Latest in National Geographic Documentary Films

The multiple generations who grew up mesmerized by the underwater cinematic adventures of Jacques-Yves Cousteau will be able to learn a good deal more about the man's life and work in Becoming Cousteau. Among the many gifts of Liz Garbus' filled-to-the-gills documentary is the way it positions the French explorer as…

National Geographic Documentary Films and Greenwich Entertainment said Friday that they will release Nat Geo’s Thai cave rescue documentary The Rescue in theaters in October. That’s the same month as the theatrical bow of one of Nat Geo’s other feature docs, Becoming Cousteau, which earlier this week set an October 22…

Yes, today’s announcement of films playing the Telluride Film Festival, which starts Thursday and runs through Labor Day, features many of the usual suspects spotted on the fall fest circuit and eyeing awards attention for their hot Oscar prospects. Netflix has multiple movies, so does Amazon. Focus, Warner Bros…

EXCLUSIVE: You probably can guess what National Geographic’s new documentary Fauci is about. And you would be right. The film, which will be going into theatrical release September 10 in select cities (specifically only those with appropriate mandates and guidelines for theaters), and then debuts in October on…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has your first look at Playing with Sharks, a National Geographic Documentary Film premiering exclusively on Disney+ on July 23. The documentary feature, written and directed by Emmy nominee Sally Aitken, centers on Valerie Taylor, the underwater filmmaking and shark research pioneer, whose life…

EXCLUSIVE: The filmmakers behind Science Fair are prepping a feature doc about student entrepreneurs for Disney+. The streamer has ordered Own the Room from directors Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster and National Geographic Documentary Films. The film follows five young students on their journey to win one of the…

Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease who became the top U.S. medical official addressing the coronavirus pandemic, is getting the feature documentary treatment. National Geographic Documentary Films said Monday that Emmy winners John Hoffman and Janet Tobias…

National Geographic Documentary Films has unveiled the first trailer for Oscar winner Steve James’ critically acclaimed docuseries City So Real, which paints a portrait of his hometown Chicago against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election. City So Real will air over five nights, commercial free…

National Geographic Documentary Films, distributers of the Oscar-winning Free Solo and Oscar-nominated The Cave, has obtained the rights to Saudi Runaway, the Susanne Regina Meures-directed documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and is slated to screen at Berlin International Film…

It’s safe to say that Free Solo is on a roll. Less than two weeks after the film won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, its TV premiere broke records for National Geographic. The commercial-free airing drew 1.45 million viewers in Live+3 to rank as the most watched National Geographic Documentary Films premiere…

The gripping human drama that played out in front the world last summer is getting the feature docu treatment. National Geographic Documentary Films has greenlighted an untitled film about the rescue of a Thai boys soccer team trapped deep inside a flooding cave from Oscar-winning director Kevin MacDonald. It was on a…

EXCLUSIVE: In the new trailer for Into the Okavango, we see the picturesque landscape and animals of Okavango Delta — and the threats endangering the African river basin. National Geographic Documentary Films’ follow-up to the Jane Goodall docu Jane takes us on a journey alongside Dr. Steve Boyes as he and a group…