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Next Monday, August 18th, be sure to catch Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart premiering on HBO at 9pm. The riveting documentary takes a new look at a story everyone thought they knew and examines how one woman’s trial became a nation’s entertainment as the first fully televised court case. An Official Selection of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, the film explores how the media’s coverage of the story may have influenced the trial and sentencing of Pamela Smart, a New Hampshire woman who at 22 years old was accused of plotting the 1990 murder of her husband. Directed by Jeremiah Zagar, the film features courtroom footage and interviews with prosecuting and defending attorneys, journalists, Smart’s friends and acquaintances as well as an intimate new interview with Pamela Smart herself. Please Leave A Comment-

HBO’s next documentary, Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus will be premiering on Monday, July 7th at 9:00pm. Comprised of smuggled footage and uncensored interviews, this enlightening documentary gives audiences a front-row seat to the Belarus Free Theater – a performance art resistance movement against Europe’s last remaining dictatorship. Director Madeleine Sackler goes behind the scenes with the internationally acclaimed underground troupe of courageous performers who refuse to remain silent in a country choked by censorship and repression. After premiering at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, the must-see film continues to shed light on the liberties often taken for granted – including free speech and right to artistic freedom. Dangerous Acts Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus premieres Monday, July 7th at 9pm Hashtag: #DangerousActs Upcoming Documentaries: The Newburgh Sting (July 21, 9pm) reveals the FBI’s involveme

The HBO Documentary lovingly resurrects the memory of a long-forgotten painter. We all know the story of Actor Robert DeNiro and his incredible career. But for many in the art world during the 1940's, DeNiro's father preceded his son's success as a painter. The HBO Original Programming Documentary Remembering the Artist follows the turbulent path of DeNiro Sr as he falls in and eventually out of an art scene that he helped to inspire. Documenting his meteoric rise to fame and sudden fall during the pop art minimalism of the 1960's, DeNiro Sr battled depression and acceptance of his homosexuality, eventually succumbing to cancer on his 71st birthday in 1993. Hosted by Actor Robert DeNiro and his sister Nera, the documentary introduces us to a young DeNiro Sr who blended abstract and expressionist styles, which bridged the divides between European modernism and abstract expressionism. But the effort came at a price, as the artist conflicted with dealers and o

HBO’s next documentary Remembering the Artist: De Niro, Sr. is a moving portrait of the painter told by those who knew him best. The film weaves together archival family footage and interviews with the subject himself, as well as with art experts, artists who worked alongside him and, most affectingly, his son. The documentary was an official selection of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and gives a fascinating glimpse into the personal and professional life of the artist whose talent went largely unrecognized as the pop art movement swept the nation. Directed by Perri Peltz and Geeta Gandbhir, Remembering the Artist: De Niro, Sr. premieres Monday, June 9th at 9pm on HBO. Please Leave A Comment-

HBO documentary The (Dead Mothers) Club , premiering Monday, May 12th at 9pm . The moving film, inspired by Hope Edelman’s New York Times bestselling book, “ Motherless Daughters ,” shares the stories of three women who lost their mothers during childhood and are now navigating their way through motherhood themselves. Jane Fonda, Molly Shannon and executive producer Rosie O’Donnell also speak candidly to directors Carlye Rubin and Katie Green about their own insights and experiences, reflecting on the complicated nature of the mother-daughter relationship. Watch 3 new clips after the Jump... The (Dead Mothers Club) Clips: Clip #1 (Jane Fonda): Clip #2 (Molly Shannon): Clip #3 (Rosie O’Donnell): Be sure to follow the official HBO Docs pages on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news and updates on #TheDeadMothersClub and other upcoming documentaries. Please Leave A Comment-