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 ...
Documentary Following Imagine Dragons Frontman Dan Reynolds on Quest for LGBTQ Acceptance in Mormon Community
by Tori Hartshorn - June 05, 2018 Documentary Following Imagine Dragons Frontman Dan Reynolds on Quest for LGBTQ Acceptance in Mormon Community...
New HBO Drama Series SUCCESSION to Debut June 3
by Macon Prickett - April 26, 2018 SUCCESSION will kick off its ten-episode season SUNDAY, JUNE 3 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO....
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...
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...
HBO's HERE AND NOW Arrives on DVD 8/7, Available for Digital Download 5/14
by Tori Hartshorn - May 04, 2018 New York, N.Y., May 4th, 2018 - Creator and executive producer Alan Ball (True Blood® and Six Feet Under®) brings an 'engaging and provocative' (Newsday) exploration of America through the eyes of a multiracial family in Here and Now, available for Digital Download May 14, and arriving on DVD onAugu...
HBO Greenlights STORM OVER BROOKLYN Documentary Directed by Muta'Ali
by Macon Prickett - June 18, 2018 HBO has greenlit Storm Over Brooklyn, the winning project of the inaugural Feature Documentary Initiative created in 2017 by award-winning production company Lightbox and the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), as part of their joint initiative to foster diversity in the feature documentary arena....
BELIEVER Documentary Following Dan Reynolds' Quest for LGBTQ Acceptance Debuts June 25 on HBO
by Macon Prickett - June 04, 2018 Imagine Dragons frontman and Mormon Dan Reynolds recently embarked on a new mission: to explore and influence how The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints treats its LGBTQ members. BELIEVER follows his quest to change hearts and minds and promote inclusivity and understanding in the tireless ...
HBO Documentary Films Acquires Rights to Bestselling True-Crime Book I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK by Michelle McNamara
by Tori Hartshorn - April 09, 2018 HBO Documentary Films has acquired the rights to the true-crime bestseller 'I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer,' by Michelle McNamara, and will develop a documentary series based on the book, it was announced today by Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, exe...
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...
HBO Comedy Series HIGH MAINTENANCE Season 2 Available For Digital Download April 20
by Macon Prickett - April 09, 2018 Sit back, relax and celebrate April 20th with the delivery of High Maintenance Season 2 on Digital Download. The “brilliant dramedy” (The Washington Post) returns for a new season of diverse stories about multi-faceted New Yorkers who all have one thing in common: their bike-riding, free-spirited po...
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 in Production on Film Examining the Rise and Fall of Theranos, The Multibillion-Dollar Healthcare Technology Company
by Tori Hartshorn - May 31, 2018 HBO Documentary Films is in production on a documentary investigating the rise and fall of Theranos, the one-time multibillion-dollar healthcare company founded by Elizabeth Holmes. Academy Award(R) winner Alex Gibney ('Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,' HBO's Emmy(R)-winning 'Going Clear: Scien...
HBO and Sky Announce New Documentary Series, THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED to Premiere on HBO
by Macon Prickett - May 16, 2018 HBO and Sky today announced THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED, a four-hour documentary series directed by Academy Award® nominee Amy Berg (“Deliver Us from Evil,” “West of Memphis”). The series will explore the 1999 disappearance and murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee, ...
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's Groundbreaking Limited Series, MOSAIC Available on Blu-Ray and DVD July 10
by Macon Prickett - April 24, 2018 From the Oscar® and Emmy® award-winning director and executive producer Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich, Cinemax's The Knick), HBO's groundbreaking six-part limited series Mosaic arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on July 10, 2018. Starring Oscar®-nominee Sharon Stone (Casino), along with Garrett Hedlund...
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...
Michael B. Jordan & Michael Shannon Star in HBO's Film FAHRENHEIT 451, Available for Digital Download 6/18 & Blu-ray/DVD 9/18
by Macon Prickett - June 04, 2018 Imagine a society where books are outlawed and “firemen” have been tasked to burn and destroy any remaining literature, erasing history right before our eyes. This is the reality in Fahrenheit 451, a jaw-dropping new HBO Film starring Michael B. Jordan (HBO's The Wire,Black Panther) and Oscar® nomi...
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, ...
HBO Acquires Worldwide Rights To Documentary 'At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal'
by Tori Hartshorn - July 30, 2018 HBO Documentary Films has acquired worldwide TV and streaming rights to AT THE HEART OF GOLD: INSIDE THE USA GYMNASTICS SCANDAL, exploring the sexual abuse scandal that shook the sports world in 2017. Based on years of research by producers David Ulich and Dr. Steven Ungerleider, and directed by Eri...
HBO Documentary Films to Release THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 28, 2018 HBO Documentary Films presents THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING, a fascinating deep dive into the contemporary art world directed by Oscar® nominee Nathaniel Kahn, filmmaker (HBO's My Architect). The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and has since traveled to top festivals around the world. I... |