Principal photography is set for several countries for the feature-length doc about married musical duo Amadou & Mariam.
Commissioned by documentary Channel and now in production, Atomic Reaction will depict Canada’s connection to the Manhattan Project and the invention of the atomic bomb.
The two-part documentary special is set for broadcast on CBC’s documentary Channel next month.
The deal for the pay TV and VOD rights was inked with Banijay Rights.
The project, written and directed by Elizabeth St. Philip, tracks the lives of the children present when George W. Bush learned of the 9/11 attacks.
Documentary Channel operations have been consolidated under the greater CBC content team.
An upcoming White Pine Pictures’ doc is one of 14 documentary projects selected in the funder’s latest round.
The CBC channel is narrowing its focus on different nights of the week, filtering its doc content through themes, including crime, history and adventure.
The series, which will premiere on CBC’s Documentary Channel this month, previously aired for two seasons on Slice. (Interventionist Maureen Brine pictured.)
Production on They Got Away With It and Celebrity Estates will get underway in February.
The Documentary Doc Accelerator Scholarship Program will offer professional development opportunities to aspiring Canadian doc-makers during Hot Docs, as well as on-the-job skills training and mentorship. (Pictured: the 2013 Hot Docs Forum)