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Showtime has released a first-look trailer for documentary XY Chelsea ahead of its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on May 1. XY Chelsea will premiere on Showtime on Friday, June 7 at 9 PM ET/PT. Directed by Tim Travers Hawkins and executive produced by Oscar winner Laura Poitras (Risk, Citizenfour), XY Chel…

Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst and whistleblower who was convicted of leaking classified information, talked about re-entering civilian life after spending seven years in federal prison. In the year since President Obama commuted her 35-year sentence for stealing classified U.S. military files…

A documentary on whistle-blower Chelsea Manning, whose struggle with gender dysphoria coincided with a 35-year prison sentence for revealing state secrets, will be released at an unspecified date later this year with Showtime’s backing. The announcement on XY Chelsea was made today by David Nevins, President and CEO…

Last year, three-time Oscar winner Oliver Stone made his 20th directorial outing with Snowden—a look at the life of former NSA consultant and whistleblower Edward Snowden. The film took Stone on numerous trips to Russia, where Snowden has lived in exile since 2013, which then led to a series of interviews with Russian…