''CNN Presents'' is an

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documentary program on

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weekends. The program used to be replaced with ''

CNN Special Investigations Unit ''CNN Special Investigations Unit'' is an American investigative documentary program on CNN weekends. Expanding upon ''CNN Presents'', SIU focuses on each episode being an in depth investigative report about news stories being covered, commonl ...

'', 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 ''CNN Presents: God's Warriors'' is a three-part August 2007 CNN Presents documentary produced by Christiane Amanpour in which she examines the rise of religious fundamentalism as a political force in the world. The documentary was filmed in the Un ...

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in August 2007, and later with

Planet in Peril ''Planet in Peril'' is a two-part, four-hour documentary on CNN that premiered on October 23, 2007, broadcast in the CNN Presents format. It also aired as a special presentation on December 2 and 3, 2007 on Animal Planet & Animal Planet HD. CNN's ...

Black in America Black In America is a multi-part series of documentaries hosted by reporter Soledad O'Brien on CNN. The series is about various issues regarding blacks (African-Americans) which includes panel discussions on issues facing the black community, and a ...

, and

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, 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.

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External links

Official Webpage on CNN.com
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