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HBO to Premiere MISS YOU CAN DO IT Pageant Doc on 6/24
by Tyler Peterson - June 04, 2013

One special weekend every year, the small Illinois town of Kewanee (population 12,916) turns into a place of celebration and delight, as the annual Miss You Can Do It pageant spotlights young girls with disabilities from around the country. Abbey Curran, Miss Iowa 2008, started the pageant in 2004 t...


Warner Archive Collection Announces New Releases: Time Bombs & Bombshells
by Caryn Robbins - June 04, 2013

Warner Archive Collection announces New Releases: Time Bombs & Bombshells...


All-Star Marilyn Monroe Documentary to Premiere on HBO, 6/17
by Tyler Peterson - June 03, 2013

One of the most enduring icons of 20th-century America, Marilyn Monroe invented an endlessly fascinating public persona, but also concealed a private side known only to her closest confidants. A half-century after her death, her creation still blazes brightly in the cultural imagination, while its c...


John Singleton Among Stars Featured at the Fourth Annual BronzeLens Film Festival
by Sarah Bellet - November 06, 2013

The fourth annual BronzeLens Film Festival (BLFF13) producers have put together a world class array of BronzeLens expert panels, workshops, domestic and international film screenings and signature events that reflect Atlanta's unique position as the Film Capital of the South....


HBO to Debut FIRST COMES LOVE Documentary, 7/29
by Caryn Robbins - July 12, 2013

Ranging from hormone injections to post-natal chaos, Davenport's wry chronicle of her pregnancy and its aftermath debuts MONDAY, JULY 29 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO....


THE CRASH REEL Coming to Theaters 12/13
by Caryn Robbins - October 31, 2013

Phase 4 Films announces that the company has set a December 13, 2013 theatrical release date for THE CRASH REEL, the award-winning and critically-acclaimed documentary...


All-Star Marilyn Monroe Documentary Premieres on HBO Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2013

One of the most enduring icons of 20th-century America, Marilyn Monroe invented an endlessly fascinating public persona, but also concealed a private side known only to her closest confidants. A half-century after her death, her creation still blazes brightly in the cultural imagination, while its c...


HBO Premieres PUSSY RIOT: A PUNK PRAYER Documentary Tonight
by TV News Desk - June 10, 2013

On Feb. 21, 2012, members of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot, donning their colorful trademark balaclavas, or ski masks, participated in a 40-second 'punk prayer protest' on the altar of Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral before being detained. Arrested and tried for trespassing, wearing '...


Photo Flash: Poster for CHASTITY BITES, Headed to Dances With Films Festival Today
by BWW News Desk - June 01, 2013

Weirdsmobile Productions wants you to fasten your chastity belts and say your prayers... The official one sheet for its new horror-comedy, CHASTITY BITES, releases today. The movie is set to makes its World Premiere today, June 1, 2013 at the Dances With Films film festival in Hollywood, CA. Check o...


Rosie's Theatre Kids Holds 10th Anniversary Gala Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2013

Rosie's Theater Kids presents the celebration of their 10th anniversary with a star studded Gala in NYC at the Marriot Marquis tonight, September 25, 2013....


HBO Acquires U.S. Rights to CASTING BY Documentary
by Caryn Robbins - September 13, 2012

HBO Documentary Films has acquired the U.S. television rights to Tom Donahue's feature documentary film CASTING BY, it was announced today. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday evening to an enthusiastic crowd and will next be screened at the New York ...


Josh Fox's GASLAND PART II Airs Exclusively on HBO Tonight
by TV News Desk - July 08, 2013

Debuting MONDAY, JULY 8 (9:00-11:15 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, GASLAND PART II shows how the stakes have been raised on all sides in one of the most important environmental issues facing the nation today....


HBO to Air VALENTINE ROAD Documentary, 10/7
by Tyler Peterson - September 17, 2013

Feb. 12, 2008, started like any other day at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, a California beach town northwest of Los Angeles. Eighth-grade students filed into computer lab to do an assignment on the topic of tolerance. But before the class was over, 15-year-old Lawrence 'Larry' King lay fi...


