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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Coinciding with the theatrical release of The Birth of a Nation, National Geographic Channel has slated a one-hour documentary executive produced by the film's director, Nate Parker, about Nat Turner and the slave uprising he led.

LOS ANGELES: Z Living is slated to premiere the lifestyle show POPSUGAR Presents: Conquered, the third project to come out of its collaboration with millennial media company POPSUGAR, early next year.

MIAMI: Next month, Fusion is due to debut The Traffickers, a new investigative documentary series about the black market that comes from the FremantleMedia International catalog.

SYDNEY: Escapade Media has entered into a partnership with the Garvan Institute, Freehand Productions and The Content.Company for Outcome Unknown (The Revolution of Reimagining and Redesigning Life), a title that is currently in development.

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment is heading to MIPCOM with a lineup featuring real-life crime titles, docuseries and other factual programs, including WALT: The Man Behind the Myth.

With so many food-related series on the market, producers and distributors weigh in about what a show needs to stand out.

MAINZ: Carim Aadam has been appointed as co-managing director of doc.station and is due to become the sole managing director of the Hamburg production company upon the retirement of Hartmut Klenke in January 2017.

LONDON: Sky Vision has sold the factual series The Wine Show into 99 territories across multiple broadcasters and platforms.

NEW YORK: Blue Ant International plans to present its largest slate of series and documentaries to date, including more than 600 hours of new programming, to international buyers in Cannes.

LONDON: In the run-up to MIPCOM, TCB Media Rights has secured sales for its factual and factual-entertainment titles, and the company is preparing to head to Cannes with a slate featuring 30 new shows, including Court Justice.