When allowing cameras for the Fox Sports documentary You See L.A. into the lives of her players, UCLA women’s basketball head coach Cori Close, who just led the Bruins to a national championship, tried to stick to the wisdom of one of the school's guiding sports lights. "I had the incredible…

Documentary filmmaker Rebecca Miller was acquainted with the subject of her latest, Apple TV's five-part Mr. Scorsese, through her husband Daniel Day-Lewis, one of legendary director Martin Scorsese's cinematic muses. But when it came to getting the filmmaker to commit to opening up about his life…

Legendary actor John Candy has been gone for more than three decades, but his children Jennifer Candy-Sullivan and Chris Candy are celebrating his life and body of work in the new documentary John Candy: I Like Me, currently available to stream via Prime Video. His daughter and son were joined…

The popularity of the female-led '90s-era musical festival Lilith Fair was enough to tell the story behind its origins, Ally Pankiw, director of the Hulu documentary Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, explained at Deadline's Contenders Television: Documentary panel, but even more importantly, "it was…

When Octavia Spencer, the narrator and executive producer of Investigation Discovery's three-part docuseries Lost Women of Alaska, decided to get involved in telling the story of indigenous women living on societal fringes who were targeted and murdered by serial killer Brian Steven Smith, she had a…

Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site for its Contenders Television: Documentary event. The showcase, which took place April 18 at the PMC Theater in Los Angeles, featured five buzzy nonfiction titles in the middle of their awards-season campaigns. Click here for the streaming…

Gold Derby Editor-in-Chief Debra Birnbaum and Oscar-winning screenwriter, director, Nō Studios founder and co-host of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast John Ridley held court at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary event to talk all things Emmys. A main topic of discussion between the experts…

Fifty years ago this year, a film called Taxi Driver premiered, confirming the emergence of an incredible talent in the medium of cinema: director Martin Scorsese. Five decades after that milestone — and with dozens more extraordinary films to his credit — Scorsese's stunning artistic achievements…

Deadline on Tuesday launched the streaming site for Contenders Film: Documentary, the latest edition of the showcase that shines a spotlight on the year’s buzziest nonfiction features. The virtual event took place Sunday. Click here to launch the streaming site. A total of 12 movies made…

Unidentified flying objects and Area 51 are conspiracy theories no more. Director Dan Farah interviewed 34 government officials who validate the existence of visitors from space in The Age of Disclosure. He told Deadline's Matt Carey at Contenders Documentary event that it no longer is just…

Giuseppe Verdi composed some of the greatest operas ever – La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Aida, Otello and many others. But he regarded his finest accomplishment not as a particular opera but another great project: the building of a retirement home for singers and musicians.  Casa Verdi&nbsp…

Abraham Joffe has documented wildlife in the ocean and the Arctic in films including Ghosts of the Arctic, Our Oceans and Big Cat Tales. While on an Arctic trip in 2013, he learned about the polar bear trade and set out to investigate it. The result is Trade Secret, and Joffe told Deadline's Matt…