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The International Documentary Association is adding a quartet of distinguished members of the nonfiction film community to its board of directors. Joining the board are Inti Cordera, a documentary film director, producer, and founder of La Maroma Productions Nathalie Seaver, executive…

Starz has picked up the five-part docuseries Magic City: An American Fantasy, about the popular Atlanta strip club known as the Black Studio 54 and its longtime influence on hip-hop. The series created and executive produced by Cole Brown, is slated to debut this summer. Drake's DreamCrew…

CPH:DOX, the world-class documentary festival in Copenhagen, is underway – kicking off with the world premiere of a film that could not be more timely. Facing War, directed by Tommy Gulliksen, examines the final years of Jens Stoltenberg's 10-year stretch as secretary general of NATO as he…

Roku has acquired exclusive distribution rights to Just a Bit Outside, a documentary that chronicles the 1982 season of the Milwaukee Brewers. Viewers can stream the film on The Roku Channel from April 11-June 30. No subscription is required. Just a Bit Outside chronicles the ups and downs…

Netflix has lined up a stellar trio of quarterbacks for the second season of its eponymous NFL docuseries. The streamer is launching the second season of the series in July and has signed up Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow and Detroit Lions' Jared Goff alongside Kirk Cousins, who is returning…

UPDATED with latest: The 97th Oscars is in the rearview — time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows and nominations dates ahead as we move move toward Emmy season and look ahead to the Tonys, music awards and more. Check back often for…

Miami Beach city commission meetings typically don't generate national and international news, but that could happen Wednesday. The commission is due to take up a resolution spearheaded by Mayor Steven Meiner that would cancel the city's lease with a movie theater showing the Oscar-winning docu…

EXCLUSIVE: The inaugural Henry Awards for Public Interest Documentary has named its 15 semifinalists, with the winner set to receive $100,000. The new prize, created by the Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics…

The blowback continues over the Miami Beach mayor’s threat to close a movie theater over its screening of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land. More than 600 people including several Oscar winners have signed an open letter to the city decrying the potential shutdown of indie theater O Cinema…

EXCLUSIVE: Dogwoof and Visitor Media are hot on the trail of Ryan Wedding, the ex-Olympic snowboarder-turned-FBI most wanted fugitive. Dogwoof, the doc specialist based in London, and Toronto-based Visitor are partnering with Rolling Stone Films, the CBC and La Corriente del Golfo on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Post-production is underway on Our Colors Never Fade, a documentary on LGBTQIA+ Ukrainians who sprang to the defense of their country after Russia's full-scale invasion. Jim McSherry directs and International Emmy winner Artem Lysak executive produces the feature film which is…

EXCLUSIVE: Investigation Discovery and 5 (formerly Channel 5) are diving deep into the Lively v Baldoni saga via a fast-turnaround doc from ITN Productions (ITNP). Watch trailer below. He Said, She Said: Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni will air tonight on 5 before a shorter version titled In Dispu…