As industry consolidation continues, documentary films face a challenging path to supportive investors, wide distribution, and sustainable success. But the best documentaries of 2025 go a long way ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Of course, we've enjoyed quite a few more docs this year, running the gamut from NFL cheerleading to a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Documentaries are a dime a dozen in the streaming era because they’re cheaper to produce, so while they satiate ...

The films ‘Seeds’ and ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’ also won major prizes at the association’s annual ceremony on Saturday. By Katie Kilkenny Labor & Media Reporter The Tale of Silyan clinched the top ...

A sprawling odyssey of the Black experience, Independent journalists fighting back in Russia, the life of a bullfighter, a deep dive into the video-store era, meta dissections of true crime, a look ...

Documentaries are a dime a dozen in the streaming era because they're cheaper to produce, so while they satiate the appetite for true stories, not all can be deemed good. But the documentary films and ...

From left, Mariska Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield in "My Mom Jayne," Katharine Graham in "Being Katharine Graham" and Paul Reubens in "Pee-wee as Himself." (Photo illustration by Josep Prat Sorolla / ...

The 41st annual IDA Documentary Awards brunch held on December 6 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club assembled the nonfiction community to celebrate the best television and film documentaries of 2025.

Susan Lorincz. For many Netflix viewers, the name inspires revulsion. Lorincz is the white woman who fired a gunshot through her front door, killing her Black neighbor, Ajike Owens in 2023, invoking ...

'The Tale of Silyan' and 'Apocalypse in the Tropics' National Geographic/Netflix National Geographic’s The Tale of Silyan won Best Feature Documentary at the 41 st Annual IDA Documentary Awards in Los ...

Ella al-Shamahi is the perfect guide to our ancient ancestors. In Human, she takes us on a whistle-stop tour of our past over a span of 300,000 years, including our turbulent relations with other ...