HBO Documentary Films Announces Tommy Oliver's 40 YEARS A PRISONER
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 03, 2020 HBO Documentary Film’s 40 YEARS A PRISONER, chronicling the controversial 1978 Philadelphia police raid on the radical back-to-nature group MOVE and the aftermath that led to a son’s decades long fight to free his parents, debuts Thursday....
HBO Documentary Films In Production on a Two-Part Documentary SEEN & HEARD
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 05, 2020 HBO Documentary Films is currently in production on SEEN & HEARD, a two-part documentary exploring the history of Black television as seen through the eyes of trailblazers who wrote, produced, created and starred in groundbreaking series of the past and present. ...
HBO to Premiere New York Drag Story Documentary WIG
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 04, 2019 Late one night in 1984, drag queen Lady Bunny and a few friends drunkenly wandered from the Pyramid Club in New York's East Village to Tompkins Square Park, staging an impromptu drag show in the band shell. This annual drag bacchanal, which would become known as Wigstock, signaled the end of summer ...
Feature-Length Documentary on Tina Turner Comes to HBO
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 10, 2021 The documentary debuts SATURDAY, MARCH 27 (8:00 PM- 10:00 PM ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max....
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for THE LADY AND THE DALE on HBO
by Sarah Leiber - January 06, 2021 HBO Documentary Films’ THE LADY AND THE DALE is a four-part documentary series from Emmy®-winning producers Mark and Jay Duplass (HBO’s “Room 104”) and directed by Nick Cammilleri and Zackary Drucker....
Documentary ALI & CAVETT: THE TALE OF THE TAPES Debuts on HBO February 11
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 21, 2020 Between 1968 and 1979, boxing superstar Muhammad Ali appeared on the Emmy® winning “Dick Cavett Show” no less than fourteen times. With natural charisma, quick wit and playful pugnacity, Ali was a perfect foil for the sophisticated broadcast host, and together they struck television gold. Whether di...
The HBO Documentary Films to Present IT'S A HARD TRUTH AIN'T IT
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 13, 2018 The HBO Documentary Films presentation IT'S A HARD TRUTH AIN'T IT, filmed during the production of O.G., will be available for streaming SATURDAY, FEB. 23 starting at 11:45 p.m. (ET), following the debut of O.G. earlier that evening, and debut MONDAY, FEB. 25 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on the main HBO ch...
VIDEO: HBO Documentary Films Debuts Trailer for SHOWBIZ KIDS
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 25, 2020 SHOWBIZ KIDS, debuting TUESDAY, JULY 14 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), offers an unvarnished look at the high risk, high reward business of working as a child actor in the entertainment industry....
Peter Dinklage Stars in MY DINNER WITH HERVE, Now Available for Digital Download
by Tori Hartshorn - November 19, 2018 Inspired by real events, the HBO® Film, My Dinner with Hervé, explores the unlikely friendship between struggling journalist Danny Tate (Jamie Dornan) and Hervé Villechaize (Peter Dinklage), the world's most famous French dwarf actor. Available now on Digital Download, the film unfolds over one wil...
VIDEO: Watch the Official Trailer for BABY GOD on HBO
by Sarah Leiber - November 12, 2020 HBO’s BABY GOD, debuting WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 (9:00-10:20 p.m. ET/PT), from first-time director Hannah Olson and executive produced by Academy Award® nominees Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, is a shocking examination of the work of a Las Vegas fertility specialist and the many women he guided to preg...
Dream Hampton, Sana Amanat To Be Honored At 31st Annual Ms. Foundation Gloria Awards
by Julie Musbach - March 28, 2019 Today, the Ms. Foundation for Women announced that they will honor award-winning filmmaker and writer dream hampton and Marvel's Vice President of Content & Character Development Sana Amanat at the 31st annual Gloria Awards: A Salute to Women of Vision, to be held on Wednesday, May 8th, in New York ...
FREE SOLO, MINDING THE GAP Lead Critics' Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 15, 2018 The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) have announced the nominees for the third annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. The winners will be presented their awards at a gala event, hosted by science educator and television persona...
