Anita Bennett

When a woman dies from complications of childbirth, she leaves behind loved ones struggling to deal with the loss. Aftershock, a documentary from Disney's Onyx Collective, brings attention to the U.S. maternal mortality crisis by focusing on the deaths of two women and the family members they left…

Sidney Poitier wasn’t just an actor, filmmaker or activist. He was a pioneer who smashed stereotypes, and helped change the perception of Black people. The late acting legend’s life, career and legacy are explored in the Apple Original Films documentary Sidney. Reginald Hudlin directed and…

Shortly after Donald Trump became president of the United States in January 2017, he began stacking federal courts with conservative judges. Realizing what was at stake, the team behind HBO Documentary Films’ abortion documentary The Janes began crafting a story to remind the audience what happened…

Decision to Leave has a murder, a search for the killer and a determined investigator. But co-writer and director Park Chan-wook says he was determined to tell a story that would set the film apart. “My challenge was how to tell a unique story from that basic premise,” Park said through a…

Long before Jennifer Lawrence became an Oscar winner, she was an aspiring actress beginning to lay the groundwork for a Hollywood career. At one point, Lawrence went to see an acting coach who ultimately returned her money because, he said, she already had it all and there really was nothing he…

For Jennifer Lawrence, preparing to play a wounded veteran in Causeway took time and intense preparation. Part of that preparation included meeting with real veterans to form her character. “It was immensely helpful to meet incredible heroes who are in similar circumstances," the Oscar-winning…

Till tells the powerful story of Mamie Till-Mobley's fight for justice after her 14-year-old son Emmett Till was lynched in rural Mississippi in 1955.The drama from Orion Pictures, MGM Pictures and United Artists Releasing stars Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till-Mobley and Jalyn Hall as Emmett Till…

The historical drama Corsage centers on the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in 1877, yet the film's writer-director Marie Kreutzer says its message about female oppression still resonates today. “I thought this could be a good story about women at that time but still today, still being…

The Dropout directors Michael Showalter and Francesca Gregorini zeroed in on a number of small details to help Amanda Seyfried prepare for her role as disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the Hulu miniseries. Before the cameras rolled, the two sat down with Seyfried to discuss blocking and how they…

Part survival story, coming-of-age drama and horror saga, Showtime’s Yellowjackets follows a plane crash in 1996 that leaves a high school girls soccer team stranded in the Canadian wilderness, as well as the lives of the survivors 25 years later. Karyn Kusama, who directed and executive produced the pilot, said…

UPDATE: MGM Resorts International said today it will lay off 18,000 employees nationwide, a total representing more than 25 percent of its US workforce. The totals largely represent furloughed workers, who were notified back in late June that more permanent separation from the company was possible. The company is…

UPDATE: On Sunday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 17 new deaths and 1,003 new cases of coronavirus. Of those who died, eight people were over the age of 65 years and five people who died were between the ages of 41 and 65 years old. Seven people had underlying health conditions…