“Fireball,” a new feature documentary film directed by acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog and professor Clive Oppenheimer will premiere around the world, in over 100 countries, on Apple TV+.
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Watch The Trailer for Barbara Kopple’s ‘Desert One’
Forty years later, one of the most daring military rescue attempts in U.S. history is coming to the big screen in the acclaimed documentary feature Desert One from two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple (Harlan County USA and American Dream) will be released on Friday, August 21st. The documentary feature recounts the April 24/25, 1980 thrilling attempt to rescue 52 U.S. citizens who were taken hostage by Iranian revolutionaries in Tehran.
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Ron Howard’s REBUILDING PARADISE Documentary Gets a July 31 Release Date
A still from Rebuilding Paradise by Ron Howard, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Noah Berger. National Geographic Documentary Films will release Rebuilding Paradise, the new documentary from Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard, in virtual and physical theaters on July 31, 2020.
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10 Cities Added to ‘River City Drumbeat’ Release
River City Drumbeat will have its virtual cinema release on August 7th and will also run for two weeks in each city through at least August 21st, with expansion to follow.
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Watch The Heartbreaking Trailer for ‘Immigration Nation’
With unprecedented access to ICE operations, as well as moving portraits of immigrants, Immigration Nation offers a unique and nuanced view of the ongoing struggles in America’s broken immigration system, coming to Netflix on August 3rd.
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Jared P. Scott’s ‘The Great Green Wall’ Premieres July 30
Following an award-winning festival run, Jared P. Scott’s (Requiem for the American Dream) The Great Green Wall, an epic journey to the front lines of climate change, makes its theatrical and digital premiere starting in Canada July 30th.
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Watch The Uplifting Trailer for ‘The Fight’
At this defining moment in American history, The Fight follows a scrappy team of heroic ACLU lawyers in an electrifying battle over abortion rights, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights, and voting rights, available everywhere July 31st.
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The Politically Thrilling Documentary ‘A Thousand Cuts’ Releases August 7
On the heels of the shocking guilty verdict in the Manila trial of renowned Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, A Thousand Cuts is an inside look at the key players in the escalating war between press and government in the Philippines. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz (Motherland), A Thousand Cuts is launching in over 40 indoor and virtual cinemas nationally on Friday, August 7th.
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PBS to Stream Documentary ‘Freedom Riders’ Featuring Late John Lewis and C.T. Vivian
‘Freedom Riders’ Featuring Late John Lewis and C.T. Vivian In honor of the recent passing of two of the original Freedom Riders, longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis and the Reverend C.T. Vivian, American Experience announced that it will stream Stanley Nelson’s Freedom Riders beginning today, Monday, July 20 on PBS.org and the PBS Video App.
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Political Documentary ON THE TRAIL: INSIDE THE 2020 PRIMARIES Set for HBO Max in August
On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries HBO Max and CNN Films will take viewers on a journey following a team of female journalists as they report on the presidential election in the new documentary On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries set to premiere Thursday, August 6 on HBO Max.
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HBO Releases Trailer for Timely Documentary YUSUF HAWKINS: STORM OVER BROOKLYN
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn Amidst the recent #BlackLivesMatter protest taking place nationally, HBO released the trailer for the timely documentary Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn, which premiered earlier this year at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival. Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn premieres August 12 at 9pm on HBO.
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HOWARD, Documentary on Lyricist Behind Disney Classics “Aladdin,” “Beauty and the Beast” to Debut on Disney+
Howard, documentary on Disney Legend and Academy Award-winning Lyricist Howard Ashman, directed by Don Hahn The documentary film “Howard” which first premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, follows the captivating life story of Disney Legend and Academy Award(R)-winning Lyricist Howard Ashman. “Howard” will premiere exclusively on Disney+ on Friday, August 7, 2020.