Category: Documentary

UNSUNG Ends The Season With Goodie Mob Airing Sunday, April 19

TV One’s award-winning documentary series UNSUNG wraps the season with legendary rap group Goodie Mob on Sunday, April 19 at 10 p.m. ET/9C. Atlanta hip hop quartet Goodie Mob changed the rap game in the mid-90s. With distinctive flows backed by dope beats, they helped create a new lane for Southern rappers in a time when New York… Continue reading UNSUNG Ends The Season With Goodie Mob Airing Sunday, April 19

Comcast Makes Entertainment Networks AFRO, Aspire TV, REVOLT, TV One, Brown Sugar and More Available for Free

Comcast today announced it is making on-demand programming from more than two dozen more entertainment networks and subscription video services available for its Xfinity X1 and Flex customers to enjoy for free in the coming weeks.   “All year round, we provide our customers with a wide variety of diverse and in-language programming and we’re happy… Continue reading Comcast Makes Entertainment Networks AFRO, Aspire TV, REVOLT, TV One, Brown Sugar and More Available for Free

Eight Days the First Cancer Reality Show to Debut on WGN Network April 5, 2020

Los Angeles, CA – Charles Mattocks’ Eight Days docuseries, the first Cancer Reality TV Show has a New! Home on WGN Network, premiering April 5, 2020. Mattocks’ is an award-winning filmmaker and health advocate that happens to be the nephew of the music legend Bob Marley, who also passed of Cancer.  His newest docuseries “Eight… Continue reading Eight Days the First Cancer Reality Show to Debut on WGN Network April 5, 2020

GENIUS: ARETHA – FIRST LOOK TEASER

  Starring 2020 Academy Award® Nominee and Tony®, Emmy® and Grammy® Award-Winning Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet,” “The Color Purple”) as Aretha Franklin GENIUS: ARETHA to Premiere Over Four Nights Beginning Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2020, at 9/8c GENIUS: ARETHA – FIRST LOOK TEASER | National Geographic (WASHINGTON, DC – FEB. 7, 2019) National Geographic and Fox 21 Television… Continue reading GENIUS: ARETHA – FIRST LOOK TEASER

Raphael Saadiq & Terence Blanchard Join ‘GENIUS: ARETHA’

Emmy-Winning Global Anthology Series GENIUS: ARETHA, Starring 2020 Academy Award Nominee Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet,” “The Color Purple”) as Aretha Franklin, to Premiere Over Four Nights Beginning Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2020, at 9/8c National Geographic, with Fox 21 Studios and Imagine Television Studios, announced today that Grammy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated musician Raphael Saadiq has been… Continue reading Raphael Saadiq & Terence Blanchard Join ‘GENIUS: ARETHA’

Bounce to Air New Original Black History Month Special Starring Queen Latifah, Common and Harry Belafonte Monday, Feb. 10

Bounce will world premiere an original new one-hour special, Bounce Celebrates Black History, paired with a number of popular movies inspired by contributions of African Americans, in honor of Black History Month this month. Queen Latifah, Common and Harry Belafonte headline Bounce Celebrates Black History as they present a collection of stories depicting the strength… Continue reading Bounce to Air New Original Black History Month Special Starring Queen Latifah, Common and Harry Belafonte Monday, Feb. 10

Sundance Institute Announces Tabitha Jackson as Festival Director

Sundance Institute announced Tabitha Jackson as the new Director of the Sundance Film Festival. Jackson was chosen from a worldwide search and follows outgoing Director, John Cooper, who served in the role for 11 years and will assume a newly-created Emeritus Director role. An award-winning filmmaker, she has served as Director of the Institute’s Documentary… Continue reading Sundance Institute Announces Tabitha Jackson as Festival Director

Strayer University and The Blackhouse Foundation Name Donald Dankwa Brooks Winner of Scriptwriter Competition

During the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Strayer University, in partnership with The Blackhouse Foundation — a leading voice working to elevate and increase the number of diverse voices in filmmaking — announced the winner of ScriptED, a nationwide competition to discover a talented, up-and-coming scriptwriter who can help bring real perspectives to Strayer’s Criminal Justice… Continue reading Strayer University and The Blackhouse Foundation Name Donald Dankwa Brooks Winner of Scriptwriter Competition

