Tag Archives: documentary

In celebration of the NHL’s first Black hockey player, Crackle adds heartfelt documentary Willie to its roster for viewers to stream for free all month long. Willie follows the inspirational journey of Willie O’Ree’s as he breaks color barriers in the National Hockey League during the tumultuous fight to end Jim Crow laws. On February 18 ...

This past weekend ESPN wrapped up The Last Dance with episodes 9 and 10 averaging 5.6 million viewers across ESPN and ESPN2. That was up 10% from the previous week with episode nine reeling in 5.9 million to rank as the third most-watched episode of the run. The original airings ...

Bryant McBride and Laurence Mathieu-Leger, producers of the critically-acclaimed documentary “Willie,” today announced a partnership with ESPN to air the film this spring in celebration of Black History Month. The film will be available through the month of February on ESPN Streaming On Demand, and will have four airings on ...

The documentary feature, A Most Beautiful Thing, narrated and executive produced by Common, a Grammy, Oscar and Emmy award-winning artist, executive produced by NBA Stars Grant Hill and Dwyane Wade along with Grammy-winning producer 9th Wonder and directed by award-winning filmmaker Mary Mazzio, chronicles the first African American high school rowing team in America. The story begins in the most surprising ...

The latest work of groundbreaking filmmaker and multi Emmy-winning Director, Producer and Writer, Paul Taublieb of Taublieb Films, is the feature documentary Blink of an Eye. Set to debut on September, 5, 2019 for a one-week, Academy Award-qualifying run in New York, and on September 6 in Los Angeles, the ...

Off Media announced today that it is producing a documentary, entitled It Ain’t Over, about the incredible life and career of baseball Hall of Famer, Yogi Berra. The legendary New York Yankee was arguably the greatest catcher to ever play the game, but his skill on the field has long ...

Whistle, the global sports and entertainment media brand that creates, curates and distributes content for young audiences, announced today that it acquired New Form, a highly acclaimed digital entertainment studio based in Los Angeles. The acquisition immediately strengthens the combined company’s content slate and positions it to bring a robust ...

Batesville, Miss., population about 7,500 at the 2010 census, wouldn’t seem at first glance to be the ideal location for a national high school football power. But as the debut film in the “Between the Pines: Mississippi’s Greatest Sports Stories” series, “The University of South Panola (USP),” which debuted in ...

The second film of a new original sports documentary series called “Between the Pines,” tracing the rich history, tradition and passion behind Mississippi’s greatest sports stories, will air on television stations across the state and in Memphis next weekend. “The Vet,” produced by Bash Brothers Media and presented by C Spire, airs on Nov. 17 and ...

With the 150th anniversary of college football arriving in 2019, ESPN is embarking on a year-long, multi-platform storytelling experience that was initially announced in August 2017. As part of the initiative, two weekly documentary series will be launched, with both capturing the pageantry and passion of a sport that is an ...