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Superlatives swirl around Bruce Franks Jr., the focus of the Oscar-nominated short documentary St. Louis Superman. "I don’t know if I’ve ever met a human being quite as remarkable as Bruce, who just contains the sheer amount of talent but also this life force, this energy where just greatness seems to surround him,"…

Eight months ago, Sheila Nevins, the former longtime president of HBO Documentary and Family Programming, took over as head of MTV Documentary Films, a division of MTV Studios. One of the first projects she set up was short documentary St. Louis Superman, which today landed a Oscar nomination in the Documentary (Short…

Sheila Nevins, head of MTV Documentary Films, has set new projects from Alexandra Pelosi (Journey with George), Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) and Alexandra Shiva (How to Dance in Ohio).  The new pics add to the unit’s growing slate of films that sheds light on key social, political and…

MTV Documentary Films, a division of Viacom's MTV Studios, today announced its latest acquisition under Sheila Nevins: Gay Chorus Deep South. Directed by David Charles Rodrigues, the film world premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature before going on…