Netflix Reveals Documentary Content Lineup For March!

Netflix has unveiled the upcoming slate of documentaries on the platform. The platform stated that over 147 million households have chosen to watch at least one documentary on Netflix in the last year.

Upcoming documentary features and series from acclaimed creators include The Innocence Files from Academy Award nominee Liz Garbus, Academy Award winner Alex Gibney and Academy Award winner Roger Ross Williams; Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich from director Lisa Bryant and Academy Award nominee Joe Berlinger; Trial by Media from executive producers Jeffrey Toobin and Steven Brill, Smokehouse Pictures’ Academy Award winners George Clooney and Grant Heslov, and Supper Club’s Brian McGinn, Jason Sterman and David Gelb; and Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution from Emmy Award winner Nicole Newnham and first-time director Jim LeBrecht, which took home the U.S. Documentary Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Here’s a look at some of the best in class documentary films and series premiering on Netflix over the month of March:

Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (Limited Series, March 20)

Among the eccentrics and cult personalities in the stranger-than-fiction world of big cat owners, few stand out more than Joe Exotic, a mulleted, gun-toting polygamist and country western singer who presides over an Oklahoma roadside zoo. Charismatic but misguided, Joe and an unbelievable cast of characters including drug kingpins, con-men, and cult leaders all share a passion for big cats, and the status and attention their dangerous menageries garner.

 But things take a dark turn when Carole Baskin, an animal activist and owner of a big cat sanctuary, threatens to put them out of business, stoking a rivalry that eventually leads to Joe’s arrest for a murder-for-hire plot, and reveals a twisted tale where the only thing more dangerous than a big cat is its owner. 

A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story (Film, March 20)

Based on a study conducted in 2016 by the University of Sheffield that determined that Juan Manuel Fangio is the best F1 driver in history, A LIFE OF SPEED: THE JUAN MANUEL FANGIO STORY seeks to get inside the mind of the legend throughout his career and personal life to understand what led him and other drivers to risk their lives racing in cars that flew at the same speeds as today, but with minimal safety precautions and where many do not make it to the end of the season. 

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (Film, March 25)

Down the road from Woodstock, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for teenagers with disabilities, transforming their lives and igniting a landmark movement. CRIP CAMP is an untold story co-directed by Emmy® Award winner Nicole Newnham and film mixer and former camper Jim LeBrecht. Executive producers include President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis and Priya Swaminathan, and Oscar® nominee Howard Gertler.