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Documentary on the NBA’s first African-American player secures distribution
Source: The Hollywood Reporter Constant Beta Motion Picture Company, Creative Control, and Abramorama are collaborating for the North American distribution of "The First to Do It," a documentary about Earl Lloyd, the first African-American to play in the NBA....
HBO’s “Spielberg” finds the unknown side of the world’s most-known filmmaker
Source: GQ "Spielberg," the new documentary about the life and work of Steven Spielberg—which premieres on HBO on Saturday—begins with one major asset in its favor: Everyone has seen his movies. For someone with such an outsized influence on the development of...
Greg Barker’s “The Final Year” to open DOC NYC
Source: realscreen DOC NYC has announced that it will screen director Greg Barker’s "The Final Year" as its 2017 opening night film. The documentary feature follows key members of Barack Obama’s administration during his last year in office. After the doc screens,...
Ten Animal Welfare Documentaries to Add to Your Netflix Queue
Source: Care2 Blackfish - Thanks in large part to this 2013 documentary that takes a disturbing look at the sad life of performing killer whale Tilikum, attendance plunged at SeaWorld amusement parks — and the company ended its killer whale show at its San Diego...
Making a Murderer’s Steven Avery denied a new trial by Wisconsin judge
Source: Reuters A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday denied a bid for a new trial by Steven Avery, who is serving a life sentence for the 2005 slaying of Teresa Halbach. The case was featured in the Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer.” Sheboygan County Judge Angela...
A Rolling Stone magazine documentary is coming to HBO
Source: Variety HBO has acquired “Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge,” the upcoming documentary on Rolling Stone magazine from Alex Gibney. The doc will run over two nights starting on Nov. 6. The documentary comes hard on the heels of news that Rolling Stone is up...
Trailer for upcoming Bill Nye documentary targets climate change, selfie fatigue
Source: Entertainment Weekly Bill Nye got a generation of kids hooked on science, but now he’s moving on to “something bigger.” In the first trailer for "Bill Nye: Science Guy," a new documentary coming to theaters from PBS Distribution, “Bill Nye the Science Guy”...
Showtime airing mass shooting docuseries “Active Shooter: America Under Fire”
Source: The Hollywood Reporter Showtime is airing a new eight-episode documentary series “Active Shooter: America Under Fire.” The series explores mass shootings and their consequences from the first-hand perspective of survivors, families of the victims, witnesses,...
Music doc “Two Trains Runnin’ ” captures the 1964 collision of blues and civil rights
Source: Los Angeles Times Delta blues, as personified by giants like Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, was a rolling wail of intensely personal music. Sam Pollard’s energetic, trenchant documentary “Two Trains Runnin’ ” spotlights a time when this beating heart of...
Doc Watch: Alcohol destroyed the Pine Ridge reservation – then they fought back
Source: The Guardian Dashing through wild sunflowers and tall grass, Joe Pulliam slid through the barbed-wire fence that marks the state border. With two large wooden tipi poles slung over his shoulder, sweating in the morning sun, he knew it was trespassing. But...
Filmmaker-monk goes after sex trade in “Stopping Traffic”
Source: Los Angeles Times However bad you think sex trafficking is — in terms of either the scope or the horrific acts committed — it’s worse. Director and Jain monk Sadhvi Siddhali Shree's “Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking” doesn’t merely cite...
“Unrest” doc about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to make sure homebound audience has virtual access
Source: Deadline "Unrest," a movie about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this year, is using an unconventional distribution method to make sure that it is seen by one of its target audiences: homebound sufferers of the disease....
Joe Berlinger’s Armenian genocide documentary “Intent To Destroy” acquired by Abramorama and Gathr Films
Source: Deadline Abramorama and Gathr Films have acquired the North American theatrical rights to the Joe Berlinger documentary "Intent to Destroy," a film-within-a film that centers on the Armenian genocide of 1915 and was a critical favorite at this year’s Tribeca...
Ten Real-Life Horror Documentaries on Netflix to Watch This Halloween Season
Source: Elite Daily Hostage To The Devil - This documentary looks into the true story of Father Malachi Martin, a priest who believed in demonic possession. H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer - If you're into stories about serial killers, look no further....
“Faces Places,” “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” “Risk” get Oscar boost from DOC NYC’s Short List
Source: The Wrap Agnes Varda, Errol Morris, Steve James, and Laura Poitras are among the documentary filmmakers whose films have been placed on DOC NYC’s 2017 Short List of the year. The annual list typically serves as an accurate predictor of documentaries that will...
Doc Read: Fighting the Toxic Nightmare Next Door
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek It was practical considerations that led Dawn and Brian Chapman to Maryland Heights, a modest suburb of St. Louis bound by two interstate highways, several strip malls, an international airport, and the Missouri River. They found a...
What leads to false confessions? “Making a Murderer” attorneys weigh in
Source: WTTW What makes someone confess to a crime they didn’t commit? Two days after arguing their case before seven appellate judges in Chicago, attorneys for "Making a Murderer's" Brendan Dassey held an open discussion at the Chicago Bar Association to address...
An interview with Elaine McMillion Sheldon, director of opioid crisis doc “Heroin(e)”
Source: 100 Days in Appalachia Elaine McMillion Sheldon won a Peabody Award for her 2013 interactive documentary “Hollow,” which examines the future of rural America through the eyes and voices of McDowell County, West Virginia residents. McMillion Sheldon's latest,...
NASA astronaut biking the Amazon for climate change documentary
Source: NECN Maine native and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is on a new mission: to the Amazon. Cassidy is traveling with a team of environmental scientists, documenting the changes to the rain forest for a documentary that they hope will raise awareness about climate...
The curtain goes up on a documentary-rich New York Film Festival
Source: Los Angeles Times Ninety-nine feature films will dot the sparkling lineup at the 55th New York Film Festival, which kicked off last night with Richard Linklater's "Last Flag Flying." The festival's documentaries as a whole are a vibrant, varied bunch, teaming...