Showing posts with label documentary film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label documentary film. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Sean Combs: The Reckoning review – you can see why the musician is fighting to ban this horrific documentary; The Guardian, December 2, 2025

 , The Guardian; Sean Combs: The Reckoning review – you can see why the musician is fighting to ban this horrific documentary

"If its subject gets his way, the new documentary series Sean Combs: The Reckoning might not be available on Netflix for long. On Monday, lawyers on behalf of Combs sent a cease and desist letter to the streamer, demanding that the series be withdrawn based on the inclusion of footage that they claim violates copyright, and involves discussions of “legal strategy that were not intended for public viewing”."

Friday, January 28, 2022

‘Everyone was freaking out’: Navalny novichok film made in secret premieres at Sundance; The Guardian, January 26, 2022

, The Guardian; ‘Everyone was freaking out’: Navalny novichok film made in secret premieres at Sundance 

Director Daniel Roher tells of panic after team  recorded Alexei Navalny pranking one of his Russian poisoners into confessing

"At the end of the film, Navalny answers a request from the director to record a message for the eventuality that he were killed on his return. “I’ve got something very obvious to tell you: don’t give up, you’re not allowed. If they decided to kill me, it means we are incredibly strong, and we need to use this power,” he said."

Friday, August 4, 2017

Judge balks at FBI’s 17-year timeline for FOIA request; Politico, July 29, 2017

Josh Gerstein, Politico; Judge balks at FBI’s 17-year timeline for FOIA request

"U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler bluntly rejected the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s proposal that documentary filmmaker Nina Seavey wait until the year 2034 to get all the law enforcement agency’s records for a request pertaining [sic] surveillance of anti-war and civil rights activists in the 1960s and 1970s."