Showtime released the official trailer for We Need to Talk About Cosby, the four-part docuseries on Bill Cosby from Emmy-winning director W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell).
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ESPN Debuts Trailer for 30 for 30 Documentary ‘The Tuck Rule’ with Tom Brady and Charles Woodson
30 for 30 documentary “The Tuck Rule” with Tom Brady and Charles Woodson [ ESPN via Youtube screenshot] ESPN will debut the next installment in the Peabody and Emmy award-winning 30 for 30 series, “The Tuck Rule,” on February 6. Directed by Ken Rodgers (“The Two Bills,” “Al Davis vs. The NFL”) and Nick Mascolo, the documentary examines one of the most controversial plays in sports history, twenty years after it took place.
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THE GREEN PLANET Docuseries Hosted by Sir David Attenborough to Premiere on PBS | Trailer
Sir David Attenborough (pictured) hosts The Green Planet PBS documentary series (PBS) The Green Planet, a new five-part documentary series hosted by Sir David Attenborough, about Earth’s biodiversity told through the fascinating story of plants premieres Wednesdays, July 6-August 3, 2022 on PBS.
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CNN FILMS And HBO MAX Partnering on a Revealing Alexey Navalny Documentary Thriller
Alexey Navalny (CNN via Youtube screengrab) CNN Films and HBO Max have partnered on Navalny, a revealing fly-on-the-wall documentary thriller by filmmaker Daniel Roher about anti-corruption Russian government opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Navalny survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery Navalny makes shocking discoveries about his assassination attempt and decides to return home. Despite the risks to his personal safety, he willingly returned to Russia on January 17, 2021, and was arrested moments after landing in Moscow. January 17, 2022, marks one year since Navalny was imprisoned for leaving Russia, related to a prior suspended sentence.
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BREAKING BREAD Documentary on Jews and Arabs Cooking Together, Opens in Theaters in February | Trailer
Ilan Ferron and Osama Dalal Prepare To Flip Octopus Maqluba in Breaking Bread directed by Beth Elise Hawk Breaking Bread, Beth Elise Hawk’s award-winning documentary about Jews and Arabs cooking together, opens in theaters on February 4, 2022.
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THE UNMAKING OF A COLLEGE Documentary Delves into the Longest Sit-in in American College History | Trailer
The Unmaking of a College The Unmaking of a College, the documentary film directed by Amy Goldstein (Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl) and produced by Anouchka van Riel and Troy Takaki will open at the IFC Center in New York on February 11, and at Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles on February 18. Other cities will follow.
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Andre Braugher Narrates ‘The American Diplomat,’ PBS Documentary on Three Pioneering Black Diplomats | Trailer
Andre Braugher as Capt. Holt on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”(Eddy Chen / Fox) The American Diplomat explores the lives and legacies of three African-American ambassadors — Edward R. Dudley, Terence Todman and Carl Rowan — who pushed past historical and institutional racial barriers to reach high-ranking appointments in the Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. At the height of the civil rights movement in the United States, they were asked to represent the best of American ideals abroad while facing discrimination at home. Colloquially referred to as “pale, male, and Yale,” the U.S. State Department fiercely maintained and cultivated the Foreign Service’s elitist character and was one of the last federal agencies to desegregate.
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Watch the First Clip from SIRENS, Documentary on All-Female Lebanese Thrash Metal Band at Sundance
(l. to r.) Lilas Mayassi and Shery Bechara, founders of the all-female Lebanese thrash metal band Slave to Sirens, as seen in the documentary Sirens, directed by Rita Baghdadi. Image courtesy of Rita Baghdadi Get the first look at Sirens, directed by LA-based filmmaker Rita Baghdadi, set to World Premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Executive produced by Natasha Lyonne and Maya Rudolph (Animal Pictures), among others, Sirens follows the Middle East’s first all-female metal band as they wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars. The film will be shown as part of the festival’s World Cinema Documentary Competition.
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Jeffery Wright to Narrate ‘Lincoln’s Dilemma’ Apple TV+ Documentary Series on Abraham Lincoln’s Complex Journey to End Slavery
Jeffery Wright (credit: Gage Skidmore) Apple TV+ announced a new four-part documentary series “Lincoln’s Dilemma,” a fresh exploration of President Lincoln and the complex journey to end slavery. Narrated by Jeffrey Wright and featuring the voices of Bill Camp as Abraham Lincoln and Leslie Odom, Jr. as Frederick Douglass, the series is a 21st century examination of a complicated man and the people and events that shaped his evolving stance on slavery. All four parts of “Lincoln’s Dilemma” will premiere globally on Friday, February 18 on Apple TV+.
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‘The Fix’ Trailer – Samuel L. Jackson Narrates the Roku Docuseries on Drugs in America
Samuel L. Jackson (Credit: Flickr Copyright: Dick Thomas Johnson) The Roku Channel released the official trailer for The Fix, featuring Samuel L. Jackson narrating the fascinating documentary series on drugs in America.
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USE OF FORCE: THE POLICING OF BLACK AMERICA Trailer. Chuck D Narrates Documentary on Police Brutality
Use of Force: The Policing of Black America (screenshot via Youtube) The powerful documentary Use of Force: The Policing of Black America examines police brutality against people of color and explores a path forward to address this critical issue. The full-length film narrated and co-produced by Hip Hop Legend Chuck D, directed and written by Cary Grant Jr. premieres on January 14, 2022 on Peacock.
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THE TINDER SWINDLER Trailer. 3 Women Plan for Payback on Dating Site Con Artist in Netflix Docuseries
The Tinder Swindler Netflix released the trailer for The Tinder Swindler, the docuseries on Shimon Hayut, who, posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.
