documentary
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The Wall Street Journal’s documentary, “Infiltrated: North Korea’s Secret U.S. Workforce,” follows a single cell of these operatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Maybe not, if you consider that of the 10 Emmy nominees for documentary or nonfiction special or series this year, seven are celebrity-oriented.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"What he told me made my blood run cold," said Hollywood actor Michael Sheen, who spoke to Gowan just months before he died and has now continued his investigation in a new BBC iPlayer documentary.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
A development that has helped draw more top celebrities to the documentary process is the improved production values for these projects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The documentary shows happy young couples picking out their home sites.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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She works on both visual and video investigations, as well as documentaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Knox later returned to the U.S., where she began to campaign against wrongful convictions and participated in the production of several television documentaries and dramas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
I was upset that I’d never be able to thank her, to laud her for pushing students out of their comfort zones by showing them documentaries that were not easily palatable.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
The re-created history, which is where many historical documentaries fail, looks good, and the scenes the writers conjure up are well done, if verging sometimes on melodrama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
But instead, there are several articles and documentaries on the history of representation for black women.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
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