QUEENS: Director of Photography Sophie Darlington and producer-director Faith Musembi on new documentary series

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/08/2024
QUEENS Director of Photography Justine Evans, Mentee and Filmmaker Erica Rugabandana, Series Director and Mentee Faith Musembi, and Director of Photography Sophie Darlington | ©2024 National Geographic for Disney / Andrew Thompson

QUEENS, on National Geographic and Disney+, is a seven-episode documentary series spotlighting matriarchal animal groups, made by a group of primarily women filmmakers. Different segments focus on wildlife in the savannahs, in Africa, in the rainforest, in the coasts and oceans, and in the mountains, as well as on insects and aunts. The series is narrated by Angela Bassett, one of its executive producers. The first three episodes premiered on Monday, March 4; the remaining four will debut on Monday, March 11. Sophie Darlington is, with Justine Evans, the series director of photography on QUEENS. Her previous credits include PBS […]Read On »


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QUEENS: D.P. Justine Evans and cinematographer Erin Ranney on new animal mini-series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/01/2024
QUEENS Key Art | ©2024 National Geographic

QUEENS is National Geographic Channel’s seven-part nature documentary series, premiering with three episodes on Monday, March 4, then running the other four episodes on Monday, March 11. The series is also available on Disney+. Shot across six continents, QUEENS not only focuses on animal matriarchies, from elephants to ants, but was made by a women-led team of filmmakers and technicians, and narrated by Angela Bassett. Director of photography Justine Evans, whose previous credits include PLANET EARTH and GREAT MIGRATIONS, and cinematographer Erin Ranney, who filmed on NATURE, sit down to talk about their work on QUEENS. This conversation took place […]Read On »


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THE SPACE RACE: Filmmakers Diego Hurtado de Mendoza and Lisa Cortes on new NASA documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/20/2024
THE SPACE RACE key art | ©2024 National Geographic

Directors Lisa Cortés and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza came together to direct and produce THE SPACE RACE, now streaming on both National Geographic and Disney+. This is the first time the filmmakers have collaborated. Separately, Cortés won an Emmy for the documentary THE APOLLO. Cortés’s other credits include ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY, THE REMIX: HIP HOP X FASHION and LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING. Hurtado de Mendoza has made documentaries including BRANDING KOSOVO and THE PEOPLE’S FIGHTERS: TEOFILO STEVENSON AND THE LEGEND OF CUBAN BOXING. Jointly Hurtado de Mendoza and Cortés have already won three awards for THE […]Read On »


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GENIUS: MLK/X: Actor Aaron Pierre on playing Malcolm X – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/16/2024
GENIUS MLK X key art | ©2024 National Geographic

GENIUS: MLK/X is the fourth installment of National Geographic’s anthology series GENIUS. Airing Thursday nights and then available on demand, MLK/X dramatizes the parallel rise of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Both men spent most of their lives immersed in the struggle for civil rights and in religion (Christianity for King, Islam for Malcolm X), and both were assassinated in the 1960s. They only met in person once, but it was a mutually significant encounter, shown in MLK/X. British actor Aaron Pierre portrays Malcolm X in MLK/X. Jayme Lawson plays his wife, Betty Shabazz; Kelvin Harrison Jr. […]Read On »


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THE SPACE RACE: Executive Producer Frank Marshall on new National Geographic film – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/12/2024
THE SPACE RACE key art | ©2024 National Geographic

THE SPACE RACE, National Geographic’s documentary about the history of Black astronauts in NASA, premieres Monday, February 12, and is available thereafter on Nat Geo and Disney+. The stories and interviews include now ninety-year-old Ed Dwight, who was on track to be the first Black American in space until the assassination of President John F. Kennedy interrupted his career. THE SPACE RACE also includes discussion of Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, a Cuban cosmonaut who became the first Black man in space in 1980 on the U.S.S.R. Soyuz mission. Frank Marshall, the producer who won the Academy’s Irving G. Thalberg Award in […]Read On »


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SHARKFEST: CAMO SHARKS: Researcher Gibbs Kuguru on new National Geographic project – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/08/2022
Chumming to attract Great Whites to be photographed as part of the color testing experiments in CAMO SHARKS | ©2022 National Geographic/Fiona Ayerst

It’s summer. This means it’s time for vacations, heat waves, and National Geographic’s SharkFest. SharkFest celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, with nearly thirty hours of new programming spread over four weeks. First up is CAMO SHARKS, premiering Sunday, July 10, at 10 PM on National Geographic, then debuting on Disney XD on July 16, and Nat Geo Wild on August 1. In CAMO SHARKS, shark scientists Dr. Ryan Johnson and PhD candidate Gibbs Kuguru investigate whether Great White sharks can change their color to blend in better with their surrounds. The duo also investigates new coloration in rare black-tipped […]Read On »


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