Matthew Carey joined Deadline fulltime in 2020, after a long association as a freelancer, to specialize in coverage of the nonfiction film landscape. Matthew is a writer and producer whose work has appeared on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español. He has written extensively about documentary film for CNN and CNN.com, Documentary magazine, NBCNews.com and TheWrap.
EXCLUSIVE:Minted, the newly minted documentary about the volatile market for NFTs, will make its debut on the PBS series Independent Lens on Monday, January 6.
The film directed by Nicholas Bruckman (Not Going Quietly) explores the stratospheric rise of non-fungible tokens – NFTs — "one of a kind"…
The year is 2732. The body of Nasar Ghafoor, a man who lived in the 21st century, thaws after a long, long, long cryonic sleep. Medical personnel, leveraging technology unknown in our present times, make the necessary preparations to bring him back to life.
Hey, it could happen. You never…
An elderly woman turns to a camera over her shoulder and, staring into the lens, says without self-pity, "I'm dying." Incarcerated men, unaccustomed to wearing suits and ties, anxiously adjust their attire in preparation for a daddy-daughter dance behind bars. A drag performance artist walks through…
When night falls in the Australian Outback, the hunt begins.
The prey: kangaroos roaming – hopping – in the wild. Rifle shots ring out, killing them by the millions, including hundreds of thousands of female roos, some with tiny joeys in their pouches. This is the stark reality explored in the…
EXCLUSIVE: Six emerging and mid-career Indigenous filmmakers have been announced as recipients of the 4th World Media Lab fellowship, a year-long program "designed to uplift Indigenous filmmakers of various backgrounds and perspectives."
The sextet represents the 10th cohort of the fellowship, a…
EXCLUSIVE: Actor-activist Liev Schreiber has joined the Oscar-shortlisted documentary Once Upon a Time in Ukraine as an executive producer.
The short film directed by Oscar nominee Betsy West (RBG) explores how Ukrainian children cope with the devastation and terror of war – finding poignant and…
The documentary features remaining in contention for an Oscar nomination have been whittled down from 169 to a shortlist of a mere 15, a brutal culling that has inevitably left many filmmakers disappointed, and a select few in celebratory mode.
What were the harshest snubs? That question comes up…
EXCLUSIVE: The Oscar-contending documentary Sugarcane has received the rare honor of a White House screening, with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and other dignitaries in attendance.
Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie were accompanied by several of the film's participants at the event…
EXCLUSIVE:Black Box Diaries, the award-winning documentary that just made the Oscar shortlist, will debut on Paramount+ with Showtime in the U.S. next month.
Shiori Itō's film, winner of the Human Rights Award at CPH:DOX and three awards at the Zurich Film Festival among many other honors, will…
This is the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December following a general election. That can only mean one thing — it's the day members of the Electoral College meet in their respective States to cast votes for president and vice president.
If you did not know that, join the club. Very…
Black Box Diaries, Queendom and Instruments of a Beating Heart are among the films that got good news Tuesday, earning places on the coveted Oscar shortlists – Diaries and Queendom for Documentary Feature and Instruments for Documentary Short.
At the 40th IDA Documentary Awards in Los Angeles a few…
Am I Racist?, the controversial documentary that satirizes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, failed to make the Oscar shortlist of nonfiction features today, despite earning more money at the box office than any other documentary this year, by far.
The film directed by Justin Folk features…