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A Small Light , National Geographic’s limited series that depicts the Dutch woman who risked her life to shelter Anne Frank’s family from the Nazis, steers clear of pointing any fingers at the person (or people) who betrayed the family. The project from Grey’s Anatomy alums Joan Rater and Tony Phelan follows Miep Gies (Bel Powley), who agreed to hide her boss Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) and his family during World War I. “Miep always said we are never going to know [who betrayed them],” Rater told reporters Friday at the Television Critics Tour. “I’ll read one account and think, they did it , and then I’ll read a separate one and think, they did it. We felt it was important that we don’t answer that question. We don’t skirt it … we posit a person who could have. There were many people who could have [betrayed them].” Production on the limited series that will stream this spring on Disney+ occurred in Amsterdam and Prague, where Phelan says the production … [Read more...] about ‘A Small Light’: Nat Geo Series About Dutch Woman Who Hid Anne Frank’s Family Doesn’t Address Who Betrayed Them

Jen Casey and Nick Gilhool, who ran Joe and Anthony Russo’s nonfiction label Wonderburst, are launching their own production company. The duo are launching LA-based One Traveler with All3Media . The partnership will see the pair create and produce multi-genre documentaries and unscripted series across broadcast, cable, streaming and digital. They are behind series and docs including Captive Audience for Hulu, Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of Comedy for Netflix and Slugfest: DC vs. Marvel for Roku as well as Clare Danes-narrated IMAX film Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction. They also produced The Wonderland Murders & The Secret History of Hollywood podcast, in association with Miziker Content and Michael Connelly, for Audible, which is being adapted as a docuseries by MGM+. Casey was previously creator and producer of Nat Geo Wild’s The Adventures of Dr. Buckeye Bottoms and Nat Geo’s Extreme Weather , while Gilhool has worked on series … [Read more...] about Jen Casey & Nick Gilhool, Co-Founders Of Joe & Anthony Russo’s Wonderburst, Launch All3Media Production Banner

HBO has announced that its Academy Award-nominated documentary All That Breathes , from director-producer Shaunak Sen ( Cities of Sleep ), will premiere on the premium cabler on February 7 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, and will also be available to stream on HBO Max. The 2022-2023 awards season favorite follows two brothers who devote their lives to the quixotic effort of protecting the black kite, a majestic bird of prey essential to the ecosystem of New Delhi that has been falling from the sky at alarming rates. Amid environmental toxicity and social unrest, the ‘kite brothers’ spend day and night caring for the creatures in their makeshift avian basement hospital. The film explores the connection between the kites and the Muslim brothers who help them return to the skies, offering a mesmerizing chronicle of inter-species coexistence. All That Breathes world premiered at Sundance 2022, where it was selected as the Grand Jury Prize winner in World Cinema Documentary … [Read more...] about ‘All That Breathes’ Premiere Date: Shaunak Sen’s Oscar-Nominated Documentary Heading To HBO