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On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking PBS documentary series P.O.V., the Center for Social Media interviewed several of those who have led the project through its last two decades on the goals, challenges, and the vision for one of television's most productive sites for imagining and innovating the future of public media.

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The New Deal Version 1.5: Monetizing and Mission is the Center's annual report on the nuts and bolts of digital distribution deal- making. Curious about who's making these deals? Average percentages for independent filmmakers? Average license periods? All of this and more in this highly-anticipated new publication.

Read about how the Sierra Club, The American Civil Liberties Union and local environmental groups use documentaries for high-impact and action.

Our good friend Mimi Pickering from Appalshop sent us a recent speech that shows how the participatory media movement has deep roots.

This report examines seven Canadian documentaries, providing reflective guidelines for the future of documentary-making in the country and the world.

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