In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in history, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that took over 225,000 lives, National Geographic will present Tsunami: Race Against Time, a four-part documentary series on the devastating catastrophe.
Set in the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas, Nocturnes is an immersive documentary following an ecologist on her quest to study moths in a remote ecological “hot spot” on the border of India and Bhutan.
No One Asked You, a documentary centering on comedian and co-creator of the Daily Show Lizz Winstead as she tours across the US fighting for abortion rights, world premiered last year at the 2023 DOC NYC Film Festival. The documentary has since played at the 26th Sarasota Film Festival and the 21st Oxford Film Festival where it got the honorable mention for Best Documentary Feature.
Sugarcane leads the Ninth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards (CCDA) nominations with eight nods including Best Documentary Feature. Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie for Best Director and Best New Documentary Filmmakers, Christopher LaMarca and Emily Kassie for Best Cinematography, Nathan Punwar and Maya Daisy Hawk for Best Editing, Best Historical Documentary, Best Political Documentary, and Best True Crime Documentary.
Louder: The Soundtrack Of Change, directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Kristi Jacobson (HBO’s “Solitary” and “No Accident”), debuts Thursday, October 17 on Max.
Directed by Banchi Hanuse (Nuxalk Radio), the documentary Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun is an intimate and thrilling portrait of a young Siksika woman and the deep bonds between her father and her family, as she prepares for one of the most dangerous horse races in the world, the Indian Relay.
Celebrating its 15th edition, the 2024 DOC NYC will screen over 110 feature-length documentaries from November 13-21, 2024 at IFC Center, SVA Theatre, and Village East by Angelika in New York City, continuing online until December 1, 2024.
Helmed by two-time Emmy-winning director of Elton John: Never Too Late and Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry, R.J. Cutler, “Martha” is a documentary centering on American businesswoman, media personality, and self-made billionaire Martha Stewart. The documentary features an in-depth interview with Stewart with the addition of voices of many of the most significant people from all different stages of her life.
Breath of Fire is a new four-episode HBO documentary series exploring the questionable teachings behind Katie Griggs and Yogi Bhajan, the two faces of Kundalini Yoga, a multi-million-dollar spirituality community.
Filmmaker Jen Muranetz chronicles the 2020-2021 Canada’s Fairy Creek old-growth protests – the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history – in the documentary film Fairy Creek. The film will world premiere at the 2024 Planet in Focus International Film Festival on October 17, 2024 at the Paradise Theatre in Toronto. Ahead of the premiere, Cinema Politica has acquired the film’s distribution rights.
Great Migrations: A People on the Move, a new four part docuseries from Emmy nominated executive producer, host and writer Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr, premieres January 28, 2025, 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS.
