Deadline on Wednesday launched its streaming site for Contenders Film: Documentary, the award-season showcase that took place Sunday with creatives from 20 of the year’s buzziest non-fiction movies.
Top filmmakers including Brett Morgen, Sacha Jenkins, Kathlyn Horan, Alek Keshishian, Reginald Hudlin, Ryan White, Dror Moreh, Margaret Brown and Chris Smith joined the annual panel-fest, in which Deadline’s Documentary Editor, Awards Matthew Carey guided discussions about the films, their inspiration and their impact.
This year’s lineup spanned the globe and at least two planets, with a lineup that included Sony Pictures Classics’ Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song, Turn Every Page and The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile; HBO Documentary Films’ All That Breathes, 38 at the Garden, The Janes and Moonage Daydream; Netflix’s Sr.
and Descendant; Apple Original Films’ Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues, Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me and Sidney; Amazon Studios’ Wildcat and Good Night Oppy; Warner Bros Pictures/CNN Films/HBO Max’s Navalny; Showtime’s The Corridors of Power; Louverture Films’ Eami; Onyx Collective’s Aftershock; Łoziński Production’s The Balcony Movie; and Guest House Productions’ Guerrilla Habeas.
Read more on deadline.com