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‘Speak’ Directors on Making Doc About Teenage Orators: ‘I Thought This Would Be the Most Entertaining Way to Help Make Education and Empathy Great...

Jennifer Tiexiera and Guy Mossman’s documentary “Speak” follows five American teenage speech competitors, whose dream is to win the Super Bowl of public speaking – the National Speech & Debate Association...

Catapult Film Fund Awards $30,000 in Research Grants to Three Doc Filmmakers (EXCLUSIVE)

Documentary filmmakers Sabaah Folayan, Loira Limbal, and Peter Nicks have been selected to receive the Catapult Film Fund’s annual research grant. Each recipient will receive $10,000 in grant money and four...

‘Spacewoman’ Doc About First Woman to Command a Space Shuttle Mission Screens at CPH:DOX While NASA Axes Pledge to Land a Woman on the Moon

Hannah Berryman’s documentary “Spacewoman” chronicles the life and career of astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command a spacecraft in an era where many men still thought there...

Imagine Making Documentary About U.S. Men’s Soccer Team Historic Run at 1994 World Cup (EXCLUSIVE)

The U.S. men’s national soccer team’s historic 1994 World Cup journey is the subject of an upcoming film from Imagine Documentaries. Titled “Summer of 94,” the documentary will be directed...

SXSW Doc ‘Shuffle’ Reveals How Rehab Facilties Prey on Addicts for the Sake of Profit

Benjamin Flaherty spent three years shooting “Shuffle,” a documentary that follows three addicts who are trying to stay alive in rehab facilities that are scamming insurance companies. Flaherty reveals that patients...

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Unveils Lineup Featuring 16 Sundance Docs (EXCLUSIVE)

The 27th edition of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, launching on April 3, will feature a lineup of 34 feature documentaries and 15 short docs. The Durham, N.C.-based, four-day doc...

SXSW Doc ‘Take No Prisoners’ Follows America’s Top Hostage Negotiator in Battle to Free L.A. Public Defender From Venezuelan Prison

In “Take No Prisoners,” director Adam Ciralsky and Subrata De were given unprecedented access to America’s former top hostage negotiator, Roger Carstens, as he battles to free L.A. public defender Eyvin...

Documentary About Flaco, Owl Who Escaped Central Park Zoo, in Production at HBO

HBO Documentary Films is currently in production on a documentary about Flaco, the male Eurasian eagle-owl who gained worldwide attention after he was mysteriously set free in New York City...

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