HBO Documentary

HBO Sports and IMG’s original content group are teaming for “Being Serena,” a five-part documentary about tennis star Serena Williams, reports Variety. Cameras followed Williams’ pregnancy, the birth of her child, her new marriage, and her return to the court for the docuseries, which is scheduled to premiere on May 2. “HBO is honored to […]

The city of Baltimore hasn’t been the same since the death of Freddie Gray. On April 12, 2015, the 25-year-old died of a spinal cord injury while in police custody. Since then the city has fought to keep their head above the water. Actress Sonja Sohn from the show The Wire has directed an intense documentary […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The producers and participants in “Baltimore Rising” say national and local media sensationalized the protests that erupted after the death of Freddie Gray, but that their new documentary humanizes the narrative. Activists Kwame Rose and Makayla Gilliam-Price appeared alongside director Sonja Sohn Wednesday at the Television Critics Association’s summer meeting […]

HBO today announced among its upcoming documentary slate “3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets,” about the shooting death of Jordan Davis by a middle-aged white man over loud music. Following an angry exchange of words, Michael Dunn fired multiple times into the car where Davis was sitting outside a convenience store. The film, winner of a […]