Documentary
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US embassy screens documentary against gender-based violence
Dec 3, 2024In honour of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the American Embassy in Dhaka, in collaboration with the American Film Showcase (AFS), screened the documentary “A Woman’s Place” at the American Centre. According to... -
Navalny documentary wins BAFTA after security row
Feb 22, 2023During the British BAFTA film awards on Sunday, a movie on Russian rebel Alexei Navalny won best documentary, sparking outrage at the absence of a significant participant. Christo Grozev, a longtime Kremlin opponent and investigative journalist... -
Netflix documentary by Pamela Anderson discusses her exposed sex tape
Jan 30, 2023On January 31, Tuesday, the well-known American actress Pamela Anderson will make her Netflix docuseries available. On the same day that her memoir Love, Pamela is published, the eagerly anticipated project, named Pamela, a love story,... -
Homeless subjects of Oscars documentary invited to ceremony
Feb 28, 2022The Oscars are held in Hollywood once a year, but hundreds of homeless people sleep on and around the Los Angeles neighborhood’s star-studded streets every night. The directors of “Lead Me Home,” a nominated film about... -
‘Immersive’ Princess Diana documentary opens Sundance
Jan 23, 2022The opening night films at the online Sundance film festival included a “immersive” Princess Diana documentary that offered a “origin tale” for the British royal family’s recent difficulties. The Omicron form of Covid-19’s ascent across the... -
Michael Jackson’s legacy under microscope in new sex abuse film
Mar 1, 2019Almost 10 years after his sudden death, Michael Jackson’s legacy is under fresh scrutiny in a documentary about alleged child sex abuse that has been met with outrage by the singer’s family. “Leaving Neverland” features two... -
“Letters from Baghdad” shows Iraq through eyes of British female explorer and spy who shaped it
Apr 3, 2018“Letters from Baghdad,” a documentary on Gertrude Bell, the British writer, explorer, spy and political officer who helped shape modern Iraq, had its first screening in the country on Monday, drawing loud applause from an audience... -
Documentary maker Alex Gibney tees up new Tiger Woods biography
Mar 28, 2018Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney is to put golfer Tiger Woods under the microscope in an upcoming documentary series based on a new biography of the 14-time major winner, Gibney’s company Jigsaw Productions said on Tuesday. Gibney... -
3 Bangladeshi documentaries to be screened in FSA’17
Nov 2, 2017News Hour Three documentaries from Bangladesh would be screened in Film Southasia 2017, the eleventh edition of the premiere non-fiction film festival for the region, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The festival would open on November 2 with... -
‘Icarus’: Inside Russia’s Olympic doping scandal
Jul 27, 2017News Hour: When documentary filmmaker Bryan Fogel began looking into drugs in sport, he envisaged pulling off a bold stunt to show how easy it was to cheat anti-doping tests. Little did he know he would...