"We’ve got three months before Election Day 2026, and possibly our last chance to put the breaks on the near total corrupt corporate-fascist takeover of America." open.substack.com/pub/anthonyk...
Anthony Kaufman
@antkaufman.bsky.social
Increasingly political film journalist (Subscribe to https://anthonykaufman.substack.com, articles in Filmmakermagazine.com, Documentary.org, Indiewire.com); film curator/programmer (chicagofilmfestival.com; doc10.org); film instructor (NewSchool, DePaul)
What will America look like on November 4, Paramount's proposed trial date for its merger with WBD? open.substack.com/pub/anthonyk...
"(docutainment) is so much more dominant over... (documentary), in terms of resources, marketing, platforming, etc, that it continues to push the latter towards cultural extinction." Good read from @antkaufman.bsky.social on "documentary" in 2026 anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/the-most-p...
The Most Popular Documentaries of 2026 (So Far)
But wait, are they documentaries?
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On the E. Jean Carroll documentary (and more). Following this morning's SCOTUS decision, this could get a lot more interesting.
Anthony Kaufman@antkaufman.bsky.social · last mo."If you needed one more example of the ways in which Trump and his DOJ have found ways to restrict, censor, and squash freedom of speech, actual justice, and accountability, well, put this one on the board." open.substack.com/pub/anthonyk...
"If you needed one more example of the ways in which Trump and his DOJ have found ways to restrict, censor, and squash freedom of speech, actual justice, and accountability, well, put this one on the board." open.substack.com/pub/anthonyk...
Indie Theaters May Be Thriving; Indie Films and Docs, Not So Much
And let's talk about the releases of "Steal This Story, Please!" and "Ask E. Jean"
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“I can see how the optics might be disturbing to some people" www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w...
Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit.
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"Startling atrocities will soon come to light from intrepid filmmakers working right now in North America. I have heard about some, but I trust there are a lot more out there." open.substack.com/pub/anthonyk...
Hey - That’s my quote as the headline of a @antkaufman.bsky.social substack! Check out the full piece for some hard truths. anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/dont-just-...
“Let’s fight this before they Bari Weiss all of our asses.”
It's Simple; Don't Work with Paramount
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"Maybe it’s time that creators and executives reject media companies that enable cruelty, racism, and anti-democratic rhetoric and lies?" open.substack.com/pub/anthonyk...
“Let’s fight this before they Bari Weiss all of our asses.”
It's Simple; Don't Work with Paramount
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After ICE deported Wendy Hernandez Reyes, it turned her 3-year-old son Orlin over to her sister’s estranged partner, who tortured Orlin and beat him to death. I can’t say what I think should happen to those responsible without violating this website’s TOS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
By "anti-diversity," the NYTimes means "misogynist and white supremacist," right?
How kind of self-serving, tone-deaf, suck-up non-journalist is Nick Bilton to have taken this job right now? www.businessinsider.com/read-memo-60...
Read the memo the new '60 Minutes' executive producer sent to staff
Nick Bilton, a former New York Times and Vanity Fair columnist, is the new executive producer of "60 Minutes." Read the memo he sent to staff.
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Several Oscar nominations still couldn't keep MTV Documentary Films alive at David Ellison's Paramount-Skydance monolith. What's next? open.substack.com/pub/anthonyk...
After Paramount Axed MTV Documentary, What's Next?
In a post-PSKY-WBD merger, could documentaries at HBO, CNN, and Alex Gibney's long-awaited "Musk" also be left in the lurch?
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More on Paramount's closing of MTV Documentary Films, and what comes next.... open.substack.com/pub/anthonyk...
“I’m frustrated to see so many media companies capitulating to the Trump administration... I worry about a near future where funders and distributors won’t touch anything political because they’re so compromised.” documentary.org/online-featu...
Paramount Doesn’t Want My MTV (Documentary)
As mergers and media corporations squeeze doc divisions, veteran nonfiction producers seek partners and pivots
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It would be such a wonderful f**k you to the Trump Administration if #Talarico wins the Texas Senate seat.
So $1.8 billion in reparations for insurrectionists, and zero for Epstein victims? Am I getting this right?