
From filmmaker David Modigliani (Running with Beto, Crawford) and co-directed by Paloma Martinez, the new coming-of-age documentary film Ready Or Not will premiere on Fuse on October 3, 2020 at 9pm ET.

From filmmaker David Modigliani (Running with Beto, Crawford) and co-directed by Paloma Martinez, the new coming-of-age documentary film Ready Or Not will premiere on Fuse on October 3, 2020 at 9pm ET.

Kino Lorber will release the new documentary feature film In Case of Emergency from award-winning director and photographer Carolyn Jones (The American Nurse, Defining Hope) with a live virtual premiere on Wednesday, October 14, followed by a week of free streaming on its Kino Now service ahead of a wider on demand release.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and profiled in the 2018 award winning documentary RBG died Friday. She was 87. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas.

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival announced the complete lineup of 110 films, honorees, and special events for its 29th edition – a virtual/drive-in presentation taking place October 9-17. The festival will be headlined by drive-in screenings of Mary Wharton’s JIMMY CARTER, ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT on Opening Night, Laura Gabbert’s OTTOLENGHI AND THE CAKES OF VERSAILLES with the Centerpiece slot, and Julia Reichart and Steve Bognar’s 9-TO-5: THE STORY OF A MOVEMENT on Closing Night.

Former American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Ira Glasser reflects on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans, from civil rights leaders to neo – Nazis in the new documentary Mighty Ira, opening in virtual cinemas on October 9.

Rubika Shah’s timely documentary ‘White Riot‘ charting the rise of the U.K.’s ’70s grassroots movement, Rock Against Racism, premieres on virtual cinema from Film Movement on October 16, 2020.

ESPN Films is in production on an upcoming documentary centered on the recent story that made waves across the country about WNBA superstar Maya Moore. The untitled documentary film will explore Moore’s unwavering faith; her connection with Jonathan Irons, a man wrongfully convicted and serving a prison sentence for burglary and assault; and how she stepped away from basketball to pursue justice both to prove his innocence and inspire activism in others during this watershed moment. The announcement comes after the couple’s appearance on “Good Morning America” this morning where they also announced that they fell in love in the process of working together to get Irons’ sentence overturned and have since married.

Netflix released the trailer for the documentary film Dick Johnson Is Dead directed by Kirsten Johnson that premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Innovation in Non-fiction Storytelling. The film will debut on Netflix on October 2, 2020.

IFC Films is acquiring the documentary MLK/FBI, directed by Emmy® Award-winner and Oscar® nominee Sam Pollard. Based on the book The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.: From “Solo” to Memphis by David J. Garrow, MLK/FBI was written by Benjamin Hedin and Laura Tomaselli.

The state of affordable housing in metropolitan cities around the globe – from Barcelona to Berlin to Toronto to New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco – is front and foremost in the award winning film PUSH from director Fredrik Gertten.

The award-winning documentary film Love Child is a political love story about Leila, her secret love, Sahand, and their escape from Iran.