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Documentaries about Whitney Houston, Gilbert Gottfried, Elian Gonzalez and Frank Serpico will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The New York festival announced 82 of the 98 features that will play in this year’s slightly slimmed-down slate. Among the entries are “Gilbert,” Neil Berkeley’s documentary about the comedian; “Elian,” the Alex Gibney-produced documentary about the […]

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"Black Women In Medicine" was a five-year effort that began in 2011. But Crystal Emery asserts the film was not created to lament about the lack of diversity in the field, but to do do something much more boundless.

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Lee Daniels, the director of The Butler and creator of FOX’s Empire is entering new territory to direct an upcoming documentary, The Apollo Theater Film Project.…

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According to Billboard.com, a Grace Jones documentary is finally in the works. One of the most talked about women of the ’70s and ’80s is…

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The University of Phoenix and NewsOne release an education documentary. It explores innovative solutions to complex educational problems in the African American community.

There appears to be some controversy looming over the Palin plans for the soon-to-be-released documentary “Undefeated,” which chronicles Sarah Palin’s journey and claim to fame in support of her latest endeavors. But just when you thought it was safe to check things out, a rather bold British documentarian Nick Broomfield has decided to also release […]

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Retired NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recently visited Chelsea Handler’s late night talk show. While on the show, the former superstar basketball player talked about his new forthcoming documentary “On the Shoulders of Giants.” The conversation of course was propelled forward by Chelsea’s witty perspectives and candid remarks, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was ready willing and able. […]

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Oprah Winfrey is still making moves on TV – even just a few short days after the final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. As hard as it is to believe that 25 years of broadcasting success, Oprah won’t be the voice we come home to every afternoon for those of us who for years […]

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Oprah Winfrey clearly believes that we have a real problem in this country: people are so fixated on their 9-5 jobs, they’ve lost focus of their 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. jobs — their families. Watch as Oprah takes a moment out of her own busy schedule and appropriately introduces Kidnapped by the Kids, a […]