Genre: Documentary

Eddy’s World – A Documentary Short About Toys, Ideas, and Aging

EDDY’S WORLD is an engaging portrait of a 99-year-old toy inventor.  Best known for the iconic Yakity Yak Teeth, Eddy Goldfarb is the inventor of nearly 800 toys including Stompers, Vac-U-Form, Kerplunk and the Bubble Gun.  Eddy began designing toys while serving on the Batfish submarine during World War II. Today, Eddy lives in a retirement […]

MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMS TO OFFER ACCLAIMED DOC  “76 DAYS” FOR FREE ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 23RD

FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND INITIATIVE COMMEMORATES ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF WUHAN’S COVID-19 LOCKDOWN; MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMS TO DONATE TO ALL PARTICIPATING THEATERS New York, NY – January 19, 2021 – MTV Documentary Films announced a first-of-its-kind initiative to make the award-winning documentary 76 DAYS available for free via virtual cinema to patrons in over 300 North American theaters on January […]

HBO’s docuseries THE LADY AND THE DALE, Exec Produced by The Duplass Brothers, Co-Directed by Trans Activist Zackary Drucker

HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS’ THE LADY AND THE DALE DEBUTS JANUARY 31 From Emmy-Winning Executive Producers The Duplass Brothers(WILD WILD COUNTRY, ROOM 104) The Genre-Bending Documentary Series Details The Amazing True Story Of 1970’s Transgender EntrepreneurElizabeth Carmichael And Her Radical Car The Dale Directed by Nick Cammilleri and Trans Artist and Activist Zackary Drucker This four-part documentary series […]

Jennifer Lopez and Trans Nibbling Star in Doc Short as Official Oscar Entry Oscar Entry for Doc Short Runs Theatrically Jan. 12th Through Feb. 9th

Runs Theatrically Jan. 12th Through Feb. 9th “An incredibly brave story.” – Good Morning America “An important and timely film.” – Harper’s Bazaar “Their message was clear.” – Oprah Magazine “Brendon is going to light the way for so many kids” – New York Post Los Angeles: January 12, 2021 – Ithaka Films and the Onassis Foundation are proud to present the […]

Kino Lorber Releases Epicentro on DVD and TVOD January 12

Kino Lorber ReleasesSundance Grand Jury Prize-Winning Documentary Epicentro from Academy Award-Nominee® Hubert Sauper Available on DVD and Digitally on All Major TVOD Platforms Including Kino Now January 12, 2021 “Captures a Cuba that seems frozen in time… a vivid sense of Havana.”– Allan Hunter, Screen Daily “A hypnotic immersion into a country and culture embargoed by decades of our […]

Operation Santa – Adopt a Kid’s Letter to Santa

DEAR SANTA shines a light on the 100-year-old ‘Operation Santa’ Program of the United States Postal Service. Each year, hundreds of thousands of letters to Santa arrive at Post Offices around the country. Through Operation Santa, the United States Postal Service makes it possible for the public to safely adopt these letters and make children’s […]

A THOUSAND CUTS to Broadcast on Frontline PBS in January – Gotham Award Nominee and IDA Award Winner for Truth to Power Award

PBS Distribution, Frontline|PBS and Concordia Studio, in association with Luminate, present a Cinediaz production in association with Motto Pictures, developed in association with Topic Studios A THOUSAND CUTS Directed and Produced by Ramona S. DiazProduced by Leah Marino, Julie Goldman, Chris Clements, Carolyn HepburnExecutive Produced by Laurene Powell Jobs, Davis Guggenheim, Nicole Stott  Now Playing In Theaters and […]

Acclaimed SXSW Documentary MY DARLING VIVIAN Gives Voice to Johnny Cash’s First Wife

RELEASING ON DEMAND TOMORROW 12/8 Apple TV (iTunes) • Amazon • Vudu • FandangoNOW • XBox • DVD In My Darling Vivian — the acclaimed SXSW doc coming Tomorrow: Tuesday, December 8 to VOD — director Matt Riddlehoover traces the romantic, wrenching, and dizzying journey of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash‘s first wife and the mother of his four daughters, who was targeted by hate groups over […]

HBO’S 40 YEARS A PRISONER DEBUTS DECEMBER 8 – TRAILER JUST RELEASED

Feature documentary 40 YEARS A PRISONER, debuting TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 (9:00-10:50 p.m. ET/PT), chronicles one of the most controversial shootouts in American history: the 1978 police raid on the radical, back-to-nature group MOVE by the Philadelphia Police Department. Using eyewitness accounts and archival footage of the not widely known confrontation, the film illuminates the story of a city grappling with […]

