HBO plans Monday-night documentary slate

Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:14pm EDT
 
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By Nellie Andreeva

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - HBO is launching a documentary franchise on Monday nights this summer.

Kicking off the showcase June 9 is "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," about the statutory-rape case against the Oscar-winning director.

Other documentaries include:

"Resolved," about the high-stakes world of competitive high school debate;

"Hard Times at Douglas High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card," which examines the impact of the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind education policy;

"Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery," about the section where U.S. servicemen and servicewomen from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are buried;

"Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal," about the infamous Fleiss' ill-fated attempt to open the first legal brothel for female clients in Crystal, Nev.;

"Baghdad High," chronicling the war in Iraq through the eyes of four Iraqi teens;  Continued...

 

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