National Geographic Wants to Tackle More Documentaries After Free Solo's Oscar Win

Despite briefly abandoning the genre, it now hopes to make ‘2 to 4’ a year

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Last night, Free Solo became the first National Geographic movie to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature—but if the company has its way, it won’t be the last.

National Geographic, which had briefly abandoned the documentary genre earlier this decade, is back with a vengeance, and could expand its documentary plans even further following the box office and awards season success of Free Solo, National Geographic Global Networks president Courteney Monroe told Adweek.

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