Ark Media

Award-winning Documentary Film and TV Production Company
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Founded in 1996 by Barak Goodman and Rachel Dretzin, Ark was created to be a vehicle for the films they both felt privileged to make. Together with longtime collaborator, John Maggio, Goodman and Dretzin have grown Ark Media into a hub for large multi-part series and smaller, one-off films. Recognized as nurturer of young talent, Ark has grown to include dozens of accomplished and passionate filmm

akers working together and separately. Ultimately, it's about the work: projects with intellectual depth, strong narrative and the ability to challenge viewers to reach their own conclusions. While setting a standard for excellence, Ark thrives because of a dynamic, engaged, and passionate group of people assembled for a common purpose: to collaborate on meaningful projects.

11/02/2023

Great Photo, Lovely Life will be celebrating the end of its festival run with screenings at the International Documentary Film Festival, followed by its HBO premiere.

10/12/2023

Congratulations in order to Sarah Cailean for winning Best Host at the Signal Awards (!!) for our podcast Why Can’t We Talk About Amanda’s Mom?

09/20/2023

72 Seconds in Rittenhouse Square directed by Tigre Hill and co-produced by Lamont Fountain will be streaming on Paramount Plus starting September 26th! Watch the trailer now.

The film challenges beliefs surrounding the fatal encounter between rap artist Michael White and real estate developer Sean Schellenger on July 12, 2018, through multiple perspectives, archival footage and cellphone videos.

09/01/2023

Thank you Calgary International Film Festival for hosting GREAT PHOTO, LOVELY LIFE in September. See you in Canada!

08/10/2023

Q&A with Director Rachel Dretzin and Subject Elissa Wall, moderated by DOC NYC’s Brandon Harrison.

07/21/2023

We were excited to share that Barak's film Buckley has been selected as one of six finalists for the 2023 Lavine/ Prize for Film, just announced today! Thanks to for honoring the film!

Buckley reveals how WFB practically invented the modern conservative movement and features a large cast of contemporaries and critics. The winner of the Lavine/ Prize for Film will be announced in September.

Read more here:

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/library-of-congress-finalists-lavine-ken-burns-annual-prize-1235674524/

07/06/2023

Announcing our new iHeartPodcast “The Whistleblowers: Inside The Trump Administration,” co-produced with Best Case Studios and Ark Media, hosted by Miles Taylor

Premiering July 13, with new episodes every Thursday. Listen on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard.

Trailer here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-whistleblowers-inside-118528279/

05/20/2023

“Why Can’t We Talk About Amanda’s Mom” featured in Insider as a podcast that needs your immediate attention.

https://www.insider.com/riveting-true-crime-podcasts-that-highlight-unsolved-cases-2023-5

05/15/2023

Congratulations to the team on Great Photo, Lovely Life winning Best Feature at the Lower East Side film festival!

02/27/2023

Have you listened yet to Amanda’s Mom Episode 1: Renée? Catch new episodes weekly on Wednesday’s, wherever you get your podcasts.

In November 1993, a veteran discovers the body of a woman on a little road near Interstate 10 in Mobile, Alabama. She is n**e, drained of blood, and decapitated. But despite the horrific nature of the murder, it garners little attention in the press, and worse, detectives fail to understand the fundamentals of what they are dealing with. Can a new approach to the case potentially produce a new outcome?

02/15/2023

Very excited to announce that Director John Maggio's Fashion World doc Milano will have its premier at the close of Milan fashion week on Feb. 26!

Submarine Entertainment is launching sales at Berlin’s European Film Market on high-profile doc “Milano — The Inside Story of Italian Fashion,” directed by John Maggio (“The Perfe…

11/11/2022

Congrats, team!

10/19/2022

Behind the scenes in unprecedented times.

: A Political Odyssey, an original documentary that follows President Biden’s inner circle through his first year in office during one of the most tumultuous periods in half a century, premieres October 19 on .

08/04/2022

We would like to congratulate John Maggio and the Gordon Parks team on their Emmy nominations for HBO’s “A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks” See you at the Emmys!

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/national-academy-of-tv-arts-sciences-announces-2022-news-documentary-emmy-nominees-1235188293/

'Anderson Cooper 360' and National Geographic's 'The Rescue' were among the nominees.

05/26/2022

We’re excited to announce Ark’s latest project with Participant, “Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey”, a new four-part series coming to Netflix on June 8th!

Congratulations to director Rachel Dretzin, co-director Grace McNally, and the entire Keep Sweet team — we can’t wait to share this one with the world.