OJ25 – ‘Trial Of The Century’ – Premieres Thurs. Jan. 23 On Court TV

OJ25, the new Court TV’s first original true crime series which will look back at the world-famous O.J. Simpson murder case 25 years later, will world premiere on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 9:00 p.m. (ET) on Court TV. Watch sneak peek here. OJ25 will give viewers a front row seat in the Simpson jury box, to… Continue reading OJ25 – ‘Trial Of The Century’ – Premieres Thurs. Jan. 23 On Court TV

Vudu Greenlights ‘Legacy’ A Docuseries Starring Dywane Wade, Evander Holyfield, Randall Cunningham and Their Children

Vudu, Walmart’s digital video service, and entertainment and sports media company Whistle, today announced Vudu has ordered the eight-episode docuseries, Legacy, from Whistle. The new Vudu Original will star 13-time NBA All-Star, Dwyane Wade, who will also serve as an executive producer on the series through his production company 59th & Prairie Entertainment. Legacy will… Continue reading Vudu Greenlights ‘Legacy’ A Docuseries Starring Dywane Wade, Evander Holyfield, Randall Cunningham and Their Children

Amazon Studios and Entertainment One (eOne) Producing Mary J. Blige Documentary

Amazon Studios and Entertainment One (eOne) are currently in production on the Untitled Mary J. Blige documentary directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth.  Blige will serve as an executive producer under her Blue Butterfly banner alongside Tara Long of eOne, Mark Ford and Kevin Lopez of Creature Films, with Sean Combs, and Ashaunna Ayars, Nicole… Continue reading Amazon Studios and Entertainment One (eOne) Producing Mary J. Blige Documentary

National Geographic Taps Anthony Hemingway to Serve As Executive Producer for ‘GENIUS: ARETHA’

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TAPS EMMY®-, GOLDEN GLOBE®- AND BAFTA TV AWARD-WINNING ANTHONY HEMINGWAY (“POWER,” “THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY”) TO SERVE AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND DIRECT PILOT EPISODE FOR GENIUS: ARETHA   Anthony Hemingway   ENSEMBLE CAST ALSO ANNOUNCED TO JOIN CYNTHIA ERIVO (“HARRIET,” “THE COLOR PURPLE”)  … Continue reading National Geographic Taps Anthony Hemingway to Serve As Executive Producer for ‘GENIUS: ARETHA’

Comedy Central Teams Up With All Things Comedy to Produce Patrice O’Neal Documentary

Comedy Central announced today a collaboration with All Things Comedy to produce a documentary about Patrice O’Neal. Set to begin filming this fall, the untitled documentary is a deep-dive portrait of O’Neal who passed away at 41 in 2011. The film, directed by Bonfiglio (Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh) will recount O’Neal’s life story and… Continue reading Comedy Central Teams Up With All Things Comedy to Produce Patrice O’Neal Documentary

UMC (Urban Movie Channel) Greenlights New Docuseries ‘Behind Her Faith’

UMC (Urban Movie Channel) – the first streaming service for Black TV and film from AMC Networks – announced today that it has commissioned a new docuseries that will provide viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at the power of faith and its driving force on successful women in entertainment, sports, music, business, politics, and ministry. Created by writer/director Paula… Continue reading UMC (Urban Movie Channel) Greenlights New Docuseries ‘Behind Her Faith’

50 Cent to Launch Docuseries Chronicling Celebrity Legal Woes

A new show is in development by 50 Cent‘s G-Unit Film & Television Inc.. Its aim is to analyze the legal events surrounding celebrities like Tekashi 6ix9ine, Snoop Dog, producer, Scott Storch, Rafer Alston (former NBA point guard), as well as Fitty himself. The scripted docuseries titled, A Moment In Time, will feature two stories… Continue reading 50 Cent to Launch Docuseries Chronicling Celebrity Legal Woes

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