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California governor orders new tests in quadruple-murder case of death row inmate Kevin Cooper. Case featured on “Death Row Stories” and “48 Hours.”
Source: Los Angeles Times California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday ordered new tests of physical evidence in the case of Kevin Cooper, whose high profile quadruple-murder conviction three decades ago has come into question in recent years. Brown said in a statement...
A Heavy Metal magazine documentary is in the works
Source: Variety Fox Digital Studio, Heavy Metal Media, and 4th Row Films are developing a documentary feature film about sci-fi fantasy magazine Heavy Metal, with Douglas Tirola attached to direct. Tirola has directed six feature documentaries including A&E...
A Visitor’s Guide to America’s Big Border Wall
Source: The Atlantic As the border between the United States and Mexico began to figure more and more prominently in the news cycle, filmmaker David Freid noticed a consistent blind spot. No one, it seemed, was talking to the people who actually lived there. Fried...
“Tiger Woods: Return of the Roar,” chronicling the golf great’s 2017-2018 comeback season, premieres next week on ESPN
Source: Barrett Sports Media "Tiger Woods: Return of the Roar," a documentary chronicling the golf great's 2017-2018 comeback season, will premiere December 30 on ESPN. Produced by PGA Golf Entertainment and ESPN, the Scott Van Pelt-narrated film will include...
“Unknown Distance” examines veteran struggles with PTSD and life after war
Source: The Hollywood Reporter Gordon Clark's "Unknown Distance" adds to the growing canon of films dealing with the sad travails of veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The film revolves largely around one such figure, Sergeant Douglas Brown, who recounts...
Zeitgeist Films debuts trailer for “Zen for Nothing”
Source: FirstShowing Zeitgeist Films recently debuted the official U.S. trailer for "Zen for Nothing" from Swiss filmmaker Werner Penzel. The documentary opened in Switzerland and other parts of Europe in 2016, but is just now getting a limited U.S. release. "Zen...
“Inside Syria’s Deadly Dynasty” is a chilling portrait of the rise of dictator Bashar al-Assad
Source: Los Angeles Times “Inside Syria’s Deadly Dynasty,” a fascinating two-hour special that's available on the National Geographic network, documents the rise of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from an unassuming London eye doctor to a brutal dictator who is...
Berlin International Film Festival unveils first Panorama titles, five documentaries among them
Source: The Hollywood Reporter On Tuesday, the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival unveiled its first selection of titles for the 2019 event, announcing 22 features that will screen at the festival's sidebar. The 17 features and five...
Vulture’s Top 10 Documentaries of 2018
Source: Vulture 1. Hale County This Morning, This Evening - “How do you not frame someone?” A bit of onscreen text asks that question at one point in director RaMell Ross’s lyrical, years-in-the-making film about the lives of two African-American teens in sleepy,...
Why “Rams” director Gary Hustwit doesn’t want studios to buy his films
Source: Variety Most filmmakers dream of scoring a big studio deal, but not Gary Hustwit. The “Helvetica” director applies a “do it yourself” model to the release of his movies. “Rams,” his recent documentary about German industrial designer Dieter Rams, is Hustwit’s...
“Free Solo” set for a one-week IMAX engagement in January
Source: Deadline In the wake of being shortlisted as one of the remaining 15 documentaries in consideration for a Best Documentary Feature Oscar, E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s "Free Solo" will get a one-week engagement in IMAX theaters beginning on January 11....
Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” stadium tour is coming to Netflix
Source: Refinery29 On New Year's Eve, Taylor Swift's "Reputation" stadium tour will play its last stadium: Netflix. Swift secretly filmed footage during her performances at AT&T Stadium in Dallas and will premiere the concert on Netflix on December 31....
Mental illness hits close to home in “That Way Madness Lies”
Source: Los Angeles Times The ravages of mental illness, and the toll it takes on both the sufferer and family members, have rarely been presented as vividly as they are in Sandra Luckow's documentary, "That Way Madness Lies." A highly personal portrait of her...
Why Costco is opening its own chicken farm
Source: CNBC In 2019, Costco will open a chicken farming operation in eastern Nebraska. This venture will provide Costco with 40% of its yearly chicken needs, allowing it to partially escape the American chicken oligopoly run by the likes of Tyson, Pilgrim's Pride,...
In Silicon Valley, a hidden community thrives despite difficult circumstances
Source: The Guardian In Silicon Valley, a hidden community thrives despite difficult circumstances. "Crisanto Street" follows eight-year-old Geovany Cesario, who is moving from his mobile RV into low-income housing, and much of the film is documented by him. Crisanto...
The “Somm” franchise gets better with age
Source: Eater Jason Wise’s "Somm" series continues to improve as the franchise evolves and more characters get thrown into the mix. The latest installment, "Somm 3," is a good-natured tour of the wine world that seems built to appeal to both newbies and fans of the...
Oscars 2019: Academy unveils shortlists for documentary categories
Source: Variety The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday announced its shortlists in the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject categories. The shortlists pare down the list of Oscar hopefuls from which Academy members will choose nominees...
A Ted Bundy true crime docuseries is coming to Netflix
Source: The Hollywood Reporter Netflix is adding another true crime docuseries to its roster, this time focusing on notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. The streaming service, home to "Making a Murderer," "The Keepers," and numerous other crime docuseries, will...
“Dead Souls” explores a long suppressed and utterly horrific chapter in China’s history
Source: Brooklyn Rail Mao Zedong launched the Anti-Rightist Movement in 1957 as a reaction to the critical statements that emerged from the Hundred Flowers Movement, during which intellectuals were encouraged to express their honest views of the Communist Party. As a...
The 10 Best Documentaries of 2018 – Rolling Stone
Source: Rolling Stone 1. Amazing Grace - It only took 46 years to see it, but this legendary concert film chronicling Aretha Franklin’s two-night stand at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles — the same 1972 shows that gave her the best-selling...
