The Peabody Awards today announced the Documentary and Education program honorees, the final nine winners named as part of its inaugural Peabody 30. They include documentaries Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO), Listen To Me Marlon (Showtime), What Happened, Miss Simone? (Netflix) and ISIS In Afgha…

EXCLUSIVE: Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray's Maven Pictures is teaming with Going Clear producer Jacqui Lewis to produce a film adaptation of Zelda la Grange's bestselling book Good Morning, Mr. Mandela. The story charts the unlikely but true story of la Grange’s friendship and career with former President Nelson Mand…

Even with 124 films qualifying for a run at the Documentary Feature Oscar this year, the longlist from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences isn't as extensive as in previous years. But as the doc branch sets to work narrowing the list down further, there's a sense that this year's race is still up for…

The TV Academy gave a show of support to HBO’s controversial Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief, naming it best documentary or nonfiction special. "This is a great honor," said director Alex Gibney in picking up the statuette, adding the project would not have been possible without the "courageous…

Going Clear author Lawrence Wright’s Camp David, a day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David meeting where Jimmy Carter persuaded Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to sign a still-durable peace treaty, has a couple of Broadway producers attached. Based on Wright’s  Thirteen Days i…

Going Clear, HBO’s docu profiling eight former Church of Scientology members, clocked 1.65 million viewers in its Sunday premiere. The film opened theatrically in L.A., New York and San Francisco ahead of its HBO premiere and, of course, HBO does not issue same-day stats because, the network accurately insists, the…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business.  FLEMING: Before we get going here, I want to let readers know we won’t file a column next week. I’ll be away on a long trip and ask…

Oscar-winner Alex Gibney has taken on organized religion before but his latest documentary, Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief, has turned into a head-on collision with church officials. The film bows this weekend in limited theatrical release by HBO, and is the most notable of the weekend’s new…

Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief, the Alex Gibney documentary about Scientology’s roots and its role in Hollywood, has been acquired for exclusive first-window VOD distribution by Vimeo. The film will appear through Vimeo On Demand beginning in September, after HBO’s holdback period ends following the…

Content Media has acquired international sales rights to Alex Gibney's documentary Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief. The film will have its world premiere at Sundance. Gibney wrote and directed based on the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright. In the film, he profiles eight former…