The meteoric rise and sudden death of troubled rapper XXXTentacion is the focus of a new documentary coming to Hulu later this month. Look at Me: XXXTentacion charts Florida teenager Jahseh Onfroy’s overnight ascendance as a SoundCloud rapper, only to have his career marred by mental health struggles and admitted …
Read More »Women in Comedy Take Back the Mic in 'Hysterical': Watch the Trailer
FX has released the trailer for Hysterical, a new documentary feature that offers an honest, funny, and poignant portrayal of what it’s like to be a woman in stand-up comedy. The documentary will premiere April 2nd on FX at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and will be available for streaming via FX on …
Read More »AOC Emerges as an Inspiring Example in 'Knock Down the House'
This all-access, dig-in-and-dig-deep documentary from Rachel Lears and co-writer Robin Blotnick concerns the 2018 primary campaigns of four progressive, grassroots, insurrectionist, female Democrats: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a waitress/bartender from New York who is forced to work double shifts to save her family home from foreclosure. Amy Vilela is a Nevada …
Read More »Exclusive: First Look at Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos Doc from '20/20′
On the heels of their hit podcast The Dropout, ABC News and 20/20 are releasing a two-hour documentary of the same name about Elizabeth Holmes and the decade-long scam she allegedly pulled off, convincing the world that her company, Theranos, would revolutionize the healthcare industry. Instead of doing that, it …
Read More »John Prine Doc 'Hello in There' Picked Up for Theatrical Release
John Prine‘s songwriting legacy and recent resurgence will be the focus of an upcoming documentary titled John Prine: Hello in There. Sony Pictures Classics announced Saturday that it had acquired the film, which was directed by Zachary Fuhrer and produced by Rolling Stone‘s Patrick Doyle. “The movie began filmingJohnas he …
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