As Never Look Away, this year’s documentary about camerawoman Margaret Moth, reminds us, it wasn’t long ago that the main barrier to the world at large understanding the human cost of geopolitical ...

Jane Rosenthal is taking the pulse of the nonfiction feature space — and it doesn’t look good. The mega-producer and Tribeca co-founder told Variety during a recent interview that she is “worried” ...

At the 2025 edition of CPH:DOX, extreme political tension in the U.S. and parts of Europe cast a cloud of uncertainty over the Copenhagen-based documentary film festival. While nonfiction films that ...

SUNY Cortland political scientist and author Robert Spitzer will share his thoughts on the politics of gun control with a wider audience when CNN screens the documentary film in which Spitzer appears, ...

The hosts of Deadline’s Doc Talk and ElectionLine podcasts are getting together for an unprecedented crossover episode. Think Law & Order: SVU meets Law & Order: Organized Crime; Angel meets Buffy the ...

"Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid" and Errol Morris' "Separated" were lucky to get out before the election. But others, like incendiary abortion doc "Zurawski v Texas," still await buyers. You ...

Exploring the top 10 highest-grossing political documentaries at the US box office, featuring modern-day classics like Melania to nostalgic cult sagas like Capitalism: A Love Story ...

“We know that some distributors are a little wary of picking up films with overt political subject matters and that audiences sometimes seem to be looking for lighter types of work,” says Basil ...

The Librarians is set to premiere on PBS this Monday, Feb. 9, after a robust theatrical and festival run that saw Kim A. Snyder’s documentary earn awards across the country. The film, executive ...

"Fewer places are buying hard-hitting documentaries," the Tribeca co-founder and mega-producer said. When asked how the “business” of documentary films are going — citing how the Tribeca Festival is ...