HBO Documentary Films Acquires Worldwide TV and Film Rights to UNITED SKATES
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 20, 2018 HBO Documentary Films has acquired worldwide TV and film rights to UNITED SKATES. Directed and produced by Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown, the film received the Documentary Audience Award at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, and will debut on HBO in 2019. John Legend is an executive producer of the d...
HBO Documentary Films Acquires U.S. TV Rights to THE COLD BLUE
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 27, 2018 HBO Documentary Films has acquired U.S. TV rights to THE COLD BLUE from Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Productions. Directed by Erik Nelson (“Dreams with Sharp Teeth,” “A Gray State”), the film takes an inside look at the daily life of men of the Eighth Air Force, who flew mission after deadly mission in Wo...
HBO Documentary Films And Spike Lee In Production On NYC EPICENTERS 9/11→2021½
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 01, 2021 The multi-part documentary event will offer an unprecedented, sweeping portrait of New Yorkers as they rebuild and rebound, from a devastating terrorist attack through the ongoing global pandemic....
THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY Premieres on HBO This May
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 10, 2021 A searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates. ...
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for CRAZY, NOT INSANE on HBO
by Sarah Leiber - October 26, 2020 Psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has dedicated her career to the study of murderers....
Michael B. Jordan & Michael Shannon Star in HBO's Film FAHRENHEIT 451, Available for Digital Download 6/18 & Blu-ray/DVD Today
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2018 Imagine a society where books are outlawed and “firemen” have been tasked to burn and destroy any remaining literature, erasing history right before our eyes. This is the reality in Fahrenheit 451, a jaw-dropping new HBO Film starring Michael B. Jordan (HBO's The Wire,Black Panther) and Oscar® nomi...
HBO to Debut WE ARE THE DREAM: THE KIDS OF THE OAKLAND MLK ORATORICAL FEST on February 18
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 15, 2020 Every year hundreds of children from pre-k through 12th grade participate in the Oakland MLK Oratorical Festival, a stirring public speaking competition where they perform poetry and speeches, both published and original, inspired by the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ...
HBO Documentary Films Acquires WELCOME TO CHECHNYA
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 12, 2019 HBO Documentary Films has acquired North American television and streaming rights to the powerful and eye-opening documentary WELCOME TO CHECHYNA, from Academy Award nominated director David France (“How to Survive a Plague,” “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson”). This searing documentary shado...
Two Bird Stone Shares New Single “If You Wanna Come Back”
by A.A. Cristi - June 22, 2020 Two Bird Stone is a dynamic new band founded by singer/songwriter Liam Thomas Bailey and featuring some of Nashville's and New York's finest musicians. The band formed in 2019 and will release their debut album, Hands & Knees, on September 11th via Soundly Music....
Documentary BLEED OUT Debuts December 17 On HBO
by Tori Hartshorn - December 07, 2018 Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the U.S.. Documentary BLEED OUT Debuts December 17 On HBO...
HBO Documentary Films and The Duplass Brothers in Production on THE LADY AND THE DALE
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 05, 2020 HBO Documentary Films and Emmy-winning producers Mark and Jay Duplass are currently in production on THE LADY AND THE DALE, a documentary series exploring an audacious 1970s auto scam centered around a mysterious entrepreneur. ...
Alec Baldwin to Host the ARTHUR MILLER FOUNDATION HONORS
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 16, 2018 The Arthur Miller Foundation's inaugural Arthur Miller Foundation Honors celebrating the power of public school arts education will be hosted by Alec Baldwin. Event Co-Chairs include Rebecca Miller, Steven Spielberg & Kate Capshaw, Sandi Farkas, Janine & Michael Smith. Honors to take place on Octob...
HBO Documentary Films to Debut STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET in 2021
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 08, 2020 HBO Documentary Films’ STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET takes audiences inside the minds and hearts of the “Sesame Street” creators, artists, writers and educators who together established one of the most influential and enduring children’s programs in television history. The film will debut...
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for HBO's COVID DIARIES
by Sarah Leiber - February 11, 2021 The deeply personal film illuminates the plight of essential workers and their families during the early days of the COVID-19 crisis as they navigate the deadly virus and a country riven by social upheaval....
HBO Acquires Worldwide Rights to Documentary FOSTER From Oscar Winners Deborah Oppenheimer Mark Jonathan Harris
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 23, 2018 HBO Documentary Films has acquired worldwide TV and streaming rights to Participant Media and Emerson Collective's documentary feature film FOSTER. Producer Deborah Oppenheimer and writer-director Mark Jonathan Harris (HBO's Oscar®-winning “Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport”...
AUTISM: THE SEQUEL Debuts April 28 on HBO
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 07, 2020 The uplifting documentary short AUTISM: THE SEQUEL revisits the five young adults who were originally featured in the HBO's 2007 Emmy®-winning “Autism: The Musical,” a poignant, heartwarming film that followed the subjects as children as they wrote and performed their own musical. The looming questi...
Documentary News Series AXIOS Continues March 7
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 05, 2021 Directed and produced by Emmy® winners Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz, the program features Axios’ signature “Smart Brevity” analysis, exclusive documentary-style reporting, and in-depth conversations on the topics and trends shaping our future....
HBO Documentary Films Announces Nanfu Wang's IN THE SAME BREATH
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 28, 2021 HBO Documentary Films’ IN THE SAME BREATH, which recounts the origin and spread of the novel coronavirus from the earliest days of the outbreak in Wuhan to its rampage across the United States, will make its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. ...
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for 40 YEARS A PRISONER on HBO
by Sarah Leiber - November 16, 2020 Feature documentary 40 YEARS A PRISONER, debuting TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 (9:00-10:50 p.m. ET/PT), chronicles one of the most controversial shootouts in American history: the 1978 police raid on the radical, back-to-nature group MOVE by the Philadelphia Police Department....
Sam Mendes Takes Home Top Prize For '1917' at the DGA Awards; Full List!
by Stephi Wild - January 26, 2020 Last night the Directors Guild of America Awards were given out. Taking the top prize was Sam Mendes for the film 1917....
HBO Documentary Films Acquires THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 24, 2020 HBO Documentary Films has acquired all North American rights to the feature length documentary THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART about the legendary band who wrote more than 1,000 songs....
HBO Documentary Films in Production on Series Taking an Inside Look at the NXIVM Organization
by Tori Hartshorn - April 18, 2019 HBO Documentary Films is currently in production on a documentary series exploring the NXIVM organization, by Oscar®-nominated, Emmy®-winning directors Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer ('The Square,' 'Control Room,' 'Startup.com')....
Feature-Length Documentary on Tina Turner Comes to HBO
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 10, 2021 The documentary debuts SATURDAY, MARCH 27 (8:00 PM- 10:00 PM ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max....
HBO Documentary Films in Production on Series About 1979-1981 Missing and Murdered Children of Atlanta
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 25, 2019 HBO Documentary Films, Show of Force, Roc Nation and Get Lifted Film Co. are currently in production on a new documentary series reexamining the Atlanta Child Murders of the late-'70s and early-'80s. It offers a never-before-seen look at the murder of at least 30 African American children and young ...
Martyna Majok, Daphne-Rubin Vega, Among 2018-2019 Tony Awards Nominating Committee
by Julie Musbach - September 05, 2018 The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today the Nominating Committee for the 2018-2019 Broadway season. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.... |