The newest group of California state lawmakers have been sworn into office, as legislative Democrats kick off a special session to bolster the state against the incoming Trump administration. Dustin ...

The trailer for the Melania Trump documentary doesn’t lean on rallies, speeches, or political theatrics. There’s no montage ...

A new trailer previewing Melania Trump’s eponymous documentary offers more questions than answers about the relationship between President Donald Trump and the first lady.

Jane Rosenthal is taking the pulse of the nonfiction feature space — and it doesn’t look good. The mega-producer and Tribeca co-founder told Variety during a recent interview that she is “worried” ...

At the 2025 edition of CPH:DOX, extreme political tension in the U.S. and parts of Europe cast a cloud of uncertainty over the Copenhagen-based documentary film festival. While nonfiction films that ...

This year, documentaries that tackle pressing political issues including immigration, abortion and the Jan. 6 insurrection were meant to make an impact on the 2024 presidential election between Vice ...

The hosts of Deadline’s Doc Talk and ElectionLine podcasts are getting together for an unprecedented crossover episode. Think Law & Order: SVU meets Law & Order: Organized Crime; Angel meets Buffy the ...

You could hear a pin drop at the Soho House Screening Room as outspoken political gadfly James Carville and filmmaker Matt Tyrnauer talked about their new movie, “Carville: Winning is Everything, ...

It’s no secret that corporations like Netflix, Amazon, and Apple have lost their appetite for current event documentaries that tackle politics. The good old days when streamers shelled out seven ...

SUNY Cortland political scientist and author Robert Spitzer will share his thoughts on the politics of gun control with a wider audience when CNN screens the documentary film in which Spitzer appears, ...

Documentaries have long served as some of cinema’s most powerful truth-tellers, often delivering seismic cultural impact with nothing more than reality as their script. The films on this list were ...