Martyna Majok, Daphne-Rubin Vega, Among 2018-2019 Tony Awards Nominating Committee
by Julie Musbach - September 05, 2018 The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today the Nominating Committee for the 2018-2019 Broadway season. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing....
New York Latino Film Festival Kicks Off 15th Edition Today
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2018 The New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF), the nation's largest and most diverse Latino film festival, and a touchstone of the nation's thriving multicultural cinematic movement, kicks off its 15th edition today, August 22nd with the New York premiere of the film “Ruben Blades Is Not My Name.” Direc...
Rosanne Cash To Receive Visionary Leadership Award Today
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2019 The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present its 9thAnnual Visionary Leadership Award to activist, author, and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, Rosanne Cash, at an Award Luncheon and Ceremony on February 26, 2019, at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale (155 Temple Street)....
HBO Documentary Films' Four-Part Documentary Series ALLEN v. FARROW Debuts Feb. 21
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 05, 2021 HBO Documentary Film’s ALLEN v. FARROW, from award-winning investigative filmmakers Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy, is a four-part documentary series that goes behind decades of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of one of Hollywood’s most notorious and public scandals....
HBO's 537 VOTES Debuts October 21
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 01, 2020 537 VOTES, a high-octane feature documentary chronicling the political machinations that led to the unprecedented, contested outcome of the 2000 presidential election, debuts WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO....
HBO Documentary Films' 537 VOTES Debuts October 21
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 18, 2020 HBO Documentary Films will present 537 VOTES from director Billy Corben and his producing partner Alfred Spellman with Adam McKay (“The Big Short,” HBO’s “Succession”)....
HBO to Debut Foster Care Documentary FOSTER
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 16, 2019 With one in eight American children suffering a confirmed case of neglect or abuse by age 18, there are currently more than 400,000 children in foster care in the U.S., a number that continues to grow each year....
Documentary JANE FONDA IN FIVE ACTS Debuts September 24 On HBO
by Tori Hartshorn - September 04, 2018 Girl next door, sex kitten, activist, fitness tycoon: Oscar®-winner Jane Fonda has lived a life marked by controversy, tragedy and transformation, and she's done it all in the public eye. Directed and produced by award-winning documentarian Susan Lacy, JANE FONDA IN FIVE ACTS, an intimate look at h...
HBO to Premiere New Limited Documentary Series AXIOS
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 09, 2018 AXIOS, a four-part limited documentary series of news-oriented specials from HBO Documentary Films and the groundbreaking new media company of the same name, debuts SUNDAY, NOV. 4 (6:30-7:00 p.m. ET/PT), two days before the midterm elections, followed by other editions subsequent Sundays at the same...
HBO to Debut KILL CHAIN: THE CYBER WAR ON AMERICA'S ELECTIONS
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 05, 2020 In advance of the 2020 Presidential election, KILL CHAIN: THE CYBER WAR ON AMERICA'S ELECTIONS, debuting THURSDAY, MARCH 26 (9:00-10:35 p.m. ET/PT), takes a deep dive into the weaknesses of today's election technology, investigating the startling vulnerabilities in America's voting systems and the a...
HBO Announces Premiere Date for NATALIE WOOD: WHAT REMAINS BEHIND
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 14, 2020 In many ways, acclaimed actress Natalie Wood's life and career have been overshadowed by her tragic death at age 43 off the coast of Catalina Island. Yet, her extensive circle of family and friends, including daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner, have not forgotten the remarkable life she led and the leg...
HBO to Debut Roy Cohn Documentary
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 08, 2018 A documentary on infamous attorney Roy Cohn will debut on HBO in 2019, drawing on extensive, newly unearthed archival material to present the most revealing examination of him to date. Director Ivy Meeropol (“Indian Point,” HBO's “Heir to an Execution”), granddaughter of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, ...
Feature-Length Documentary on Tina Turner Comes to HBO
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 10, 2021 The documentary debuts SATURDAY, MARCH 27 (8:00 PM- 10:00 PM ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.... |