Press Releases & Announcements

CNN Special Programming & Documentaries

December 12th, 2019

Magnolia Pictures and Participant Acquire North American Rights to CNN Films, AGC Studios and TIME Studios Executive Produced Documentary ‘JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE’

                    Participant and Magnolia Pictures announced today that they have acquired North […]

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December 8th, 2019

FREWEINI MEBRAHTU NAMED THE 2019 CNN HERO OF THE YEAR

Freweini Mebrahtu, who is fighting the cultural stigma around menstruation in Ethiopia by educating students and producing reusable pads that […]

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November 25th, 2019

JON BON JOVI, GLENN CLOSE AND ALFRE WOODARD AMONG THE CELEBRITY PRESENTERS ANNOUNCED FOR 13th ANNUAL CNN HEROES: AN ALL-STAR TRIBUTE

Andy Grammer and the PS22 Chorus Perform   Live Ceremony Co-Hosted by Anderson Cooper and Kelly Ripa Sunday, December 8th at […]

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November 22nd, 2019

APOLLO 11 takes flight once again on CNN on Dec. 1 – at 9pm and CNN on Demand

CNN Films will broadcast the epic APOLLO 11 documentary at 9:00pmET Sunday, Dec. 1 on CNN. Todd Douglas Miller‘s critically-acclaimed documentary feature, […]

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November 15th, 2019

CNN to Broadcast NIXON BY NIXON: IN HIS OWN WORDS on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 9:00pmET

From 1971 to 1973, Richard M. Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, recorded his private conversations and telephone […]

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