A new regular series on Link TV, DOC-DEBUT highlights unique and groundbreaking international documentary films. Each week features the U.S. television premiere of a new foreign doc, offering American audiences unprecedented perspectives on world events and culture, as seen through the eyes of individuals across the globe. The series also provides a unique outlet for films by independent directors and producers to reach a much wider international audience.
DOC-DEBUT airs every Sunday at 8pm Pacific and every Saturday at 8pm Eastern.
Click here for a full list of video previews available online for past and present Doc-Debut documentaries or visit the pages of any of the film titles listed below, where you will also find air dates.
Sleepwalking Through the Mekong
Shayfeen - Egypt We are Watching You
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio
The Voice of Brazil - Maria Bethania
Yang Ban Xi (The 8 Model Works)
Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music of Islam
Nobelity
Friends of Kim
Gitmo: The New Rules of War
The Film Class
A World Between
EXPLORE THE ONLINE DOCUMENTARY SCENE:
Documentary filmmaker Doug Block's community forum The D-Word is the most heavily visited and productive documentary forum and virtual conference center on the web.
AJ Schnack, director of Kurt Cobain: About a Son, blogs about documentaries, TV, and other often amusing related topics, sometimes drawing on opinions and quotes from business insiders and friends. A charming account of one filmmaker's experiences touring the festival circuit.
The indieWIRE Documentary pages concentrate more on publishing up-to-the-minute Film Festival line-ups and industry buzz and interviews.
Joel Heller's blog Docs that Inspire includes podcasts, film festival coverage and commentary and has been praised by indieWIRE and Channel 4, amongst others.
