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EXCLUSIVE: MTV Documentary Films is set to release the COVID-19 documentary 76 Days in more than 50 virtual cinemas nationwide including the Film Forum in New York and Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles beginning December 4. Directed by Hao Wu (People's Republic of Desire) and two China-based journalists, Weixi Chen and…

Neon, StudioCanal, and Blueprint Pictures are co-developing the narrative remake of lauded documentary The Painter and the Thief from Benjamin Ree. Neon held a bidding war for the project, which Studiocanal and Blueprint won. Neon had acquired remake rights along with the documentary following its world premiere at…

EXCLUSIVE: PBS’ documentary series POV has acquired U.S. broadcast rights to Landfall, Cecilia Aldarondo’s feature-length film that looks at the rebuilding of Puerto Rico after the devastation of Hurricane Maria through the stories of farmers, fishermen, educators, real estate agents and newcomers. The doc, which had…

Altitude and Lightbox, the production outfit run by Oscar and Emmy-winning filmmakers Simon and Jonathan Chinn, are combining for what they claim will be the first theatrical documentary on Princess Diana. Directed by Ed Perkins (Tell Me Who I Am), Diana will draw on thousands of hours news reports, previously unseen…

UPDATED, 2:15 PM: We now have the first trailer for Showtime Documentary Films’ feature-length docu about LSD pioneer Timothy Leary from Oscar-winning director Errol Morris. The pic has been titled My Psychedelic Love Story and is set to premiere at 9 p.m. Sunday, November 29, on premium cable net. Check out the…

A month after Deadline revealed that HBO Documentary Films acquired North American rights to The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, the film has been set to premiere December 12 at 8 p.m. ET on HBO. It will also be viewable to stream on HBO Max. You can watch the first trailer above. The Frank…

Firelight Media today revealed the 14 Fellows selected for the 2020-22 Firelight Documentary Lab. The 18-month program supporting Black, indigenous and other filmmakers of color is now in its 11th year. The projects the new class bring to the Fellowship range from stories of generational Black farmers in the American…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich) has partnered with RadicalMedia and The Atlantic on a new conspiracy theory docuseries Shadowland. Shadowland is a recurring timely docuseries based on…

CNN Films has come aboard Dreamland: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street, the documentary about the 1921 Tulsa race riot from LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Entertainment. The project, announced earlier this summer, is now in production, the companies said Monday, with Salima Koroma directing and…

Starz said Monday that it has acquired rights to With Drawn Arms, the documentary about Olympian Tommie Smith who reflects on his iconic fist-thrust silent protest on the medal stand during the national anthem at the 1968 Summer Games. The cable network has set a premiere date for November 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, when it…

In what is signaling a very good year for documentaries, the Critics’ Choice Association on Monday announced its list of nominations for the fifth annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, and if the past is any clue it could be an indicator of what to expect from the Oscars next spring. With an inclusive list, to…

EXCLUSIVE: ID Films has acquired The Witmans, a documentary feature that tells the tragic story of a Pennsylvania couple whose teenage son was convicted to life without parole for the killing of his younger brother. The film will air on Investigation Discovery on Tuesday, December 1 at 9 PM, a week after its premiere…