A new documentary series about the life and career of Spanish sports and tennis icon Rafael Nadal is set to be directed by Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning director Zach Heinzerling (Stolen Youth, Cutie and the Boxer, McCartney 3, 2, 1).
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‘Avicii – I’m Tim’ Trailer – Documentary on DJ and Music Producer Debuts on Netflix
Avicii – I’m Tim (Candamo Film / Avicii Music AB, Netflix) Netflix debuted the official trailer for Avicii – I’m Tim, the documentary that delves into the life and legacy of Tim Bergling, the DJ and music producer known as Avicii. The film which premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Festival, presents a look into his life, featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews, with Tim as the narrator.
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Watch Netflix Trailer for ‘Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action’ Documentary
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action (Screenshot | Netflix) Netflix debuted the official trailer for Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action, the new documentary directed by Luke Sewell (Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King), that goes behind the scenes of America’s most controversial talk show to expose its biggest scandals, both on- and off-camera.
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‘Every Little Thing’ Trailer – Sally Aitken’s Sweet Documentary Follows Hummingbird Rehabilitator
Every Little Thing (Kino Lorber) From Emmy-nominated director Sally Aitken, Every Little Thing is a documentary following the journey of specialist hummingbird rehabilitator Terry Masear as she attempts her goal to save every injured hummingbird in Los Angeles.
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PGA Announces Documentary Film Nominees for 36th Producers Guild Awards.
Gaucho Gaucho (courtesy Sundance Institute) The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the 2025 Documentary Motion Picture nominees for the 36th Annual Producers Guild Awards.
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Movies in Theaters on Friday December 6 – The Return, The Order, Unstoppable, Y2K, Nightbitch, The End and More
Kicking off December, a vast selection of movies is hitting theaters. Steffen Haars and Nick Frost’s family-thriller-comedy Get Away follows a family vacation in Sweden gone wrong. Amy Adams turns into a canine in Nightbitch. Justin Kurzel brings action to theaters with The Order starring Jude Law while Kyle Mooney brings back the early 2000s with Y2K. Marisa Crespo and Moisés Romera’s You Are Not Me turns family drama into horror. Jharrel Jerome is one-legged wrestler Anthony Robles in Unstoppable. Christmas trip turns into heartbreak in H. Nelson Tracey’s drama Breakup Season. Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon attempt to escape mobsters in Lake George. Magnus von Horn’s period drama captures post-WW1 Copenhagen in The Girl With the Needle. Lillah Halla’s Power Alley follows a teenage volleyball player and her struggle for women’s rights in Brazil. Ralph Fiennes is Odysseus in Uberto Pasolini’s The Return. Joshua Oppenheimer’s apocalyptic musical The End stars Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon, and documentary Sabbath Queen follows the story of a gay rabbi.
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‘No Other Land’ Wins Best Feature and Best Director at 40th IDA Documentary Awards
No Other Land (Anipode Films) No Other Land won the top prize of Best Feature Documentary at the 40th IDA Documentary Awards along with Best Director for Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor. The documentary was also honored with the Courage Under Fire Award.
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‘Julia’s Stepping Stones’ Trailer – Documentarian and Activist Julia Reichert Shares Her Story in Netflix Documentary
Julia’s Stepping Stones (screenshot / Netflix) Academy Award-winning director Julia Reichert (American Factory, Union Maids), who passed away in 2022, reflects on her life as a filmmaker and activist in the new Netflix documentary Julia’s Stepping Stones. Narrated by Reichert herself and created with her longtime collaborator and husband, Steve Bognar, the film traces her journey from a working-class upbringing to becoming an Oscar and Emmy-winning artist.
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‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Trailer – Docu-concert Film Gets a 2025 Release Date
Becoming Led Zeppelin (screenshot / Sony Pictures Classics) Sony Pictures Classics will release the documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin directed by Bernard MacMahon (American Epic), exclusively in IMAX on February 7, 2025, in almost 200 theaters. Ahead of the release, IMAX Theatres will hold one night only early access screenings on February 5, 2025 in eighteen markets.
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‘The Secret Lives of Animals’ Trailer – Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville Narrates Apple TV+ Nature Docuseries
The Secret Lives of Animals (screenshot / Apple TV+) Apple TV+ debuted the official trailer for “The Secret Lives of Animals,” the new 10-part docuseries narrated by SAG Award winner Hugh Bonneville (Paddington, Downton Abbey).
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RIP. Mary Bernice McGee, Motorsports Pioneer and Star of ‘Motorcycle Mary’ Documentary Dead at 87
Mary McGee in February 1961. (Photo courtesy of The Family of Mary McGee.) Mary Bernice McGee, the legendary motorsports pioneer, and star of the documentary Motorcycle Mary died on Wednesday, November 27, at the age of 87.
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Werner Herzog’s ‘Theater of Thought’ Documentary into the Science of the Mind to Finally Open in Theaters | Trailer
Theater of Thought (Courtesy of Argot Pictures) Originally premiered in 2022, legendary filmmaker and documentarian Werner Herzog’s latest work, Theater of Thought, is set for its U.S. theatrical debut this December. The documentary delves into the study and technology of the human mind, following Herzog and Columbia professor Rafael Yuste as they travel across the country to meet innovators in cerebral research and bioethics.