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POV is seeking documentary filmmakers with a digital vision and with projects at any stage of production.

POV is also seeking developers and designers interested in innovating with social-issue-driven media who have expertise with a web platform or library.

POV's Hackathon is inspired by the "hack days" of the open-source development community and companies such as Facebook and Google. In a traditional hackathon, software coders collaborate outside of the usual corporate constraints in compressed time frames (usually fueled by pizza and energy drinks) to solve a problem.

With POV's Hackathon, we're adding independent producers into the mix, adding their creativity and expertise in social-issue storytelling. POV will pair five filmmakers with developers based on their Hackathon applications.

Once matched, the teams will participate in a pre-Hackathon orientation session to prepare media (video, photos, data...) and make decisions about software and tools. Then, over two days, the teams will work together to produce a working prototype.

Note: The hackathon weekend will take place from Saturday morning (August 11, 2012) to Sunday evening (August 12, 2012) in Brooklyn, New York. Before applying, please consider that POV will not be paying for travel, accommodations or expenses.