Documentary
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Snapshot – Lynn Novick Directs ‘Central Park’ PBS Documentary, Sylvester Stallone in ‘Rebel: Director’s Cut’ Gets Re-released and more
Sylvester Stallone in Rebel, now titled: Rebel: Director’s Cut, by Robert Allen Schnitzer (Giant Pictures)
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‘Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything’ Documentary to Debut on Hulu Following Tribeca Premiere
Barbara Walters (S Bukley / dp) Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything, the ABC News Studios documentary directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker and journalist Jackie Jesko, will premiere Monday, June 23, on Hulu in the U.S. and later this year on Disney+, following its world premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival.
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Steph Ching and Ellen Martinez’s ‘Slumlord Millionaire’ Documentary on Housing Inequality Sets Release Date
Slumlord Millionaire Filmmakers Steph Ching and Ellen Martinez (Starz’s After Spring) explore the urgent political issues surrounding housing inequality in the documentary Slumlord Millionaire.
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Gianfranco Rosi’s ‘Below the Clouds’ Acquired by The Match Factory
Below the Clouds (The Match Factory) Below the Clouds, the new documentary from award-winning filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi has been acquired by The Match Factory.
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Snapshot – ‘Shall We Dance?’ 1996 Gets Re-Released in Theaters, ‘Deaf President Now!’ Debuts on Apple TV+
Tim Rarus, Bridgetta Bourne-Firl, Greg Hlibok and Jerry Covell in “Deaf President Now!” (courtesy Apple TV+.) Deaf President Now! debuts on Apple TV+
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California Film Institute’s DocPitch and Black Public Media’s PitchBLACK Announce 2025 Award Winners
California Film Institute DocPitch 2025 award winners California Film Institute’s DocPitch 2025 has selected five documentary projects currently in development or post-production as the winners of a total of $100,000 in funding. Black Public Media (BPM) selected a documentary about caregiving with comedy and two science fiction immersive projects for a total of $225,000 in production and development funding at the 2025 PitchBLACK Awards.
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‘SALLY’ Trailer – Sundance Winning Documentary Chronicles Life of Sally Ride, First American Woman to Travel to Space
NASA Astronaut Sally Ride posing with her space helmet during her time in training as a mission specialist for NASA’s STS-7 spaceflight. (Credit: NASA) National Geographic revealed the official trailer for SALLY, a documentary film on the life of Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel to space from Emmy-winning director Cristina Costantini (“Science Fair, Karol G). The film also reveals the story of Ride’s private relationship with Tam O’Shaughnessy, her partner of 27 years.
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Daughters, ‘Will & Harper’, Black Box Diaries Among 85th Peabody Awards Documentary Winners
Will & Harper by Josh Greenbaum (Netflix) The Peabody announced the winners of the 85th Peabody Awards the winners selected to represent the most captivating and inspiring stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2024.
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‘I, Poppy’ and ‘Agatha’s Almanac’ Take Top Hot Docs 2025 Jury Awards
I, Poppy by Vivek Chaudhary I, Poppy directed by Vivek Chaudhary has won the Best International Feature Documentary award along with the $10,000 cash prize at the 2025 Hot Docs documentary film festival. Agatha’s Almanac directed by Amalie Atkins walked away with Best Canadian Feature Documentary award along with $10,000 cash prize.
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Rachel Elizabeth Seed’s Spirit Award Winner “A Photographic Memory” Opens in Theaters | Trailer
Sheila Turner Seed and Rachel Elizabeth Seed in A Photographic Memory. Photograph of Sheila and Rachel by Brian Seed. Film still by Drew Gardner. Courtesy of Capariva Films and Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber Filmmaker Rachel Elizabeth Seed turns the camera on herself in her personal genre-bending film A Photographic Memory, documenting her attempt to get to know her mother, Sheila Turner Seed. Sheila Turner Seed, a vibrant and pioneering journalist, photographer and filmmaker, died suddenly and tragically when Rachel was just 18 months old.
