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EXCLUSIVE: Vice President Kamala Harris has turned to an old friend and Hollywood veteran to help reintroduce her to the nation and the world at the Democratic National Convention this week. Reginald Hudlin has directed the short film on Harris that will precede the VP taking to the stage on…

EXCLUSIVE: Dawn Porter is producing a short film to be shown at next week’s Democratic National Convention, helmed by her production company, Trilogy Films, according to sources. Porter has interviewed President Joe Biden, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton…

"Love is a gamble and I’m so glad that I’m winnin," sings Luther Vandross in his 1981 classic “Never Too Much” song with a sentiment that has some extra significance today. CNN Films and OWN have picked up Dawn Porter's Sundance Film Festival-debuting Luther: Never Too Much documentary, it was…

Storied docs producer Dawn Porter has said private funding in the documentary space could help plug financial gaps that have opened up in today’s challenging market. The Gotham Award-winner’s latest project, revealed by Deadline in February, is a documentary about Nelson and Willie Mandela that is…

EXCLUSIVE: Gotham Award winner Dawn Porter (Luther: Never Too Much) will direct and produce a documentary about one of the most iconic, politically-charged partnerships in history: the remarkable, largely untold story of Nelson and Winnie Mandela. She’ll also produce through her Trilogy Films, alongside…

Luther Vandross’ voice was the soundtrack of many Black millennial childhoods. Personally, I would wake up every Sunday to church music followed by his hit single “Never Too Much,” which still stops most people in their tracks to this day. In the documentary Luther: Never Too Much, director Dawn Porter…

TITLE: Luther: Never Too Much Section: Premieres Director: Dawn Porter Logline: Luther Vandross started his career supporting David Bowie, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, and more. His undeniable talent earned platinum records and accolades, but he struggled to break out beyond the R&B charts…

EXCLUSIVE: We have your first look at Luther: Never Too Much ahead of the film's world premiere on Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival. Dawn Porter directs the film about the late Luther Vandross, widely considered one of the greatest vocalists in recording industry history but whose talents as a…

At 1 First Street in Northeast Washington stands the columned U.S. Supreme Court building, an imposing marble edifice where the most essential constitutional questions are adjudicated. Across generations, Americans held the institution in the highest regard. But not anymore. Now, according to…

EXCLUSIVE: Lady Bird Johnson lived most of her adult life in the shadow of her husband, LBJ, but she emerges in her own right in Dawn Porter's award-winning documentary The Lady Bird Diaries. ABC News Studios, in partnership with Trilogy Films, today announced it will release the documentary…

Showtime’s four-part docuseries on the Supreme Court, Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court, will premiere its first episode on September 22, amid a period of intense concern over the impact and integrity of the high court. From director Dawn Porter, the project delves into the modern…

Peter Nicks’ Anthem and Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough’s The Body Politic are among the non-fiction highlights in this year’s DC/DOX documentary film festival in Washington, D.C. next month. The event also will include the world premieres of Nick Capote’s Between Life & Death: Terri Schiavo’s Story…