Docuseries

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Sameer Rao  Jan 9, 2019 1:01PM EST

'Surviving R. Kelly' Boosts Ratings and Donations, Inspires Possible Legal Action

It looks like Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office were among the millions who watched the Lifetime docuseries last week.
Tarana Burke. Black woman with black hair in gold and silver dress holds glass awards statue and speaks into black microphone in front of black and orange background
Sameer Rao  Jan 4, 2019 11:33AM EST

Tarana Burke Offers Advice to Survivors Watching 'Surviving R. Kelly'

The organizer and founder of the Me Too Movement appears in the docuseries about the R&B singer’s alleged sexual abuse of Black women and girls.
James and John Sena. Two Filipino men in white and green shirts holding right hands up in front of red and white and blue United States flag
Sameer Rao  Nov 27, 2018 5:26PM EST

Docuseries 'Waking Dream' Follows Dreamers in Limbo

The streaming show follows six young immigrants of undocumented status as they fight for their American lives.
Black women march in multicolored coats and clothes while holding tan banner with black text reading "WE RISE" and "The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman" and "#MuteRKelly" in front of grey building and sky.
Sameer Rao  Oct 23, 2018 2:42PM EDT

Black Women Swap Horror Stories in 'Surviving R. Kelly'

Lifetime’s upcoming docuseries features more than 50 interviews with survivors, commentators and Kelly’s family that speak to his alleged sexual abuse of Black girls and women.
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Sameer Rao  Oct 23, 2018 12:45PM EDT

PBS Docuseries Revisits Richness of Pre-Columbian 'Native America'

The four-part series uses Indigenous oral traditions, archeological evidence and 3-D mapping to explore the cultures that flourished before colonization.
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Sameer Rao  Oct 15, 2018 1:05PM EDT

Chris Rock Revisits 'Bring the Pain' for A&E Docuseries

A new episode of A&E’s “Cultureshock” explores the development of the 1996 HBO special and its controversial social commentary, which made Rock one of his era’s most renowned stand-up comics.
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Sameer Rao  Dec 19, 2016 11:14AM EST

Critics Slam A&E's 'Generation KKK,' NYT Profile for Normalizing White Supremacy

A&E’s upcoming docuseries will focus on active Klansmen and anti-hate activists.
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Sameer Rao  Dec 7, 2016 1:21PM EST

'I Am Not Your Negro,' '13th' and 'O.J.: Made in America' Shortlisted for Oscar Doc Nominations

Will one of these projects win an Oscar in January?