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A familiar face will broadcast on the streets of Philadelphia this week. Sheinelle Jones, who graduated to NBC News and her current 9-10 a.m. host stint on that network’s “Today” from Channel 29’s local “Good Day Philadelphia," will report live from her hometown and former bailiwick through Friday as part of an ongoing series, “Reopening America” which involves a skein of big-city visits to show how the 2020 COVID shutdowns have affected those metropoles econo...

“Philly D.A.”, “The Donut King” join ‘Independent Lens’ spring slate PBS’s ‘Independent Lens,’ presented by ITVS, has laid out its spring slate of documentary programming, including the premiere of Ted Passon and Yoni Brook’s eight-episode docuseries Philly D.A. This spring will ... April 8, 2021 PBS’s ‘Independent ...

Courtesy of Sundance Institute The crop of documentaries that premiere at the Sundance Film Festival is always wide-ranging, both in style and in content. And this year’s selections were no exception, even if the 2021 festival was an unusual one, having largely migrated to digital platforms. They ran the gamut from dramatic explorations of refugees’ experiences to funny and heartbreaking looks at American high schools to experimental films about technology’s effects on our lives. The worl...

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is the subject of "Philly D.A.," a new docuseries that will premiere April 20 on PBS. The eight-episode series documents the progressive politician's first three years in office. It debuted Feb. 2 at the Sundance Film Festival, which was conducted virtually due to COVID-19.

FX Announces Hysterical, Mayans M.C. Premiere Dates (TV News Roundup) Natalie Oganesyan, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail CASTING Netflix’s thriller series “ Toni Collette, Omari Hardwick. “Pieces of Her,” based on Karin Slaughter‘s New York Times bestseller, follows 30-year-old Andy Oliver (Heathcote) and her mother Laura (Collette) whose lives are turned upside-down following a random act of violence in their quiet Georgia town. Looking for answers, Andy journeys across the count...

‘Philly D.A.’: TV Review | Sundance 2021 Daniel Fienberg Philly D.A. It’s the most common question whenever an outsider — be it Ross Perot or Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump — runs for a position of power in an entrenched political system: Having big ideas or exciting the electorate is one thing, but when you challenge the political orthodoxy, how do you actually govern if you happen to win? This is the backdrop of Ted Passon, Yoni Brook and Nicole Salazar’s eight-pa...

How I Shot That: The Cameras and Cinematography Behind Sundance’s Documentary Films IndieWire 2/1/2021 When choosing cameras and lenses, nonfiction filmmakers are not only guided by the look, feel, and cinematic language they want to employ, but also by what their production demands and resources allow. Which is why in answering the question of why they picked the gear they used to shoot their Sundance nonfiction feature premieres, this year’s crop of cinematographers and directors also t...

St. Louis Superman Producer Poh Si Teng Joins International Documentary Association as Funds Director (EXCLUSIVE) Naman Ramachandran, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Poh Si Teng, producer of Oscar-nominated documentary short “St. Louis Superman,” has joined the International Documentary Association (IDA) as the new director of the IDA Funds and Enterprise program. Poh will oversee and build IDA’s grants portfolio and serve as a key liaison with the documentary field in the U.S. and glob...

G. Allen Johnson January 27, 2021Updated: January 28, 2021, 6:21 pm Anne Lai, a former Sundance Institute executive, became the executive director of SFFilm on March 11. Photo: Pamela Gentile, SFFilm Last year, Anne Lai left Utah’s Sundance Institute and moved to the Bay Area to lead SFFilm. She never dreamed that when the Sundance Film Festival returned on Thursday, Jan. 28, it would be screening films near her new home in San Mateo and not in its base in Park City, Utah. That�...

Gabriel Goity in Amongst Men Davies drama Its a Sin; the documentary series Philly D.A.; and new international dramas from HBO Max and Sky are on the slate for the 2021 TV industry event. Berlinale Series, the television industry event that runs alongside Berlins International Film Festival, has unveiled its 2021 lineup, highlighting some of the worlds best new small-screen drama.  The six titles picked for Berlinale Series 2021 include new work from Doctor Who and Years and Years writer Rus...