The Storyhunter team in their Brooklyn office, reviewing pitches from around the world. Courtesy of Storyhunter The Botanic Lab Bar on Manhattan's
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From Borderland (Dir./Exec. Prod./Wtr.: Ivan O'Mahoney; Exec. Prod./Wtr.: Nial Fulton). Courtesy of Al Jazerra America On August 20, 2013, with a
'Korengal' opens May 30 in New York City through Goldcrest Films.
'Narco Cultura' opens in theaters November 22 through Cinedigm.
Alex Gibney's 'We Steal Secrets' opens in theaters May 24 through Focus World.
From Richard E. Robbins’ Girl Rising, which premieres in theaters through CNN Films In 2012, CNN became another player in the documentary field—a very
'Reportero' airs January 7 on PBS' 'POV.'
The new Drafthouse Films release The Ambassador tells the story of a foppish Danish gentleman who has quasi-legally purchased a diplomatic position to
To Catch a Predator (2004–2007), a periodic segment on the TV newsmagazine Dateline NBC, was one of the biggest nonfiction sensations of the 2000s. The new documentary Predators, recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, examines this and other ethical issues around the program. In particular, the film scrutinizes the host of copycat media operations that have arisen over the years, as well as the show’s broader influence on the true crime genre. Ahead of the premiere, we sat down with director David Osit over Zoom to discuss To Catch a Predator and its modern fan community, finding all the materials used in Predators, and the delicate balancing act involved in incorporating so much raw footage.
On January 24, by unanimous vote, documentary filmmakers got a big boost from Congress. The House of Representatives passed the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act (aka the PRESS Act). It’s a journalist-protection bill that could easily have been called the Protect All Documentarians Act. Although the PRESS Act makes no specific mention of documentary filmmakers, federal courts uniformly include documentary filmmakers in their definitions of journalists. In fact, documentarians stand to be one of the bill’s biggest beneficiaries.