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Director Rachel Lears has returned to Sundance, three years after she triumphed at the festival with Knock Down the House. That earlier documentary followed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her successful campaign to oust an entrenched Democratic Congressman. AOC plays a significant role in Lears' latest film, To the End…

Back in early 2017 filmmaker Rachel Lears came up with an idea for a documentary that wound up changing her life. "Rachel was looking for a subject to follow right after the 2016 presidential election," her husband and filmmaking collaborator Robin Blotnick explains. "She read an article about a group called Brand New…

The International Documentary Association has revealed the honorees for their 35th annual IDA Documentary Awards honorees. The ceremony is set for December 7 and will take place at the Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. Academy Award and Primetime Emmy winning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock (Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline broke news last Wednesday that Netflix had won a heated auction for the Sundance documentary Knock Down the House, but it wasn't immediately clear how much the picture sold for. I can reveal that Netflix paid $10 million for worldwide rights to a film that yesterday received Sundance's coveted Festi…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is about to get on the board in a big way at the Sundance Film Festival, near a deal on one of the buzziest documentaries to play Park City. Netflix is closing on Knock Down the House, the Rachel Lears-directed film that followed the campaigns of four progressive women who ran against incumbents in…