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Clouds of gloom have settled over much of the documentary field, brought on by multiple factors: a sluggish acquisition market, cutbacks in the executive ranks at Netflix and Showtime, uncertainty around Hulu’s future, CNN Films taking doc production in house, sharper scrutiny of budgets and content…

EXCLUSIVE: For NASA's pioneering Black astronauts, gravity wasn't the only barrier impeding them from reaching the highest heights. They also faced another implacable force, in the form of racial bias. National Geographic Documentary Films today announced filmmakers Lisa Cortés and Diego Hurtado de…

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary astronomer and astrophysicist Carl Sagan, who expanded scientific understanding of the universe and helped millions appreciate the wonders of the cosmos, will be the subject of an upcoming documentary feature from National Geographic Documentary Films. The Untitled Carl Sagan Film…

When scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft married in 1970, they headed to a place where few couples would choose to honeymoon: an active volcano. But Mount Stromboli off the coast of Sicily could not have suited them better as the love they shared was equaled only by their passion for the…

Neon in association with National Geographic Documentary Films said director Sara Dosa's Fire of Love will cross $1 million at the box office this weekend, becoming the biggest documentary release of the year for combined domestic and international gross. The film opened this summer and is entering its ninth week in…

The Picturehouse release of National Geographic Documentary Films  The Territory grossed a solid $26.4K in six markets (eight screens) for a PSA of $3,308 with its climate change message attracting a broader than typical age range for a theatrical doc, especially lately, according to Picturehouse CEO Bob Berney. He…

Neon said Wednesday that it has come aboard Fire of Love, Sara Dosa’s documentary that world premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. That’s where Deadline boke the news that National Geographic Documentary Films acquired worldwide rights to the pic, which explores the lives and work of French…

National Geographic Documentary Films acquired rights to the docu The Territory for low seven-figures. It’s their second deal, following a big one for Fire of Love. Nat Geo announced The Territory deal this morning. Screening in the World Cinema Documentary competition, The Territory focuses on the tireless fight of…

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…