documentary channel

Makers to traverse the globe for The Blind Couple From Mali

Principal photography is set for several countries for the feature-length doc about married musical duo Amadou & Mariam.

CBC, levelFILM acquire music documentary Harkness

The doc is directed by Maria Markina and produced by Ed Barreveld of Storyline Entertainment.

Canadian doc explores nation’s 100-year nuclear history

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.

CuriosityStream launches Go Button’s World Without NASA

The two-part documentary special is set for broadcast on CBC’s documentary Channel next month.

CBC doc channel acquires The Operatives, Saving Lives at Sea

The deal for the pay TV and VOD rights was inked with Banijay Rights.

CBC’s doc channel commissions 9/11 doc from Saloon Media

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.

Bruce Cowley exits CBC doc channel in restructuring

Documentary Channel operations have been consolidated under the greater CBC content team.

CMF invests $5.5M through POV program

An upcoming White Pine Pictures’ doc is one of 14 documentary projects selected in the funder’s latest round.

documentary Channel switches up its programming strategy

The CBC channel is narrowing its focus on different nights of the week, filtering its doc content through themes, including crime, history and adventure.

CBC doc channel to air new season of Intervention Canada

The series, which will premiere on CBC’s Documentary Channel this month, previously aired for two seasons on Slice. (Interventionist Maureen Brine pictured.)

CMJ Concepts sells two doc series to Reelz Channel

Production on They Got Away With It and Celebrity Estates will get underway in February.

Hot Docs, CBC’s Documentary channel launch scholarship

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)