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HBO Max’s The Janes was among the top winners at the 44th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards on Wednesday, with the film — centered on a pre-Roe v. Wade abortion network in Chicago — taking home best documentary as well as best social issue documentary.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) presented the Documentary category winners during a live ceremony at the Palladium Times Square in New York City and streamed live on NATAS’ viewing platform powered by Vimeo, the second of a two-night celebration. The News category winners were announced in a ceremony held at the Palladium on Wednesday.

Scheduled presenters at the Thursday night Docs ceremony included HBO Documentary & Family Programming’s Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, reporter Jelani Cobb, Nothing Compares director Kathryn Ferguson, NPR host and Is That Black Enough for You?!? writer-director Elvis Mitchell, Doc NYC co-founder Thom Powers and National Geographic correspondent Mariana van Zeller.

For better or for worse, it is hard to argue against the cultural impact of football (or soccer) globally. Currently, the FIFA World Cup in Qatar is making headlines both on and off the pitch, with many calling foul play on what seems to be the most controversial World Cup of all time. This, although damning, makes it prime material for potential filmmakers, with soccer and particularly the World Cup on everyone's minds. Soccer and film have a long history, with some of the most feel-good stories being set on a soccer pitch, such as Gurinder Chadha's Bend it Like Beckham and great sporting triumphs and disasters being tackled by hugely successful documentaries like Netflix's current title FIFA Uncovered. One documentary in particular that caught the attention of many fans was Steve Jamieson and Mike Brett's Next Goal Wins. Having a coveted 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the...

In a typical World Cup year, fans and players have at least a few weeks to recover from the wild adrenaline rush of mainlining so many high stakes games all at once. This year, however, Qatar moving the tournament to the (slightly) cooler months of November and December means that the delirious hangover from Argentina and Lionel Messi’s victory over France will have only barely faded by the time England’s Premier League kicks back off — and I, with my deepest apologies to all the exhausted World Cup alums who have to throw themselves back onto the pitch, can’t wait.

Don’t worry: I’m not about to pretend I’m the first American who’s ever become a fan of Premier League men’s football (aka “soccer”). Even aside from from the World Cup, superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo and David “Bend It Like” Beckham captured stateside attention decades ago,...

Hollywood hasn’t even busted out the Moncler jackets or Bogner boots yet, but the indie sales market around the upcoming Sundance Film Festival is already seeing action.

Netflix has acquired the documentary “The Deepest Breath,” which promises to be a visual and emotional thriller about the world of high-risk freediving — where brave souls plunge oceans with no supplemental oxygen, only breath-holding. Indie giant A24, Motive Films, Ventureland and Raw are all additional partners on the film from Irish director Laura McGann. The film will have its global debut in Sundance’s Premieres section in the new year.

According to an official synopsis, the film follows a champion freediver in training to break a world record with the help of an expert safety diver, a pair whose emotional bond feels increasingly like fate. Divergent paths lead them to the pinnacle of the freediving world, documenting the thrilling rewards – and inescapable...

FIFA is the organization of international executives tasked with organizing the World Cup every four years. They're also the governing body of nearly every soccer league and competition around the world (including your kid's Ayso league.) Netflix’s new limited documentary series FIFA Uncovered pulls back the curtain to reveal the ugly politics and corruption behind one of the most powerful non-profit organizations on earth.

As I set my alarm to make sure I’d be up in time for Monday’s World Cup match between England and Iran, I felt nothing but a simmering dread. It didn’t especially matter what the score was (a 6-2 victory for England). The highest stakes drama of this year’s World Cup had already been playing out for months in the leadup to the kickoff in Qatar, and looks set to boil over despite FIFA’s most aggressive efforts to quell it into silence.

Every four years, the World Cup is supposed to — as one of FIFA’s approved hashtags puts it —#UnitetheWorld. And it has, in a way. Millions of fans are now all too aware of the sickening combination of corruption and compliance that’s made this year’s event one of the most controversial in recent memory, with Qatar luring all too easily manipulated...