Docurama

Docurama
Industry Entertainment
Founded May 2014
Headquarters New York, NY, U.S.
Area served
 North America
Services OTT Channel
Number of employees
 10
Website www.docurama.com

Docurama is the multi-platform OTT service providing documentary films across a wide spectrum of devices, including Roku, Western Digital, Google TV, Yahoo Connected TV, Samsung, iPad, Android tablets, PS3, and Xbox.[1] Launched in May 2014, by Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM), the leading independent content distributor, Docurama has a library of over 1,200 titles.[2] Docurama offers full-length and short-form documentaries, non-fiction TV programming, behind-the-scenes interviews, as well as curated film festival coverage.[3]

Award-Winning films

Docurama highlights projects from critically acclaimed and award-winning filmmakers, including Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side), Fred Wiseman (La Danse), winner of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 71st Venice International Film Festival, and Stacy Peralta (Dogtown and Z-Boys), winner of the Director's and Audience Awards for documentary at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.[4][5][6][7][8]

Docurama’s titles include Oscar-nominated films such as The Invisible War by Kirby Dick, and Danfung Dennis’s Hell and Back Again, winner of the Jury Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.[9] Other award-winning films include ‘’Gasland’’, Josh Fox’s 2010 exposé of the hazards associated with natural gas drilling, and Joe Berlinger’s ‘’Paradise Lost 2: Revelations’’, an investigation of the legal process gone awry in an Arkansas murder case.[10]

Exclusive features include The Fruit Hunters, featuring Bill Pullman in a movie by director Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze), and London: The Modern Babylon, in which director Julien Temple gives a history of the city leading up to the 2012 Summer Olympics.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Docurama Releases iPad and iPhone App". Market Watch. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
  2. ↑ "Cinedigm Launches Theater Series". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
  3. ↑ "Flush with New Cash Historically Film Focused Cinedigm Cut to Streaming Future". Forbes. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
  4. ↑ "Cinedigm Launches Docurama". The Video Ink. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  5. ↑ "Docurama Streams Free On-Demand Documentaries". CNET. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  6. ↑ Frederick Wiseman (biography), The New York Times, December 20, 2014
  7. ↑ Cynthia Fuchs (2001–2012). ""You Go Blindfolded": An Interview with Stacy Peralta, Dogtown and Z-Boys". morphizm. morphizm.com. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Cinedigm's Documentary Arm Announces Brand Expansion and Streaming App". Deadline. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
  9. ↑ Esteban, Julieta; Frey, Kelly (January 29, 2011). "2011 Sundance Film Festival Announces Awards". sundance.org. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Documentary Channel Aims at Underserved Audience". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
  11. ↑ "Catching Up with Susan Margolin on Docurama". Retrieved 2015-08-23.

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