Latest Documentaries News

Barbra Streisand approves multi-part documentary that will draw upon her archives

Sep. 26, 2024 10:18 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A year after telling her story in a 1,000-page memoir, Barbra Streisand has approved a multi-part documentary about her life — to be directed by fellow Oscar winner Frank Marshall. The documentary, announced Thursday by Sony Music Vision, is...

John Leguizamo reaches back in time to reclaim Latin American history for a PBS documentary series

Sep. 24, 2024 12:26 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — If you think Latin American history starts with Christopher Columbus, John Leguizamo would like to have a word. He points out there were great empires and civilizations during the thousands of years before 1492 — like the mighty Incas, Aztecs and Maya, whose great...

Edwin Moses documentary '13 Steps' shows how clearing the hurdles was the easy part for a track icon

Sep. 18, 2024 10:18 AM EDT

Not long after Edwin Moses figured out how to attack the solution to track's ultimate math problem, he transformed himself into the best hurdler in history. That, in turn, gave the engineer-turned-Olympic champion the platform to go after more difficult issues that, even today, more...

After docs about Taylor Swift and Brooke Shields, filmmaker turns her camera to NYC psychics

Sep. 12, 2024 19:07 PM EDT

Filmmaker Lana Wilson had never thought much about psychics. But the morning after Election Day in 2016, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, she found herself drawn towards a sign that promised “$5 psychic readings” and wandered in. Much to her surprise, she found it to be a rather...

Edwin Moses documentary to debut Sept. 21 at his alma mater, Morehouse College

Aug. 27, 2024 11:07 AM EDT

A documentary exploring how Edwin Moses blended science with athleticism to become the world's greatest hurdler in the 1980s, then parlayed his fame into a mission to fight for better pay and fair sports, will debut Sept. 21 at his alma mater at the Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival. ...

Review: Incarcerated fathers and their daughters dance in the heart-wrenching doc 'Daughters'

Aug. 13, 2024 17:05 PM EDT

A group of incarcerated fathers are warned in the documentary “Daughters” that they’re about to go on “emotional rollercoasters.” A truer prediction has never been uttered. In the film, directed by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton, the imprisoned fathers at a Washington, D.C.,...

Incarcerated fathers and daughters reunite at a daddy-daughter dance in Netflix documentary

Aug. 12, 2024 10:34 AM EDT

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Angela Patton has devoted her career to listening to the needs of young girls. Over a decade ago, the CEO of the nonprofit Girls For a Change and founder of Camp Diva Leadership Academy helped start a program in Richmond, Virginia, that created a daddy daughter dance for...

Venu Sports may be available for $42.99 per month with its planned launch targeted for fall

Aug. 01, 2024 09:39 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Venu Sports — the sports streaming platform planned by ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery — will be available for $42.99 per month with its planned launch in the fall. The streaming service's launch price was announced on Thursday. Besides a seven-day free...

Toronto Film Festival lineup includes movies from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, more

Jul. 23, 2024 10:28 AM EDT

The Angelina Jolie-directed war film “Without Blood," a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh’s contemporary tragicomedy “Hard Truths” will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall. The festival announced its gala and special presentation...

Spectacle, spires and romance: The 'real suspense' behind Netflix doc ‘Skywalkers: A Love Story’

Jul. 19, 2024 09:01 AM EDT

It started out as a film about rooftoppers. The risk-takers who pose atop the world’s tallest buildings, without safety nets or permission, had long been a fascination for filmmaker Jeff Zimbalist. He’d dabbled in the activity, on a smaller scale in his youth, and was fascinated...