List of National Geographic documentary films information
This is a list of films produced and released by National Geographic under their feature Documentary Films banner, established in 2017.[1] National Geographic Partners is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and National Geographic Society, initially established between 21st Century Fox and the National Geographic Society until Disney's acquisition of Fox's media assets on March 20, 2019.[2]
Title
Director(s)
Release date
Notes
LA 92
Daniel Lindsay, T. J. Martin
April 28, 2017
Jane
Brett Morgen
October 20, 2017
Into the Okavango
Neil Gelinas
April 22, 2018
Free Solo
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
September 28, 2018
Science Fair
Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster
October 19, 2018
Sea of Shadows
Richard Ladkani
July 12, 2019
The Cave
Feras Fayyad
October 18, 2019
Saudi Runaway
Susanne Regina Meures
January 25, 2020
Distribution only[3]
Rebuilding Paradise
Ron Howard
July 31, 2020
The Last Ice
Scott Ressler
May 22 2020
Akashinga: The Brave Ones
Maria Wilhelm
June 17, 2020
"Doc short"
The Nightcrawlers
Alexander A. Mora
September 13, 2020
"Doc short"
Lost and Found
Orlando von Einsiedel
September 18, 2020
"Doc short"
Blood on the Wall
Sebastian Junger, Nick Quested
September 30, 2020
City So Real
Steve James
October 29, 2020
Released as miniseries
Own the Room
Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster
March 12, 2021
Disney+ original
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
Dawn Porter
June 18, 2021
Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story
Sally Aitken
July 23, 2021
Disney+ original
Fauci
John Hoffman, Janet Tobias
October 6, 2021
The First Wave
Matthew Heineman
October 7, 2021
The Rescue
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
October 8, 2021
Becoming Cousteau
Liz Garbus
October 22, 2021
Torn
Max Lowe
December 3, 2021
We Feed People
Ron Howard
May 27, 2022
Fire of Love
Sara Dosa
July 6, 2022
Distribution only[4]
The Territory
Alex Pritz
August 19, 2022
Retrograde
Matthew Heinemann
September 3, 2022
The Flagmakers
Cynthia Wade, Sharon Liese
September 16, 2022
Disney+ original
Wild Life
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
April 14, 2023
Bobi Wine: The People's President
Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp
July 28, 2023
Distribution only[5]
The Mission
Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
October 13, 2023
Awaiting release
The Space Race: The Untold Story of the First Black Astronauts
Lisa Cortés and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
February 12, 2024[6]
Untitled Carl Sagan documentary
Nanette Burstein
TBA[7]
^Birnbaum, Debra (2017-01-13). "National Geographic Unveils New Banner to Produce Feature Documentaries (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
^"The Walt Disney Company Signs Amended Acquisition Agreement To Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., For $71.3 Billion in Cash And Stock". The Walt Disney Company. June 20, 2018. Archived from the original on June 22, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
^N'Duka, Amanda (2020-02-25). "Nat Geo Documentary Films Picks Up Sundance Doc 'Saudi Runaway'". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
^Lang, Brent (January 23, 2022). "Sundance: National Geographic Documentary Films Prevails in Bidding War to Buy 'Fire of Love'". Variety. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
^"National Geographic Acquires "Bobi Wine: The People's President"". Retrieved 2022-09-04.
^Acuna, Kirsten. "Disney has 30 major movies coming out in 2024 — here they all are". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
^Carey, Matthew (March 30, 2023). "Documentary On Carl Sagan, Brilliant Astronomer And 'Cosmos' Author, In The Works From National Geographic & Seth MacFarlane". Deadline. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
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