Photo Flash: Poster Unveiled for CHASTITY BITES, Headed to Dances With Films Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013

Weirdsmobile Productions wants you to fasten your chastity belts and say your prayers... The official one sheet for its new horror-comedy, CHASTITY BITES, releases today. The movie is set to makes its World Premiere on June 1, 2013 at the Dances With Films film festival in Hollywood, CA. Check out t...


HBO to Premiere Lucy Walker's Kevin Pearce Documentary, 7/15
by Tyler Peterson - June 26, 2013

'The Crash Reel,' the Story of Snowboarding Champion Kevin Pearce, Directed by Two-Time Oscar(R) Nominee Lucy Walker, Debuts July 15, Exclusively on HBO...


HBO Premieres Documentary MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD Today
by TV News Desk - February 04, 2013

MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, directed by Alex Gibney (HBO's Oscar-winning 'Taxi to the Dark Side'), shows the face of evil that lurks behind the smiles and denials of authority figures and institutions who believe that they can do no wrong, because they stand for good....


All-Star Marilyn Monroe Documentary Premieres on HBO Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2013

One of the most enduring icons of 20th-century America, Marilyn Monroe invented an endlessly fascinating public persona, but also concealed a private side known only to her closest confidants. A half-century after her death, her creation still blazes brightly in the cultural imagination, while its c...


HBO to Debut Documentary THE CHESHIRE MURDERS Tonight
by TV News Desk - July 22, 2013

The intruders were caught minutes after fleeing the Petit home and overnight, news of their crime sent shock waves across the nation, while Cheshire residents retreated behind newly locked doors. Debuting tonight, JULY 22 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, in conjunction with the sixth ann...


HBO Documentary Films Acquires U.S. TV Rights to Liz Garbus' LOVE, MARILYN
by TV News Desk - September 14, 2012

HBO Documentary Films has acquired the U.S. television rights to Oscar-nominated director Liz Garbus' feature documentary film LOVE, MARILYN, it was announced today. The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival and a Gala Screening at the Toronto International Film Festival on Wedn...


Ethel Kennedy, Rosie O'Donnell and More Set for HBO's Continuing Documentary Lineup, 2012
by Movies News Desk - August 01, 2012

HBO Documentary Films continues its commitment to groundbreaking films in the second half of 2012. From an in-depth portrait of Ethel Kennedy by her daughter, to Rosie O'Donnell's DON'T DIVORCE ME! KIDS' RULES FOR PARENTS ON DIVORCE, to a moving look at dyslexia from James Redford, HBO showcases wor...


HBO to Debut Oscar-Nominated Documentary REDEMPTION Today
by TV News Desk - October 14, 2013

Former short-order cooks, computer-sales executives and factory workers, these men and women turned to canning after the economic downturn eliminated their livelihoods. Amidst the ongoing debate over income disparity in America, the timely documentary REDEMPTION looks at this growing army of jobless...


ARGO, LINCOLN Among Nominees of Writers Guild of America Awards
by Caryn Robbins - January 04, 2013

The Writer's Guild of America announced its nominations for theatrical motion pictures this morning in three categories: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay and Documentary Screenplay....


HBO Premieres PUSSY RIOT: A PUNK PRAYER Documentary Tonight
by TV News Desk - June 10, 2013

On Feb. 21, 2012, members of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot, donning their colorful trademark balaclavas, or ski masks, participated in a 40-second 'punk prayer protest' on the altar of Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral before being detained. Arrested and tried for trespassing, wearing '...


HBO to Air MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD Documentary
by Caryn Robbins - September 05, 2012

NEW YORK, Sept. 5, 2012 - HBO Documentary Films' MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, the latest project from Oscar(R) winner Alex Gibney ('Taxi to the Dark Side'), will debut on HBO in early 2013 following its November theatrical release....


HBO to Air Documentary on the Lives of Casting Directors, 8/5
by Tyler Peterson - July 16, 2013

Afforded unprecedented freedom and power by television, casting pioneers like Marion Dougherty and Lynn Stalmaster were iconoclasts whose exquisite taste and gut instincts ultimately helped change the old studio system and usher in New Hollywood through landmark movies like 'Midnight Cowboy,' 'The G...






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