''CNN Presents'' is an
American documentary program on
CNN weekends. The program used to be replaced with ''
CNN Special Investigations Unit'', which features the same documentary format, but differs from it in a number of ways and is shorter in length.
The program was originally a regular weekly series that looks in-depth in the important news stories of the times. More recently, it became a "special event" documentary that airs every time a larger, more long-term special report went into making. Notably, the program has been a winner of a number of different awards, including the ''International Documentary Association Best Documentary Series'' award.
Previous to his departure from CNN, ''Presents'' was hosted and narrated by
Aaron Brown.
CNN Presents has been revived since its presentation of
God's Warriors by
Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Maria Heideh AmanpourStated on '' Finding Your Roots'', 22 January 2019 (; fa, کریستیان امانپور, Kristiane Amānpur; born 12 January 1958) is a British-Iranian journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief ...
in August 2007, and later with
Planet in Peril,
Black in America, and
Latino in America, all of which have received follow-up documentaries later on.
In July 2011, the format of CNN Presents changed to a series of three investigative reports aired together in a one-hour documentary, instead of a documentary about a single topic.
References
External links
Official Webpage on CNN.com*
CNN original programming
1993 American television series debuts
2012 American television series endings
1990s American documentary television series
2000s American documentary television series
2010s American documentary television series
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