Documentary News Series AXIOS Continues May 9
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 07, 2021
AXIOS is a co-production of HBO Documentary Films, AXIOS and DCTV; executive produced by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen & Roy Schwartz; directed and produced by Perri Peltz and Matthew O’Neill....
PEABODY AWARDS Announces 2021 Nominees
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 04, 2021
The nominees were chosen by a unanimous vote of 19 jurors from over 1,300 entries from television, podcasts/radio and the web in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, public service and multimedia programming....
HBO Announces Cuban RENT Documentary REVOLUTION RENT
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 29, 2021
The project is executive produced by Neil Patrick Harris, directed by Andy Señor Jr. and Victor Patrick Alvarez, and follows Señor Jr. to Cuba, where he is tasked with directing a stage production of the Tony® and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, “Rent,” the country’s first Broadway...
HBO's OUR TOWNS Debuts April 13th
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 24, 2021
In 2011, the Fallows created a blogpost for The Atlantic asking their readers to share compelling stories about their towns – from economic setbacks to local struggles or achievements – that have been overlooked by the national press....
EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES, From Acclaimed Filmmaker Raoul Peck, Debuts April 7
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 23, 2021
“As writers, creators, filmmakers we have no choice but to try and reflect our societies and give some sort of analysis of them the best way we can,” says Raoul Peck. “And as artists, we need to break the limits of our art.” ...
THE CROWN, BORAT, PROMISING YOUNG WOMEN, and More Take Home Writers Guild Awards; Full List!
by Stephi Wild - March 22, 2021
Last night, the Writers Guild Awards were held, airing for just 90 minutes in two ceremonies held in New York and Los Angeles....
HBO's THE LAST CRUISE Debuts March 30
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 16, 2021
By February 26, 2020, the ship accounted for more than half of all the documented COVID-19 cases outside of China, with more than 700 people on board infected. THE LAST CRUISE will have its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in the Documentary Shorts Competition category. ...
Documentary News Series AXIOS Continues March 7
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 05, 2021
Directed and produced by Emmy® winners Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz, the program features Axios’ signature “Smart Brevity” analysis, exclusive documentary-style reporting, and in-depth conversations on the topics and trends shaping our future....
HBO Documentary Films And Spike Lee In Production On NYC EPICENTERS 9/11→2021½
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 01, 2021
The multi-part documentary event will offer an unprecedented, sweeping portrait of New Yorkers as they rebuild and rebound, from a devastating terrorist attack through the ongoing global pandemic....
Documentary News Series AXIOS Continues February 21
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 19, 2021
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins addresses vaccine distribution and creation, working with the Trump Administration and the shadow epidemics including opioid addiction and mental illness with Axios editor-in-chief Nicholas Johnston. ...
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for HBO's COVID DIARIES
by Sarah Leiber - February 11, 2021
The deeply personal film illuminates the plight of essential workers and their families during the early days of the COVID-19 crisis as they navigate the deadly virus and a country riven by social upheaval....
THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY Premieres on HBO This May
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 10, 2021
A searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates. ...
Feature-Length Documentary on Tina Turner Comes to HBO
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 10, 2021
The documentary debuts SATURDAY, MARCH 27 (8:00 PM- 10:00 PM ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max....
HBO Documentary Films' Four-Part Documentary Series ALLEN v. FARROW Debuts Feb. 21
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 05, 2021
HBO Documentary Film’s ALLEN v. FARROW, from award-winning investigative filmmakers Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy, is a four-part documentary series that goes behind decades of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of one of Hollywood’s most notorious and public scan...
HBO's COVID DIARIES NYC Debuts March 9
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 01, 2021
COVID DIARIES NYC, debuting TUESDAY, MARCH 9 (9:00-9:40 p.m. ET/PT), chronicles the lives of five young filmmakers, ranging in age from 17 to 21,...
HBO Documentary Films Announces Nanfu Wang's IN THE SAME BREATH
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 28, 2021
HBO Documentary Films’ IN THE SAME BREATH, which recounts the origin and spread of the novel coronavirus from the earliest days of the outbreak in Wuhan to its rampage across the United States, will make its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. ...
HBO's FAKE FAMOUS Debuts February 2
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 21, 2021
HBO’s FAKE FAMOUS, debuting TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), from first-time director and veteran journalist Nick Bilton, explores the industry of social media influencers through an innovative social experiment....
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for THE LADY AND THE DALE on HBO
by Sarah Leiber - January 06, 2021
HBO Documentary Films’ THE LADY AND THE DALE is a four-part documentary series from Emmy®-winning producers Mark and Jay Duplass (HBO’s “Room 104”) and directed by Nick Cammilleri and Zackary Drucker....
HBO Documentary Films to Debut STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET in 2021
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 08, 2020
HBO Documentary Films’ STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET takes audiences inside the minds and hearts of the “Sesame Street” creators, artists, writers and educators who together established one of the most influential and enduring children’s programs in television history. The film ...
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for 40 YEARS A PRISONER on HBO
by Sarah Leiber - November 16, 2020
Feature documentary 40 YEARS A PRISONER, debuting TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 (9:00-10:50 p.m. ET/PT), chronicles one of the most controversial shootouts in American history: the 1978 police raid on the radical, back-to-nature group MOVE by the Philadelphia Police Department....
VIDEO: Watch the Official Trailer for BABY GOD on HBO
by Sarah Leiber - November 12, 2020
HBO’s BABY GOD, debuting WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 (9:00-10:20 p.m. ET/PT), from first-time director Hannah Olson and executive produced by Academy Award® nominees Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, is a shocking examination of the work of a Las Vegas fertility specialist and the many women he guided t...
HBO's TRANSHOOD Debuts November 12
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 30, 2020
Filmed over the course of five years in Kansas City, TRANSHOOD is an inspiring chronicle of the lives of four young people and their families as they each navigate growing up transgender in America’s heartland....
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for CRAZY, NOT INSANE on HBO
by Sarah Leiber - October 26, 2020
Psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has dedicated her career to the study of murderers....
HBO Documentary Films' MURDER ON MIDDLE BEACH Debuts Nov. 15
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 09, 2020
HBO Documentary Films’ MURDER ON MIDDLE BEACH, a four-part documentary series directed by first-time filmmaker Madison Hamburg....
HBO's 537 VOTES Debuts October 21
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 01, 2020
537 VOTES, a high-octane feature documentary chronicling the political machinations that led to the unprecedented, contested outcome of the 2000 presidential election, debuts WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO....
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