documentary
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Still, Hargitay just wrapped up a one-woman show on Broadway and recently bagged two Emmys for her documentary “My Mom Jayne” all while still working on “Law and Order.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
“The window is closing and the technology is developing, but the cataclysmic incident hasn’t happened,” said Oscar-winning filmmaker Daniel Roher, who made a documentary about the risks of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
He would lead the crowd into the vibe the band created, and then…“When he turned the microphone to the audience,” said Lionel Richie in Questlove’s recent documentary, “they knew exactly what to sing.”
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
It was 1964 and she had been selected by teachers at her east London primary school to appear in a documentary called 7 Up.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
He has also been featured in a documentary, Truth and Conviction: The Helmuth Hübener Story.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The biggest news to come out of two film festivals this week stemmed from documentaries about tech moguls gone bad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
But his recapitulations of Vyvyan’s battles with the taxman, of bygone court cases and of late-20th-century documentaries and biopics could have been done at half the length.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Selected by a special panel of filmmakers and critics, the films on this list span over 100 years of cinema and include comedies, horror flicks, dramas, documentaries, and beyond.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
"I have a 5-year-old daughter who watches his documentaries every morning. She feels utterly loved by her 'grandpa crocodile' without ever having met him."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Apparently, they just sit around watching really boring documentaries that only geniuses would find entertaining.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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