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EXCLUSIVE: The sparkling personality of Israa lights up One in a Million, the Oscar-contending documentary that won two awards at Sundance, including the directing award for Itab Azzam and Jack Macinnes. The film from Frontline Features, PBS Distribution, and BBC Storyville follows Israa from…

EXCLUSIVE: Documentary artists confronting media consolidation, a tightened acquisition market and other challenges are about to get a major lift from the Points North Institute, the nonprofit that puts on the Camden International Film Festival in Maine. On Monday, the institute announced its…

EXCLUSIVE: Abramorama has acquired North American distribution rights to Miss Representation: Rise Up, director Jennifer Siebel Newsom's examination of the "backlash against women in the age of AI, social media, and rising misogyny." The company plans to premiere the film at IFC Center in New…

EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to A Fox Under a Pink Moon, one of the most acclaimed documentaries of the year. The film directed by Mehrdad Oskouei and Soraya Akhlaghi won the top prize at International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) last year and…

EXCLUSIVE: Dig out your Juicy Couture tracksuits, oversized sunglasses and Von Dutch trucker hats because Paris Hilton is going back to the early 2000s. Hilton is producing a documentary on the era for Roku. The heiress will feature in and exec produce The It Girls: Inside the 2000s (w/t)…

EXCLUSIVE: It's been more than 40 years since Palestinian American Alex Odeh was assassinated in his office in Orange County, CA, the victim of a tripwire bomb. No one has ever been charged with his killing, despite an ongoing FBI terrorism investigation into the crime. But that doesn't mean the…

EXCLUSIVE: Thunderous applause may greet one documentary premiering at the Venice Film Festival, fitting for a story of athletes who shake the earth with every footfall. Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing, directed by Erik Shirai, goes inside the ring and the training room with champions of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Good Deed Entertainment has acquired Grandmasters, a documentary from award-winning filmmaker Liza Mandelup that uncovers drama roiling the world of top-tier chess. Grandmasters premiered as a documentary series at Tribeca Festival in June but will launch in theaters as a nonfiction…

EXCLUSIVE: Grammy-winning musician and actor Jon Batiste is inviting audiences on a spectacular journey through natural wonders of a part of the country he knows very well, "the vast network of wetlands spanning Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and the Carolinas." MacGillivray Freeman Films…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is exploring the world of maternity wards in its latest docuseries. The streamer has greenlit Born in the USA (w/t) from Million Dollar Secret producer Wheelhouse. The series has been birthed over the last few years as producers secured access to a busy ward. Born in the…

Cameras are going behind the scenes on the lives of Peter Crouch and Abby Clancy. Prime Video has greenlit access doc series The Crouches, which will follow former footballer-turned- broadcaster Crouch and his wife, model and content creator Clancy, over a year. The show, which is the…

Prime Video is on the starting grid with a docu-series about Formula 1 driver Lando Norris. Lando (working title) is being billed as a “a never-before-seen look at the current F1 World Champion: a man who is not only defending his crown but also giving unprecedented access to a more personal…