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October 14, 2026
Doc Stories Unveils 12th Annual Film Lineup (EXCLUSIVE)
Ava DuVernay’s “14th” will open the 12th edition of San Francisco’s documentary film festival Doc Stories on Nov. 5. The Netflix film, which premiered at New York Film Festival earlier this month, ...
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September 27, 2026
Nat Geo Kicks Off New Multi-Year Doc Franchise With ‘Africa Earth’s Wild Home’
Unlike most conglomerate-owned media companies, National Geographic is still pouring money into documentaries. Their latest docuseries “Africa Earth’s Wild Home” is a seven-parter that took four ye...
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August 28, 2026
Online Sleuthing Is Out of Control, and the Vitriol Against Patrick Clancy Proves It
The trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse who admitted to strangling her three young children before attempting suicide in January 2023, has become the latest true crime sensat...
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August 12, 2026
Jon Favreau on His First Documentary, National Geographic’s ‘Lion’: Not Knowing Whether the Lead Character Would Survive Was ‘Harrowing’
When renowned wildlife producer Mike Gunton approached “The Lion King” director Jon Favreau about collaborating on a documentary, the director, who had never made a doc, immediately said yes. It wa...
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July 22, 2026
‘Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston’: A Rare Doc That Could Actually Attract a Young Audience
In 2024, “Loki” star Tom Hiddleston reunited with the film’s executive producer Kevin R. Wright to create a documentary that wasn’t about a salacious murder, a cult or Hiddleston’s acting career. I...
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