documentaries
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‘Summer of Soul,’ ‘Flee,’ ‘Ascension’ Land on DOC NYC Short List of Awards-Worthy Documentaries
Other films on the list, a reliable Oscar predictor, include “Becoming Cousteau,” “Faya Dayi,” “Introducing, Selma Blair,” “The Rescue” and “The Velvet Underground”
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IDA Documentary Awards Shortlist Includes ‘Ascension,’ ‘Flee’
“Summer of Soul,” “In the Same Breath” and “Convergence” are also on the list of 29 documentary features from which the final nominees will be chosen
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‘Ascension,’ ‘Summer of Soul’ Top Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
“Becoming Cousteau” and “The Rescue” also receive multiple nominations for awards that will be handed out on Nov. 14
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Here’s the Emmy Category That’s Full of Oscars Documentary Leftovers
One of the nonfiction categories is made up entirely of films that were on the Oscar doc shortlist but weren’t nominated
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2 Competing Rudy Giuliani Documentaries in the Works
A feature documentary from Campfire Studios and another from MRC/Rolling Stone will focus on the former NYC mayor and Trump adviser
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Kerry David’s ‘Breaking Their Silence’ Doc Picked Up by Wondrium Streaming Service
David’s documentary about women on the front lines of the poaching war launches this summer on rebranded streamer
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5 Things We Learned From the New ‘Sesame Street’ Documentary
“I don’t know if ‘Sesame Street’ would still be here if the muppets weren’t part of it from the beginning,” says David Kamp in ABC’s “50 Years of Sunny Days”
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DOC NYC Festival Lineup Includes Documentaries About Everybody From Pope Francis to Frank Zappa
The lineup for the festival, which runs from Nov. 11 through Nov. 19 and will take place completely online, includes 23 world premieres
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‘Time’ Film Review: Elegant Doc Focuses on Families Affected by Incarceration
You could call Garrett Bradley’s doc a film about crime and justice, but it’s really a film about humanity
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‘Coup 53,’ ‘Desert One’ Film Reviews: Documentaries on Iran Offer Troubled History Lessons
The films by Taghi Amirani and Barbara Kopple are detailed examinations of collisons between Iran and the West that helped shape our current world
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The New Look of Documentary Film in a Coronavirus World
Filming amid the pandemic poses a danger that’s “much harder to control,” IDA’s executive director Simon Kilmurry says
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New Oscars Documentary Rules Have Already Qualified More Than 90 Docs
But voters with lots of time on their hands still can’t see most of the contenders
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Academy Allows Documentaries to Qualify for Oscars at Film Festivals
For the first time, films will be able to qualify for the Best Documentary Feature award without playing theatrically
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Michael Jordan Scores Again: ESPN Nets Record 5.3 Million Viewers for ‘Last Dance’ Premiere
Two-hour debut of Chicago Bulls docuseries is network’s highest-rated doc ever
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‘American Factory’ Named Top Documentary at Cinema Eye Honors
The Obama-produced documentary also wins for directing; awards for broadcast documentaries go to “Leaving Neverland” and “Tricky Dick”