DISCOVERY+ ANNOUNCES ROBUST SLATE OF DOCUMENTARIES Exclusive discovery+ Docs Feature Award Winners and Festival Favorite Documentary Films From Executive Producers including Paul Rudd, Mariska Hargitay and Jason MomoaNew York, NY – February 11, 2021 – discovery+, the definitive non-fiction, real-life subscription streaming service, announced its feature documentary slate for the first half of 2021 today at TCA. An eclectic curation of festival favorites and award-winning films that will launch exclusively on discovery+ include
GROOMED, the powerful story of woman who travels back to her home country to confront her past sexual abuse as a child;
MIRACLE FISHING:
KIDNAPPED ABROAD, the extraordinary story of a father, kidnapped in Columbia, told through the family’s archival video footage;
THE WALRUS AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER, following Phil Demers crusade to free the walrus Smooshie; and
MY BEAUTIFUL STUTTER, a film that includes Paul Rudd and Mariska Hargitay among executive producers, highlighting a group children and their inspirational experiences at Camp Say, in New York. The exciting line-up also features
GENIUS FACTORY, about the controversial “Nobel Prize sperm bank” of the 1980s and 90s and
APOCALYPSE ’45 an emotional recount of the end of World War II by those who lived through it.
“This slate of documentaries is just the beginning for discovery+, as we embark on an ambitious journey to extend our leadership in nonfiction storytelling to the documentary genre,” said Lisa Holme, Group SVP, Content & Commercial Strategy, Discovery. “Discovery sets the bar for a number of unscripted categories, and with our new streaming platform, we can satisfy fans of documentaries in a medium where viewers have shown tremendous appetite for the best docs. Expect to hear much more in the months to come.”