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Few documentaries have triggered a real-world impact on the order of Surviving R. Kelly. Before the six-part series aired on Lifetime, the titular R&B singer-songwriter had managed to avoid significant harm to his recording career, despite allegations going back decades that he had sexually abused numerous teenage…

To Guillermo Navarro, executive producer of the National Geographic documentary series Hostile Planet, there’s no doubt global warming is dangerously real. "We've made sure to turn the oven a little hotter and things are cooking quicker," Navarro comments ruefully. "In these last 50 years the planet has evolved more…

Deadline has launched a new feature documentary screening series, For The Love of Docs, to be presented by Hulu. The slate of 10 documentaries, which represent the best of the brand, will screen each week at the Landmark Theatre in Los Angeles beginning September 17 through December 10. The screenings will be…

The New York Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled the lineup for its Spotlight on Documentary section, which include films from Nick Broomfield, Lynn Novick, Nicholas Ma, Nanni Moretti, Tim Robbins and Michael Apted and subjects ranging from dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham to Roy Cohn and Oliver…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer Victor Kossakovsky. Kossakovsky’s documentary Aquarela premiered during the festival circuit in 2018 to critical acclaim and screened at Sundance and SXSW. The film, which is a visual narrative that captures the power and beauty of bodies of…

Paramount Network’s documentary I Am Patrick Swayze not only made an emotional impression on Sunday night, it delivered impressive numbers ratings-wise. The premiere of the latest installment of Paramount’s I Am docus averaged 1.1 million total viewers. With the TV Land simulcast and the Paramount Network encore, I Am…

Chef's Table has become one of television's most celebrated food-themed programs since it debuted in 2015, but there was a time the Netflix series faced an uphill battle getting made. "Nobody wanted to hear a pitch about a food show without a celebrity host attached to it except for Netflix," creator and executive…

EXCLUSIVE: The climate change documentary Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is just as much a visual marvel as it is a call to action. Kino Lorber is partnering with the streaming platform Kanopy to bring the feature docu to over 100 theaters nationwide on September 25 to coincide with the U.N. Climate Action Summit and…

(UPDATED with Jackson estate statement) With five nominations going into next month's Emmy Awards, Leaving Neverland is hoping to score a final win in court too. Under legal fire from the extremely litigious estate of Michael Jackson, the HBO documentary examining allegations that the Thriller star sexually abused…

For director/producer Sophie Lanfear shooting the "Frozen Worlds" episode of the Netflix documentary series Our Planet involved less than posh accommodations. "When we were in Russia filming the walrus we lived in a shed. I was the only female and there were seven of us…stacked on shelves," she recalls. "That’s where…

Imagine someone in the news business, a television producer, who wasn't concerned about truth. That apparent anomaly describes Roger Ailes, the late Fox News chief, according to filmmaker Alexis Bloom. "He never said truth was important to him, in terms of Fox News. It was all about entertainment and messaging," Bloom…

The American Society of Cinematographers will the present its 34th annual ASC Awards on January 25 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland, the organization said Tuesday. The group also said it is introducing the ASC Documentary Award this year to recognize exceptional cinematography in nonfiction…