HBO plans Monday-night documentary slate
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...



