DOCUMENTARY RADAR

Howard makes music documentaries. Surface raw NEWS LEADS, never finished pitches - stories a viewer would want a whole film about. The bar: would enough people watch a doc about this? Favour a named human story with archive/footage potential and access. Three buckets: BIG STORIES (untold chapters, resurfacing scandals, newly opened archives, deaths, rediscovered footage, legal sagas, reunions, feuds), TOURS/ALBUMS (major tour or album announcements filmable as concert or tour docs, ideally announced with lead time), and ANNIVERSARIES (album/event/death/cultural milestones at 10/20/25/30/40/50 years with enough lead time to develop and shoot - 2027 is the current sweet spot). Roster and label-network connections are a bonus that pushes a lead up, never a filter. Skip pure reviews, chart gossip, and release-day noise with no story behind it. Celebrity memoir or autobiography without investigative angle. Self-help, business advice, or lifestyle books. Fiction. Historical subjects without living witnesses or archival footage. Stories where rights are locked up by major studios.