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Facing Nolan Director on Documenting ‘Mythical’ Pitcher Nolan Ryan

Facing Nolan director Bradley Jackson grew up idolizing pitcher Nolan Ryan, a Major League Baseball legend whom Jackson personally considers…

2 years ago
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Elon Musk’s Crash Course Director Does a Deep Dive Into Tesla’s Self-Driving Cars

Director Emma Schwartz raises questions about Tesla's self-driving cars in Elon Musk's Crash Course, a documentary she made with The…

2 years ago
  • Articles - Cinematography
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Fiddler on the Roof Cinematographer Shot Most of Movie Through Silk Stockings

Here's something you probably didn't know about Fiddler on the Roof: cinematographer Ossie Morris shot a majority of the movie…

2 years ago
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Narrating Texas Nature Doc Deep in the Heart Was an Easy Yes for Matthew McConaughey

As soon as Matthew McConaughey saw a rough cut of the new Texas nature documentary Deep in the Heart, the…

2 years ago
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The Invisible Pilot: The Incredible True Story of Arkansas Crop Duster Gary Betzner

HBO's The Invisible Pilot docuseries tells the story of Gary Betzner, an Arkansas crop duster who mysteriously vanished in 1977.…

2 years ago
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Netflix’s Our Great National Parks Doc Is ‘A Conservation Success Story’ (Video)

Our Great National Parks series producer Sophie Todd describes the Netflix series — narrated by former President Barrack Obama — a…

2 years ago
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Andy Warhol Diaries Director on ‘Peeling Back the Layers’ of Pop Art Icon’s Personal Life (Video)

Andrew Rossi set about "peeling back the layers" of Andy Warhol's personal life in order to make the Netflix docuseries…

2 years ago
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Oscar Short Doc Nominees Talk Bullies, Loss, and Basketball

Three Oscar nominees in the short documentary category discuss making their films When We Were Bullies, The Queen of Basketball,…

2 years ago
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Writing with Fire Puts the Spotlight On India’s All-Women Newsroom, Khabar Lahariya

A newsroom of women journalists from India's Dalit community called Khabar Lahariya is getting worldwide attention thanks to the Oscar-nominated…

2 years ago
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Downfall: The Case Against Boeing Will Make You Rethink Commercial Air Travel

Most people don't think twice about hopping on an airplane. But Netflix's documentary Downfall: The Case Against Boeing could make…

2 years ago
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‘Happiness Is a Journey’ Follows a Newspaper Deliveryman’s Journey In a ‘Post-Apocalyptic Newspaper World’ (Video)

Print media may be struggling, but newspaper-delivery people still exist. Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan's documentary short "Happiness is a…

2 years ago
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How 70 Hours of Footage in the Car Became Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (Video)

When Brent Wilson set out to make Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, a documentary about Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson,…

2 years ago
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Reframed: Marilyn Monroe Director Wants to ‘Dismantle the Myth’ Around Beauty Icon (Video)

Director Karen McGann is taking a closer look at Marilyn Monroe from a feminist standpoint in her new CNN docuseries…

2 years ago
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Secrets of Playboy Director on Peeling Back the Dark Layers of Hugh Hefner’s Empire (Video)

Alexandra Dean says her A&E docuseries Secrets of Playboy peels back the layers of Hugh Hefner's empire like an onion,…

2 years ago
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Neymar: The Perfect Chaos Gets ‘Up Close and Personal’ With Neymar the Person, Not the Soccer Star

The three-part Netflix docuseries Neymar: The Perfect Chaos introduces Brazillian soccer player Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior in a rare…

2 years ago
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Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story Chronicles the Origins of Snowboarding

In the HBO documentary Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story, director Fernando Villena tells the origin story of the late…

2 years ago
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Matthew Heineman’s The First Wave Doc Depoliticizes the Pandemic: ‘There’s No Trump in My Film’ (Video)

Matthew Heineman wanted to take the politics out of the pandemic with his National Geographic documentary The First Wave. You…

2 years ago
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Becoming Cousteau Reveals Environmentalist’s Evolution: ‘He Wasn’t Born With This Conviction’ (Video)

French explorer Jacques Cousteau wasn't always an environmental activist. National Geographic's documentary Becoming Cousteau reveals the famous oceanographer and television…

2 years ago
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Curse of the Chippendales Filmmakers Unpack a True Story That’s ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ (Video)

The four-part Discovery+ docuseries Curse of the Chippendales unpacks the true story of the all-male dance troupe that became a…

2 years ago
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Hawking: Can You Hear Me? Introduces Stephen Hawking, The Human (Video)

Most people know Stephen Hawking the physicist. Not many people know Stephen Hawking the human. Director Oliver Twinch and producer…

2 years ago
  • Podcasts

Detainee 001: How ‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh Became the Unlikely Face of Islamic Extremism

John Walker Lindh, the teenager fromt the San Francisco suburbs who earned the unlikely moniker of "American Taliban" and became…

2 years ago