Netflix will dig into the Yearning for Zion ranch and polygamist cult leader Warren Jeffs in the docuseries Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey

02/19/2022

LINCOLN'S DILEMMA

"A diverse panel of historians and rare archival materials offer a more nuanced look into the man dubbed the Great Emancipator."

Premieres Today, Feb. 18 on Apple TV+

Directed by Jacqueline Olive and Barak Goodman

https://deadline.com/video/lincolns-dilemma-trailer-jeffrey-wright-bill-camp-leslie-odom-jr-apple-tv/

Apple TV+ on Thursday debuted the trailer for Lincoln’s Dilemma, its four-part docuseries that aims to capture through a 21st century lens a complicated man in a complicated time who rose to …

12/03/2021

How did a little disco movie and its soundtrack turn into a global phenomenon?

, an original documentary and film about how Robert Stigwood turned Saturday Night Fever into a cultural touchstone, premieres December 9 at 8pm on .

11/03/2021

“I might have turned to the gun or the knife, but by then I had chosen the camera.”

, an HBO original documentary about iconic photographer Gordon Parks and the influence he’s had on a new generation of artists, premieres November 15 at 10PM on HBO Max

Directed by John Maggio

10/27/2021

'Mr. Saturday Night', John Maggio's newest film, will premiere on 11/13 at the DOC NYC Film Festival.

Tickets are available at the link below, and the screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director John Maggio, Executive Producer Bill Simmons and Co-Executive Producer Sean Fennessey.

"WORLD PREMIERE The style. The fashion. The moves. Saturday Night Fever left an indelible stamp on our cultural memory of the 1970s—and there was one man behind it all. Robert Stigwood, a producer impresario, best known for managing the Bee Gees, took the swagger of a Bay Ridge, Brooklyn disco, and brought it to the big screen. Although the film’s popularity sent his career on a meteoric rise, Stigwood’s star-making prowess couldn’t guarantee a lifetime of success."

https://www.docnyc.net/film/mr-saturday-night/

08/03/2021

NEW WEBSITE ALERT!

https://www.ark-media.net/

07/27/2021

, an original documentary series from executive producer Bill Simmons, features six films from six storytellers exploring pivotal moments in the music world. Coming this fall to .

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Jagged
DMX
Listening to Kenny G
Mr. Saturday Night
Juice WRLD

Directed by John Maggio, Mr. Saturday Night tells the untold story of Robert Stigwood and how he amped the disco era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph8QifwT20c&ab_channel=HBO

, an original documentary series from executive producer Bill Simmons, features six films from six storytellers exploring pivotal moments in...

04/21/2021

A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks - John Maggio's latest film will be premiering at

https://tribecafilm.com/news/announcing-the-feature-film-lineup-for-tribeca-2021

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Streaming next week: 72 Seconds in Rittenhouse Square

72 Seconds in Rittenhouse Square directed by Tigre Hill and co-produced by Lamont Fountain will be streaming on Paramount Plus starting September 26th! Watch the trailer now. The film challenges beliefs surrounding the fatal encounter between rap artist Michael White and real estate developer Sean Schellenger on July 12, 2018, through multiple perspectives, archival footage and cellphone videos.

DOC NYC: Spring Showcase 2023 - Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey

Q&A with Director Rachel Dretzin and Subject Elissa Wall, moderated by DOC NYC’s Brandon Harrison.

Have you listened yet to Amanda’s Mom Episode 1: Renée? Catch new episodes weekly on Wednesday’s, wherever you get your podcasts. In November 1993, a veteran discovers the body of a woman on a little road near Interstate 10 in Mobile, Alabama. She is nude, drained of blood, and decapitated. But despite the horrific nature of the murder, it garners little attention in the press, and worse, detectives fail to understand the fundamentals of what they are dealing with. Can a new approach to the case potentially produce a new outcome?

Behind the scenes in unprecedented times. #YearOne: A Political Odyssey, an @HBO original documentary that follows President Biden’s inner circle through his first year in office during one of the most tumultuous periods in half a century, premieres October 19 on @HBOMax.

How did a little disco movie and its soundtrack turn into a global phenomenon? #MrSaturdayNightHBO, an @HBO original documentary and #MusicBoxHBO film about how Robert Stigwood turned Saturday Night Fever into a cultural touchstone, premieres December 9 at 8pm on @HBOMax.

“I might have turned to the gun or the knife, but by then I had chosen the camera.” #AChoiceOfWeapons, an HBO original documentary about iconic photographer Gordon Parks and the influence he’s had on a new generation of artists, premieres November 15 at 10PM on HBO Max Directed by John Maggio