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"Eyes on the Prize": We are the hope

The landmark series' six-part continuation uses history to remind us that civil rights are won by ordinary people

Salon · Feb 25, 2025

Luther: Never Too Much review – the mystery and brilliance of ‘love doctor’ Vandross

A feature-length documentary about the multi-platinum R&B singer does justice to his talents and tactfully handles the issue of his sexuality

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025

The Sing Sing Chronicles kicks off a two-night special premiere on MSNBC tonight

The docuseries series tells the real-life story of a journalist and a convict who begin as strangers but become like brothers

WhatToWatch · Nov 23, 2024

Sundance Film Festival 2024 Dispatch, Part One: June Squibb, Luther Vandross, Mavis Beacon

Here is our first dispatch from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 26, 2024

‘The footage is very honest’: uncovering the real Lady Bird Johnson

A mesmerizing new documentary uses archival recordings to give an intimate portrait of a first lady who acted as a shadow politician in the 60s

The Guardian - US · Nov 13, 2023

Projects featuring Lady Bird Johnson's voice offer new looks at the late first lady

Lady Bird Johnson's own voice is helping offer new looks at the former first lady in several recent projects

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2023

Radical SCOTUS is "not an accident"

Salon talks to the Emmy-winning documentarian about SCOTUS corruption, Mitch McConnell and the court's rich history

Salon · Oct 12, 2023

‘You want to think America is better’: can the supreme court be saved?

Documentarian Dawn Porter’s expansive new series Deadlocked looks back at the history of an institution that has shaped the US for better and, more recently, worse

The Guardian - US · Sep 21, 2023

In ‘Deadlocked,’ it’s increasingly the Supreme Court’s world, and we just live in it - Roll Call

The Showtime series "Deadlocked" tell the story of the modern Supreme Court; filmmaker Dawn Porter discusses her project with Political Theater.

Roll Call · Sep 20, 2023