Jane Rosenthal is taking the pulse of the nonfiction feature space — and it doesn’t look good. The mega-producer and Tribeca co-founder told Variety during a recent interview that she is “worried” ...

Attempts to reduce the barrier of entry to content by intentionally producing it in a way that makes it seem low-quality have persisted since the inception of online media. Early examples of this ...

At the 2025 edition of CPH:DOX, extreme political tension in the U.S. and parts of Europe cast a cloud of uncertainty over the Copenhagen-based documentary film festival. While nonfiction films that ...

It’s no secret that corporations like Netflix, Amazon, and Apple have lost their appetite for current event documentaries that tackle politics. The good old days when streamers shelled out seven ...

Susan Lorincz. For many Netflix viewers, the name inspires revulsion. Lorincz is the white woman who fired a gunshot through ...

One morning in early March, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival team is on its last mad programming dash. “We’re in a flurry,” festival co-director Emily Foster says, gesturing at an oversized ...

Filmmakers cite rising attacks on culture, shrinking space for political documentaries, and the struggle to secure U.S. distribution for films like 'The 6 Billion Dollar Man' and 'The Voice of Hind ...

Ongoing coverage of the Trump administration, political polarization in America, elections and federal agencies, plus political documentaries including FRONTLINE’s landmark series “The Choice.” ...

“We know that some distributors are a little wary of picking up films with overt political subject matters and that audiences sometimes seem to be looking for lighter types of work,” says Basil ...

Jane Rosenthal is taking the pulse of the nonfiction feature space - and it doesn't look good. The mega-producer and Tribeca co-founder told Variety during a recent interview that she is "worried" ...