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EXCLUSIVE: Disney Branded Television President Ayo Davis today announced the acquisition of the acclaimed documentary short Sophie & the Baron, under the newly formed Disney Original Documentary banner—which will fall under the umbrella of the unit she oversees. Sophie & the Baron tells the story of the unlikely…

Director Petra Costa and producer Joanna Natasegara didn't expect their acclaimed documentary The Edge of Democracy to earn an Oscar nomination. But when they tuned in for the announcement, watching from different points on the globe, they were in for a welcome shock. "We were both screaming and I am not ashamed to…

When filmmaker Petra Costa was two years old her native Brazil returned to civilian rule after more than two decades of dictatorship. For her, government of the people, by the people and for the people felt like the natural order. "I grew up believing that democracy was my birthright," Costa tells Deadline. “My…