An HBO documentary series could be made about the making of the original Justice League, which resulted in filmmaker Joss Whedon (The Avengers) finishing what Zack Snyder (Watchmen) had started by implementing wholesale changes to the storyline. Flash forward four years later and Warner Bros. provides Snyder the opportunity to complete his vision following a worldwide #ReleasetheSnyderCut campaign, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the entrance of HBO Max into the streaming services wars.

Protecting the identities of sources is an integral part of investigative journalism, with the usual techniques being blurring faces, shooting interviewees as silhouettes and modulating voices. HBO Documentary Films’ Welcome to Chechnya, which exposes the systematic persecution of the LGBTQ community in Chechnya, introduces an innovative approach combining machine learning and face replacements that earned a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature at the VES Awards, and became the first documentary to make the Oscar shortlist for Best Visual Effects.