New this week: Documentaries on Bieber, Fauci and ‘Buried’

MOVIES

—John Hoffman and Janet Tobias’ “Fauci” is the first big-screen documentary of the nation’s top infectious disease expert and ubiquitous face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nation Geographic’s film, which premieres this week on Disney+ after a three-week run in theaters, surveys the doctor’s career but focuses particularly on how the AIDS crisis formed him as a public health official.

— “Justin Bieber: Our World,” which debuts Friday on Amazon Prime, tracks some of the changes in the now 27-yearold pop star while focusing on his preparations for his first full concert in three years.

— The concert film “Madonna: Madame X” premieres Friday on Paramount+, showcasing the 63-year-old singer’s latest persona, an international secret agent around whom she framed her 2019 album of the same name. The film chronicles her “Madame X” album tour, in which Madonna played a string of smaller, more intimate venues for the first time in decades.

MUSIC

— Grammy-winning songwriter Natalie Hemby has made a name for herself in Nashville as a sought-after hitmaker, writing with everyone from Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves and Little Big Town. After stepping further into the spotlight as a member of the group The Highwomen, Hemby is releasing her second solo record “Pins and Needles,” on Friday.

— Country group Old Dominion made their mark as excellent songwriters and energetic performers with multiple hits for other artists, as well as their own

chart-topping singles. The five-piece band, led by vocalist Matthew Ramsey, wrote all the songs together for their new album “Time, Tequila and Therapy,” out Friday, during a weeklong trip to Asheville, North Carolina.

TELEVISION

— CBS’ “United States of Al” it tackling a somber story, one it’s uniquely positioned to do. The buddy comedy centers on the friendship of Riley, a combat veteran who fought in the Mideast, and Awalmir, aka Al, the Afghanistan translator he helped bring to the U.S. In the second-season debut airing Thursday (8:31 p.m. EDT), The episode then streams Friday on Paramount+.

— Showtime’s docuseries “Buried” examines the fallout from a 1969 California murder case that was prosecuted

based on a claim of recalled memory. The four-part documentary, debuting 9 p.m. EDT Sunday, recounts the debate the case provoked in the legal and mental health fields about the legitimacy of such memories.

— Brothers Ilmar and Aldo LópezGavilán, born in Cuba in the 1970s, are musicians whose success was accompanied by separation. Ilmar left Cuba as a teenager and became a chamber violinist in the United States. Pianist Aldo, tutored by his Cuba’s jazz and classical artists, gained respect in his home country. What was missing was the opportunity to collaborate, the victims of U.S.-Cuban relations. The Afro Cuban siblings’ journey is told in the acclaimed documentary “Los Hermanos/The Brothers,” directed by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider and streaming through October on PBS.org and the PBS app.

AP “Justin Bieber: Our World,” premiering Oct. 8 on Amazon Prime, from left, the comedy series "United States of Al," airing Thursdays on CBS and the documentary "Fauci," available for streaming on Disney+.