Doc On Famed Author Joyce Carol Oates Acquired By Greenwich Ent. – Deadline

Joyce Carol Oates

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind, a documentary about one of America’s foremost literary figures. The company plans to release the film on […]

‘The YouTube Effect’ Screens With Short Doc On Court Watching Movement – Deadline

Fiona Apple performs during the 36th Annual Austin Music Awards at ACL Live on February 28, 2018 in Austin, Texas.

EXCLUSIVE: Moviegoers who catch Alex Winter’s new documentary The YouTube Effect can expect a cinematic bonus: We can reveal the film is preceded by a short documentary for the National Courtwatch Network narrated by Fiona […]

Ukraine-Themed Doc ‘In The Rearview’ Earns Top Prize At Sheffield – Deadline

'In The Rearview'

In the Rearview, Maciek Hamela’s documentary about Ukrainians fleeing war in their homeland, won the Grand Jury Award for International Competition tonight at the 30th Sheffield DocFest. The film premiered in May at the Millennium Docs […]

Augusto Góngora, Star Of Sundance Doc ‘The Eternal Memory,’ Dies At 71 – Deadline

Paulina Urrutia and Augusto Góngora in 'The Eternal Memory'

Augusto Góngora, the journalist, author and television host documented in the Sundance winning film The Eternal Memory, is being mourned in his native Chile after his death at the age of 71. The film’s Oscar-nominated […]

Cannes Doc From Sahra Mani, Jennifer Lawrence – Deadline

Cannes Doc From Sahra Mani, Jennifer Lawrence – Deadline

Late last month the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to condemn the Taliban for systematically depriving Afghan women of their rights, demanding the country’s fundamentalist Islamic rulers provide “full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of […]

Leonardo DiCaprio, Appian Way Board Doc ‘We Are Guardians’ As EPs – Deadline

Fisher Stevens, Academy Award winner behind new production company Highly Flammable

EXCLUSIVE: Fisher Stevens’ Highly Flammable production company today announced Leonardo DiCaprio and his Appian Way Productions have joined the documentary We Are Guardians as executive producers. The film, about Indigenous protectors of the imperiled Amazon […]

Erika Dilday Joins Ken Burns & Team On Doc ‘Emancipation To Exodus’ – Deadline

Erika Dilday at the IDA Documentary Awards on December 10, 2022 in Los Angeles.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winning filmmaker Erika Dilday is joining Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon as co-director and co-producer of the upcoming documentary film Emancipation to Exodus (working title). It’s a long-term commitment – the film […]

Pope Francis Attends Vatican Screening Of Ukraine Doc ‘Freedom On Fire’ – Deadline

Pope Francis offers a prayer for Ukraine after a screening of 'Freedom on Fire.' To his left is director Evgeny Afineevsky.

EXCLUSIVE: Pope Francis is issuing a renewed plea for peace in Ukraine after attending an extraordinary screening at the Vatican of Evgeny Afineevsky’s documentary Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom. The screening at the […]

Meet the Super Bowl wives and girlfriends – including a team owner and pregnant partner who’s bringing doc to the game

The Chiefs and Eagles both went 14-3 this season

SUPER Bowl LVII is set to feature two star-studded rosters – many of whom will be cheered on from the stands by their significant others. Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and the rest of the Kansas […]

Paul McCartney’s Creative Surge Post-Beatles To Be Explored In New Doc – Deadline

Paul and Linda McCartney, circa 1970.

EXCLUSIVE: Paul McCartney’s incredible creative output in the decade after he left The Beatles will come into focus in Man on the Run (working title), a documentary to be directed by Oscar and Grammy winner […]