Disney+ has announced plans for a variety of documentaries, including one featuring insights from Vogue editors on 1990s fashion, and one following the rise of the Brawn F1 team.
The five projects were unveiled at the Edinburgh TV Festival and commissioned by Sean Doyle, director of unscripted content for the streaming service.
Vogue: The 1990s saw many big names, including Vogue Editor-in-Chief Dame Anna Wintour and British Vogue Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful.
This series from Vogue Studios and Raw showcases rare and unpublished archives of key figures in the industry, spotlighting influential figures from the worlds of fashion, music and film.
Dame Anna said: It was a time when fashion went mainstream, became inevitable, culturally relevant, and full of iconoclasm and expression and difference.
“The personalities were also larger than life.
Hollywood star Keanu Reeves will be the voice of a four-part series about Brown.
Produced by All3Media’s independent North One, the show follows the racing team’s rise from underfunded independent outfits to 2009 World Championship winners, following the story of the British driver who led the team to victory. Features contributions from Jenson Button and founder Ross Brawn.
Reeves, who is responsible for interviewing and narrating the series, said: documentary series.
“It’s great to have the support of Disney+ and a production partnership with North One to bring this story to life.”
Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia sheds light on Camden’s musical legacy in a four-part documentary series.
Telling the story of the late Camden resident Amy Winehouse in her 2015 film Amy, the filmmaker explores how a small neighborhood in north London shaped popular music and produced some of the world’s biggest acts. to explore
Kapadia said: I’ve had all kinds of experiences there: good ones, great ones, and edgy ones.
“The series celebrates an ever-evolving music scene in a unique location that has always been at the forefront of counterculture and has a musical heritage that rivals nowhere else in the world.”
Disney+ also commissioned Finding Michael from Shine TV, part of Banijay UK. It follows Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews as he travels to Everest in search of his late brother Michael, who went missing on Everest in 1999.
Finding Michael follows 34-year-old Matthews and climber Nirmal Purja as they face “unexpected extreme challenges and intense time pressure as the weather approaches.”
Writing about the commission on Instagram, the reality TV star said:
“He lost his life on the way down from the summit. I was 10 years old, and for a long time after that I believed I would see him again in a youthful way.
“Over the last few years, the question of whether we could find Mike and bring him back to our family has often come to mind. The thought of him being left there made me uncomfortable.
He said the series would be a “strong and powerful story of brotherhood.”
“This has been the most meaningful and humbling experience of my own life and I hope this film delivers to my brave brother the decent legacy he got in his youth.”
There’s also a documentary about the Wagatha Christie trial featuring exclusive access to Colleen Rooney.
Mr Doyle said: These latest projects really deliver on that promise.
“We are working with elite creative partners on this slate by reflecting the UK’s status as an unscripted powerhouse and establishing Disney+ as the destination for unscripted titles.”
