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Fred and Rose West Netflix documentary to contain unseen video
A new documentary about serial killers Fred and Rose West will contain "previously unseen police video and unheard audio recordings",…
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Andrea Blaugrund Nevins, Documentary Filmmaker Known for ‘Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie’ and ‘The Other F Word,’ Dies at 63
Andrea Blaugrund Nevins, the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker behind “Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie” and “The…
Celebrity
Watch New Trailer for ‘Judd Family: Truth Be Told’ Lifetime Documentary
Lifetime has released a new trailer for the four-part documentary series “The Judd Family: Truth Be Told,” which premiers on Mother’s Day…
Culture
Thirty-Two French Productions and Co-Productions in Visions du Réel Lineup Reflect Health of Gallic Documentary Biz
Visions du Réel, one of Europe’s leading documentary film festivals, shines the spotlight on France this year, celebrating its deep-rooted…
Culture
Billy Joel Documentary ‘And So It Goes’ to Open 2025 Tribeca Festival
“Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” an HBO original two-part documentary, will be the opening night film of the 2025 Tribeca Festival. Tribeca…
Culture
A Documentary About Shia LaBeouf’s Acting School Allegedly Shows His Physical Violence; LaBeouf Says He ‘Fully Supports the Release of the Film’
Billboard Women in Music 2025 Leo Lewis O’Neil’s documentary “Slauson Rec” chronicles the rise and fall of a free acting school Shia…
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Documentary ‘Number One on the Call Sheet,’ About the History of Black Hollywood, Aims to be a ‘Blueprint for Generations to Come’
Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Angela Bassett, Halle Berry and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson are among the prominent Black actors leading AppleTV+’s…
Culture
Alex Gibney Produced Documentary About Palestinian-American Scholar Edward Said Among Winners at CPH:DOX Industry Awards
At the industry awards of Copenhagen’s documentary festival CPH:DOX last night, the U.S. project “Untitled Edward Said Documentary” by…
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How Do Political Docs Stay Alive in New Trump Era? Key Documentary Players Meet at CPH:DOX to Ponder Alternatives After ‘Streamers Went to the Right’
On Tuesday at Copenhagen doc festival CPH:DOX, European broadcasters, funders and producers, as well as key players from the U.S. market,…
Culture
Deadlifting in Your Nineties, in “Strong Grandma”
At ninety-five years old, Catherine Kuehn became a world-record-holding powerlifter. “It’s been very easy for me,” she explains with a…
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How Gunnar Hall Jensen Had the Guts to Complete His Documentary About His Son After the Young Man’s Death (EXCLUSIVE)
Norwegian director Gunnar Hall Jensen has made a trademark of his playful and quirky self-portraits in which his reflections on life often…
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Contributor: Great documentaries reveal history's truth. Unregulated AI threatens to distort it
A furious political leader shouting a message of hate to an adoring audience. A child crying over the massacre of her family. Emaciated…
Celebrity
MSNBC Taps David Frost Archives for Documentary Series ‘David Frost Vs.’
Wilfred Frost is getting ready to put much of his family business on public display. Frost, who may best be known for his anchor turns on…
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Sean Combs Files $100 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against NBCUniversal for ‘Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy’ Documentary
Sean Combs has filed a $100 million lawsuit against NBCUniversal for its Peacock documentary “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.” The fallen…
Culture
Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary Feature — ‘Black Box Diaries’ and ‘Porcelain War’ Try to Beat Out ‘No Other Land’
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the…
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‘The Stringer’ Review: Who Took the Historic Vietnam War Photo Known as ‘Napalm Girl’? A Riveting Documentary Says the Answer Lies in a Conspiracy
Conspiracies and cover-ups are a dime a dozen in fictional movies (thrillers, political dramas, you name it). But when a documentary…
Business
Amazon Beats Disney, Paramount, and Netflix in $40M Bid for Melania Trump Documentary Deal
Amazon has reportedly acquired the rights to a documentary about Melania Trump, directed by Brett Ratner, for an impressive $40 million.…
Business
Video shows mosque demolition documentary screening in India, not Bangladesh
As Muslim-majority Bangladesh saw a spate of reprisal attacks against its minority Hindu community, a video was shared online with a false…
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“Goodbye, Morganza” Follows the Legacy of a Black Family’s Property Loss
“It was a piece of heaven,” Agnes Marshall Blackwell says about the house she grew up in, situated in Morganza, Maryland. She recalls a…