Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site for its Contenders Film: Documentary, spotlighting eight nonfiction films in the awards-season spotlight. The virtual showcase took place Sunday.
This year’s feature documentaries included a healthy cross-section of titles taking on topics ranging from politics and social justice to war, family, art and music, with creatives and their subjects joining for panel conversations about their projects.
Movies in this year’s lineup include Abramorama’s America’s Burning, with executive producer Michael Douglas joining the conversation; Amazon MGM Studios’ I Am: Celine Dion and Frida; Boat Rocker and Anonymous Content’s War Game; DailyWire+’s Am I Racist?, the year’s highest-grossing doc; National Geographic Documentary Films’ Sugarcane, Nexico’s The Last Journey, also Sweden’s official Oscar submission for Best International Feature; and Together Films’ Mediha.
In addition to the Oscar-winning Douglas, among the panelists taking part Sunday were War Game‘s Emmy-winning co-director Jesse Moss and
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