Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon takes us on a cinematic journey through the past, present, and future of her hometown Appalachia in her new documentary King Coal.
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Elaine McMillion Sheldon Takes a Cinematic Journey Through Appalachia in ‘King Coal’ Documentary | Trailer
King Coal directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon
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Stanley Nelson and Valerie Scoon’s ‘Sound of the Police’ Documentary Examines Relationship Between African Americans and Police | Trailer
Sound of the Police directed by Stanley Nelson and Valerie Scoon The new Hulu Original documentary Sound of the Police, examines the “fraught relationship” between African Americans and the police from slavery to the present.
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Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind Trailer – Iconic Author Says Yes to Revealing Documentary
Greenwich Entertainment debuted the official trailer for Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind, a documentary portrait of the iconic author of more than 100 books, including Them, We Were the Mulvaneys, and Blonde, described as “America’s foremost woman of letters.” Featuring readings by Oscar winner Laura Dern.
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Hilary Clinton, Barbara Streisand, Nancy Pelosi Featured in Bella Abzug Documentary | Trailer
Bella Abzug, 1979 (Photo Courtesy of Bernard Gotfryd, Library of Congress) Women’s activist and politician Bella Savitzky Abzug “Battling Bella” is the subject of a new documentary by filmmaker Jeff L. Lieberman titled Bella! which won the The Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.
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Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop Trailer – MC Lyte, Queen Latifah Look Back at Influence of Women in Netflix Documentary
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Rah Digga, Latto, Tierra Whack and other female rappers look back at the influence and important role the women of hip hop played throughout the last 50 years in the Netflix documentary series Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop.
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Telemarketers Trailer – Office Buddies Expose a Billion-Dollar Scam in HBO Docuseries
Telemarketers directed by Adam Bhala Lough and Sam Lipman-Stern (HBO | screenshot) HBO unveiled the official trailer for Telemarketers, a three-part docuseries following two telemarketers as they go on a twenty-year mission to take down the telemarketing industry and expose a billion-dollar scam.
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World Premiere of Copa 71 Kicks Off Toronto Film Festival Documentary Lineup of 22 Films from Raoul Peck, Lucy Walker, Roger Ross Williams
Copa 71 directed by Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine (TIFF) Documentary films on mountain climber Lhakpa Sherpa, Japan’s reality TV star Nasubi, Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, Indigenous activist Layla Staats, historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, and Canadian icon Mr. Dressup are among the 2023 selection for the Toronto International Film Festival’s TIFF Docs program featuring 22 titles from 12 countries around the world.
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Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn Trailer – Carlos Ghosn Tells His Side for The First Time in Apple TV+ Documentary
Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn (Apple TV+) Apple TV+ debuted the official trailer for “Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn,” the four-part documentary series telling the riveting story of CEO-turned-fugitive Carlos Ghosn and his relentless climb to the top of the corporate ladder, shocking arrest, and unbelievable escape that stunned the world.
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Rapper Biz Markie Documentary ‘All Up in the Biz’ Debuts on Showtime | Trailer
All Up In The Biz directed by Sacha Jenkins Directed by Sacha Jenkins (Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues), the documentary All Up In The Biz is billed as the definitive story of late, great rapper Biz Markie, who is best known for his mega hit “Just a Friend.”
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After The Bite Trailer – Great White Sharks Create Conflict in Cape Cod in HBO Documentary
After the Bite directed by Ivy Meeropol (HBO) HBO revealed the official trailer for After The Bite, a documentary film exploring conflict in a Cape Cod beach community that has become one of the world’s white shark hotspots.
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Our Body Trailer – Claire Simon Documentary Takes a Raw, Empathetic Look at French Gynecology Ward
Our Body (Notre Corps) directed by Claire Simon Cinema Guild debuted the official trailer Our Body (Notre Corps), the documentary from French filmmaker Claire Simon (Human Geography, The Competition), following doctors and patients at a gynecology ward in France.
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Lil Wayne, Jadakiss, KRS-One Tell Story of Mixtapes and Hiphop in Paramount+ Documentary | Trailer
Mixtapes (Paramount+) Paramount+ unveiled the official trailer for Mixtape, a new documentary exploring how the creation of mixtapes launched hip hop into mainstream culture. Lil Wayne, Jadakiss, KRS-One, DJ Khaled, 2 Chainz, DJ Clue, N.O.R.E. and more tell the story of hip hop’s underground origin in the new documentary Mixtape.