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2016 TV series or program

Facing

Genre	History
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Executive producers	Derik Murray Paul Gertz Roderick Bellamy (series producer)
Running time	44-53 minutes
Production company	Network Entertainment
Original release
Network	National Graphic
Release	August 30 (2016-08-30) – September 27, 2016 (2016-09-27)

Facing is a documentary series that portrays the lives of some of the most influential figures in history. The episodes combine archived photos and video footage with first person interviews from individuals who have known or "faced" these personalities; no single narrator for the series or any dramatization is involved. Produced by Network Entertainment, it is a five part series telecast on the National Geographic Channel. The series was nominated for the 2017 RealScreen Awards and Leo Awards. In the RealScreen Awards, it won the history/biographical category in a non-fiction series. It bagged several accolades in the Leo Awards including the best documentary program, best direction and best editing.

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Facing Escobar"	August 30, 2016 (2016-08-30)
Compilation of interviews to Steve Murphy, Javier Peña, Joe Toft, George Jung, John Jairo “Popeye” Velásquez, and Miguel Alfredo "Maza" Márquez
2	"Facing Saddam"	September 6, 2016 (2016-09-06)
Compilation of interviews to Dan Rather, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Zainab Salbi, and Charles Horner.
3	"Facing Suge Knight"	September 13, 2016 (2016-09-13)
Compilation of interviews to Vanilla Ice, Virgil Roberts, Gary Ballen, Greg Kading, Sharitha Golden, Tracy Lynn Curry and Danny Boy.
4	"Facing Putin"	September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20)
Compilation of interviews to Robert Gates, Marina Litvinenko, Platon Antoniou, Leon Panetta, Bill Browder, Viktor Yushchenko, and Nadya Tolokonnikova.
5	"Facing Schwarzenegger"	September 27, 2016 (2016-09-27)
Interviews by Lou Ferrigno, Rae Dawn Chong, Carl Weathers, Ivan Reitman, Peter Kent, Ric Drasin, and Tom McClintock.
6	"Facing Trump"	2016 (2016)
Compilation of interviews to Gloria Allred, Ann Coulter, Omarosa Manigault, Timothy L. O'Brien, Al Sharpton, and Michael Tollin.
7	"Facing Hillary"	Unknown (Unknown)

References

"Nat Geo Channel to Premiere New Docu-Series FACING, 8/30". broadwayworld.com.
"Network Entertainment Announces the Launch of its New National Geographic Series Facing". marketwatch.com.
"Network entertainment 'facing' television series nominated for 2017 RealScreen awards and Leo awards". www.marketwatch.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
"RealScreen Awards 2017 winners". awards.realscreen.com.
"2017 Leo Awards Winners by Program". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
Sang, Lucia I. Suarez (30 August 2016). "Ex-DEA agents who fought Pablo Escobar headline new NatGeo documentary". Fox News. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
"What's on TV: Friday, September 9". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
"Facing Arnold Schwarzenegger". Huffington Post. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
"Facing... - National Geographic for everyone in everywhere". National Geographic. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

External links

http://www.networkentertainment.ca/

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