your consideration this award season: Another Hayride, Directed by Matt Wolf, The Love Bugs, Directed by Maria Clinton and Allison Otto, Sing Me a Lullaby, Directed by Tiffany Hsiung and Now is the Time, Directed by Christopher Auchter.
POV Shorts Producer Opal Bennett sat down with each of the filmmakers for a series of exclusive Q&As. You can watch them all below:
Director Tiffany Hsiung and Co-Producer Priscilla Galvez talk about the personal history that inspired the film, Hsiung's journey to Taiwan, filling in the gaps of family memories and more!
Directors Maria Clinton and Allison Otto talk about their filmmaking process, the original score for the film, what the O'Briens initially thought of the title and more!
Director Matt Wolf talks about how he came across Louise Hay's story, making a documentary during a pandemic, what to make of complicated legacies and more!
Director Lasse Linder sat down with POV Shorts Producer Opal Hope Bennett to talk about meeting Christian and his cats (the subject of his film) in a bar, the unique visual composition of Christian's apartment, his strategy for filming human-cat interactions and more!
Director Christopher Auchter sat down with POV Shorts Producer Opal Hope Bennett to talk about how he came across Robert's story, Christopher's own Haida Gwaii heritage and history, revitalizing culture through tradition and more!
Watch all of POV Shorts catalog now on PBS (check local listings) and available streaming online and on the PBS App.
Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyncote Foundation. Additional funding comes from The John S. and James Knight Foundation, Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Chicago Media Project, Lefkofsky Family Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.
