HBO Documentary Archive

UNITED SKATES, An Intimate Look At The Underground African-American Subculture Of Roller Skating, Debuts Feb. 18. John Legend Is An Executive Producer; Film Features Interviews With Salt-N-Pepa, Coolio, Naughty By Nature’s Vin Rock And World Class Wreckin’ Cru. As America’s last standing roller rinks ...Read More

AXIOS, a four-part limited documentary series of news-oriented specials from HBO Documentary Films and the groundbreaking new media company of the same name, debuts SUNDAY, NOV. 4 (6:30-7:00 p.m. ET/PT), two days before the midterm elections, followed by other editions subsequent Sundays at the ...Read More

Greetings again from the darkness. Rather than the usual biographic approach, this is quite a personal and intimate conversation piece as the “poor little rich girl”, Gloria Vanderbilt, recollects her life of fame with her journalist son, Anderson Cooper. Expert documentary filmmaker Liz Garbus ...Read More

Artists aren’t born; they’re made. At least since the 1960s, when Andy Warhol merged art and commerce so completely that his name became a brand, his works products, and his personal celebrity an elaborate marketing campaign, letting the work speak for itself has not ...Read More

“Bolshoi Babylon,” a documentary about the backstage infighting at Russia’s famed Bolshoi ballet, opens with an interviewee explicitly stating that the Bolshoi’s problems are symbolic of the government’s deeper institutional instability. Statements like this pop up frequently throughout “Bolshoi Babylon,” but the film never ...Read More