CURRENT TV LAUNCHES ORIGINAL SERIES
"50 DOCUMENTARIES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE"
IDA BOARD PRESDIENT, EDDIE SCHMIDT, PART OF THE SELECTION PANEL
Current TV will premiere the new original series, “50 Documentaries To See Before You Die,” on Monday, August 1. Hosted by renowned documentarian Morgan Spurlock, this series examines how, over the last quarter-century, the documentary feature has evolved into an increasingly mainstream genre, becoming a major box office draw and impacting society and contemporary American culture in ways never seen before.
Some of the world’s greatest documentary filmmakers will be a part of the series including directors Chris Hegedus (“STARTUP.COM”; “The War Room”), Errol Morris (“The Thin Blue Line,” The Fog of War”) D.A. Pennebaker (“War Room,” “Don’t Look Back”) and Penelope Spheeris, (“The Decline of Western Civilization” parts I, II and III).
The panel members who were involved in the selection process include Eddie Schmidt President of the International Documentary Association, Brian Graden, Programming Consultant for Current TV and former President of Programming MTV Networks, Betsy McLane, Project Director for the American Documentary Showcase and co-author of ‘A New History of Documentary Film,’ Michael Renov Associate Dean of USC's School of Cinematic Arts and author of ‘The Subject of Documentary,’ and Rahdi Taylor Associate Director of the Sundance Documentary Film Program.