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As evidenced by Wednesday’s opening-night screening of The Apollo, this promises to be an exceptionally good year for the documentary competition at the Tribeca Film Festival. Two other docus focusing on remarkable personal stories, one in show business and the other on the high seas, join the fray Thursday and Friday…

On its surface, Augie, the story of a fitness giant who contracted ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, aka Lou Gehrig’s disease), might be a downer of a documentary to watch. That would be wrong. Instead, Augie turns out to be a love story like no other and an unforgettable journey that gives us all hope. In many ways…

EXCLUSIVE: There have been a couple of feature doc acquisitions to report. First up, Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber have acquired Lisa Immordino Vreeland's feature documentary Love, Cecil about production designer Cecil Beaton (Gigi, My Fair Lady). The film premiered at 2017 Telluride Film Festival. It will get a…

Following up his Oscar nominated documentary chronicling the late Glen Campbell’s fight against Alzheimers Disease, director James Keach tackles the inspirational story of  Augie Nieto who is often referred to as the Steve Jobs of the fitness industry. At age 47 he was diagnosed with ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gerhig…