The race for the documentary feature Academy Award spotlights quality filmmaking, but also requires a whole lot of money and the support of international doc branch voters. This year’s crop of top ...

Former WBRC anchor Beth Shelburne worked as a producer on a new HBO documentary examining the serious problems within Alabama ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new HBO documentary is bringing national attention to the problems behind Alabama’s prison walls, and it was topic of discussion in the state legislature’s joint prison ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A documentary aired at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah is going behind bars in Alabama prisons revealing what conditions are like inside. “The Alabama Solution” aired at ...

This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. The opening scenes ...

Music, more than a product or anything else, is a sacred act. That’s the prevailing premise of director Contessa Gayles’ award-winning Songs From The Hole, a 90-minute documentary on Netflix that ...