Voguing Doc DEEP IN VOGUE – Debuts December 8th

DEEP IN VOGUEDirected by Dennis Keighron-Foster + Amy Watson DEEP IN VOGUE celebrates the colorful, queer, emotional and political stories of Northern Vogue in Manchester, UK and the black, gay ballrooms of 1980s New York City. The documentary had its UK premiere at BFI Flare and its US premiere at NewFest NYC. Over the course […]

Special Event at ‘DOC NYC’ – Join maestro Joshua Bell for the NY premiere of the acclaimed documentary LOS HERMANOS / THE BROTHERS

Join maestro Joshua Bell,film subject and acclaimed violinist Ilmar Gavilán,and Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider the directors of the documentary Los Hermanos / The Brothersfor a LIVE Q&A event on DOC NYC’s Facebook pageon Thursday, November 12 from 1:00-1:30 pm Eastern HAVING WORLD PREMIERE AT TOP FILM FESTIVALS NATIONWIDE DURING OCTOBER;NYC PREMIERE AT DOC NYC IN NOVEMBER  Directed by Marcia Jarmel & Ken Schneider World Premiere […]

Sundance Institute Selects Latest Slate of Documentary Fund Grantees

Los Angeles — The latest cohort of Sundance Institute Documentary Fund Grantees, announced today, comprise 23 nonfiction film projects from 21 countries of production. Unrestricted grant support, totaling $540,000, will benefit the projects across various production stages from development to post-production.  Grants are made possible by The Open Society Foundations and the John D. and Catherine […]

‘THE CURVE’ now streaming free until Nov. 4

“THE CURVE” now streaming free until Nov. 4; COVID-19 docu is first major creative feature of the pandemic era Directed by Academy Award®-nominated director Adam Benzine (Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah)  Original soundtrack by Emmy Award®-winning composer Joel Goodman (JFK, Walt Disney, Everything is Copy) WASHINGTON, DC – Anticipated documentary thriller The Curve is now streaming for free, […]

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 36TH IDA DOCUMENTARY AWARDS SHORTLISTS FOR FEATURE AND SHORT DOCUMENTARIES

Los Angeles, CA (October 28, 2020) – The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards shortlists for the Best Feature and Best Short categories. The 2020 Awards will be presented at a virtual ceremony in January 2021.  The full features and shorts shortlists, announced today, are below. Up to ten nominees in each […]

Trailer Debut for TRIAL 4 | A Netflix Original Documentary Series

The eight-episode docuseries TRIAL 4 delves into the story of Sean Ellis, a man who served 22 years in prison after being found guilty of killing Boston Police Detective John Mulligan in 1993. Though law enforcement presented evidence linking Ellis to the murder, further investigation revealed corrupt police officers, questionable witnesses and enormous pressure within […]

Powerful New Docudrama RISE OF THE NAZIS Premieres Tuesday, November 10 on PBS

Three-Part Series Examines How Germany Transformed from a Liberal Democracy into a Brutal Dictatorship in Only Four Years ARLINGTON, VA; October 7, 2020 – RISE OF THE NAZIS, a new three-part forensic examination of how Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party seized power in 1930s Germany, will premiere on PBS on Tuesday, November 10 at 9:00 […]

Errol Morris’ AMERICAN DHARMA – October 29th on Topic

AMERICAN DHARMA  A Film by Errol Morris  Runtime: 97 minutes Streaming on October 29th, only on Topic No stranger to sitting down with some of the most controversial figures of our time, Errol Morris trains his lens on Stephen K. Bannon. In their wide ranging conversation spanning over 16 hours, Morris questions Bannon on his background, […]

Mary J. Blige’s “See What You’ve Done” OUT NOW from the documentary ‘BELLY OF THE BEAST’

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DEF JAM RECORDINGS / UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP RELEASE THE ORIGINAL SONG  “SEE WHAT YOU’VE DONE” FROM THE DOCUMENTARY FILM ‘BELLY OF THE BEAST’ PERFORMED BY OSCAR-NOMINATED, GRAMMY-WINNING ARTIST/ACTRESS MARY J. BLIGE WRITTEN BY MARY J. BLIGE, NOVA WAV, & DJ CAMPER (October 16, 2020—Los Angeles, CA)—Def Jam Recordings/Universal Music Group is thrilled to announce the release of […]