Are Self-Produced Projects Like Amazon’s ‘Val’ Documentaries, Memoirs or Sales Pitches?
Purists are worried that self-produced projects like 'Val,' 'Kid 90' and 'Pink: All I Know So Far' will dilute the documentary genre.
Purists are worried that self-produced projects like 'Val,' 'Kid 90' and 'Pink: All I Know So Far' will dilute the documentary genre.
Roku series "What Happens In Hollywood" is a candid 10-part docuseries that examines Hollywood's role in framing society's overall view of sex and sexuality.
Lionsgate has pulled out of a documentary project about Bill Cosby, Variety has learned.
Director Garret Price gives audiences behind-the-scenes insight through rare archival footage and interviews about the music fest.
Willie Nelson is participating in 'Willie Nelson and Family,' with Springsteen documentarian Thom Zimny and Oren Moverman co-directing.
Chloe Trayner has been named artistic director of the Ragtag Film Society, a 23-year-old non-profit that runs the preeminent international non-fiction documentary festival, True/False, in…
Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to “I Am Here,” a documentary about 100-year-old Holocaust survivor Ella Blumenthal which recently won the Jury Prize at the Durban…
Hello, gorgeous. Guess who’s my guest on this week’s “Just for Variety” podcast? Barbra Streisand! We talked about her new album “Release Me 2,” why we haven’t seen a Babs biopic à la “Rocketman”…
“For Sama” director Waad Al-Kateab is in Tokyo filming a documentary about the IOC Refugee Olympic Team for XTR. Al-Kateab, a Syrian filmmaker who received an Oscar nomination for “For Sama,”…
Showtime has released a trailer for “Bitchin’: the Sound and Fury of Rick James,” a new documentary directed by Emmy-nominee and hip-hop journalist Sacha Jenkins (“Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men”…
UPDATE: Tony Hawk, the skateboarding superstar whose name has become virtually synonymous with the now-Olympic sport, will be the subject of a major forthcoming feature documentary. The film…
Jessica Edwards is directing and producing “Skate Dreams,” an upcoming documentary about female skateboarders, as the first Olympic competition for them is underway in Tokyo. Produced by…
The team behind the blockbuster Michael Jordan docuseries “The Last Dance” are now taking their jam to space. Netflix has picked up “Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission To Space,” from producer…
Documentary filmmaker Peter Kunhardt began working on HBO’s “Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union” in 2014, while the former president was still in the White House. The director-exec…
These nonfiction tales also serve as vessels for processing the complicated nature of the human experience.
ByBy Pat Saperstein
To help documentary lovers navigate this crowded sector, Variety has assembled a calendar of TV and film documentary premiere dates that will be updated regularly.
Here are some of the best politically relevant documentaries to help make sure you're up to speed on the historical background of some of the most important issues.
Documentaries ranging from 'The Thin Blue Line' to 'Paradise Lost' have captivated audiences and sometimes corrected wrongful incarceration.
Here are more documentaries and docuseries featuring quirky characters and mysterious crimes to watch after "Tiger King."