Barry Levinson on Capturing America’s Political Divide in Doc Series ‘Bucks County’: ‘This Is Not a Series About Heroes and Villains’
Barry Levinson On His Sundance Docuseries That Captures America's Political Divide: 'This Is Not A Series About Heroes and ...
Kash Patel’s Cringe Documentary Teases What Could Be in Store for the FBI
Kash Patel, Donald Trump's nominee to become FBI Director, lays out how he views the Justice Department in his documentary ...
Sundance Programmers Say Political Documentaries Are Still Crucial, Despite Challenging Market and Right-Wing Hits
It’s no secret that corporations like Netflix, Amazon, and Apple have lost their appetite for current event documentaries that tackle politics. The good old days when streamers shelled out seven ...
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The best documentaries about political figures, from Klitschko to Navalny
Vitali Klitschko is a figure from a novel: a handsome and gigantic heavyweight boxing champion, a Guinness World Record-holder, a twin, a multilingual scholar (he holds a PhD in sports science), a ...
'We are not doing political films': Why award-winning documentaries are being frozen out
The story of the first successful Amazon facility union and a film about Palestinian resistance in the West Bank are among ...
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Major streamers often wrestle over documentary subjects
This does not appear to be accidental, as Netflix and other streamers have reportedly been shying away from political documentaries due to the polarized state of the world, choosing instead to ...
André Holland wanted to play a romantic lead. With ‘Love, Brooklyn,’ he made it happen
In our final Sundance Daily newsletter of 2025, we catch up with the team behind 'Love, Brooklyn,' recommend two new horror ...
‘Prime Minister' Review: Documentary About New Zealand's Galvanizing Former Leader Offers an Intimate Look at a Woman in Power
Directors Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe provide a window into Jacinda Ardern's work and life choices during her five-year ...
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Sundance Programmers Say Political Documentaries Are Still Crucial, Despite Challenging Market and Right-Wing Hits
Between the fraught political climate and growth of right-wing documentaries and streaming buyers’ taste for crowd-pleasing subjects, it falls to festivals to program the bold titles that will ...