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Sheriffs in New Mexico at Sunset, in House I Live In, photo by Derek Hallquist
Interviews

April 05, 2013

Eugene Jarecki on Fighting the Good Fight and Taking a Closer Look at the War on Drugs

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We sat down with acclaimed filmmaker Eugene Jarecki to talk with him about his penetrating look at the profound human rights implications of America’s longest war: the War on Drugs.…...

Cyntoia Brown calls her adoptive mother, Ellenette Brown, to tell her she
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February 25, 2011

Me Facing Life: Seeking Redemption in Cyntoia’s Story

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Dan Birman spent six years capturing the evolution and nuances of a case that is both depressingly common and refreshingly multifaceted. He met 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown after she murdered a…...

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

An Academy Award-nominated study of one of the biggest business scandals in American history, this film chronicles a corporate disaster in which executives walked away with over $1 billion, leaving investors and employees with nothing. Read More

Stolen

In 1990, two thieves dressed as police officers gained entrance to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, successfully executing the largest art heist in modern history. Read More