Sheila Nevins Movies

  • 2015
    Thought Crimes

    Thought Crimes

    Thought Crimes

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    Dubbed “The Cannibal Cop,” former NYPD officer Gilberto Valle was charged with conspiring to kidnap and eat women but argued it was all a...

    Thought Crimes
  • 2023
    Rosie's Theater Kids

    Rosie's Theater Kids

    Rosie's Theater Kids

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    Ten years ago, inspired by the teacher who inspired her, actor-comedian Rosie O’Donnell established a school, giving public school kids access...

    Rosie's Theater Kids
  • 1995
    5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids

    5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids

    5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids

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    When a child gets hold of a loaded handgun, someone often dies. Last year, 24,000 Americans lost their lives to handguns...and 3,600 of them were...

    5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids
  • 2016
    Jim: The James Foley Story

    Jim: The James Foley Story

    Jim: The James Foley Story

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    In August, 2014, a video of the public execution of American photojournalist James Foley rippled across the globe. Foley wore an orange jumpsuit as...

    Jim: The James Foley Story
  • 2011
    The Education of Dee Dee Ricks

    The Education of Dee Dee Ricks

    The Education of Dee Dee Ricks

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    The story of one woman's mission to defeat cancer and help others do the same.

    The Education of Dee Dee Ricks
  • 2008
    Portraits of a Lady

    Portraits of a Lady

    Portraits of a Lady

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    In October 2006, 25 artists came together to paint Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The result was a collection of vastly different images...

    Portraits of a Lady
  • 2018
    RX: Early Detection - A Cancer Journey with Sandra Lee

    RX: Early Detection - A Cancer Journey with Sandra Lee

    RX: Early Detection - A Cancer Journey with Sandra Lee

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    A woman’s life becomes dramatically altered when her routine medical check-up delivers a cancer diagnosis.

    RX: Early Detection - A Cancer Journey with Sandra Lee
  • 1998
    Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

    Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

    Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

    7.71998HD

    In 1948, Lenny Bruce was just another comic who couldn't get arrested. By 1961, all that would change.

    Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
  • 2013
    Life According to Sam

    Life According to Sam

    Life According to Sam

    6.82013HD

    Progeria is a rare, fatal genetic condition that causes accelerated aging in children; its young victims rarely live past 13. This moving documentary...

    Life According to Sam
  • 2005
    Xiara's Song

    Xiara's Song

    Xiara's Song

    3.52005HD

    Xiara Trujillo is a precocious seven-year-old who moved from the Bronx to Maryland with her mom, Aracelli Guzman, four years ago. Though she seems...

    Xiara's Song
  • 1996
    Without Pity: A Film About Abilities

    Without Pity: A Film About Abilities

    Without Pity: A Film About Abilities

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    Without Pity: A Film About Abilities is an HBO film narrated by Christopher Reeve. This documentary celebrates the efforts of the disabled to live...

    Without Pity: A Film About Abilities
  • 1998
    Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

    Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

    Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

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    Documentary covering the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a black nationalist and journalist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, convicted of killing a...

    Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
  • 1997
    The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row

    The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row

    The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row

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    Explores the realities of death-row inmates inside Huntsville (Texas) Unit, a prison with the highest number of executions in 1997. Features...

    The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row
  • 2024
    The Path Forward

    The Path Forward

    The Path Forward

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    A growing chorus of Palestinians and Israeli Jews speak up often in cross-cultural pairs against war, occupation and violence, and for peace,...

    The Path Forward
  • 2000
    Broken Child

    Broken Child

    Broken Child

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    Documentary about moms using drugs while pregnant.

    Broken Child
  • 2009
    Studs Terkel: Listening to America

    Studs Terkel: Listening to America

    Studs Terkel: Listening to America

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    For over 60 years, Studs Terkel elevated the voices and experiences of everyday Americans through his skillful interviews on radio, in books and on...

    Studs Terkel: Listening to America
  • 2003
    The Virtual Corpse

    The Virtual Corpse

    The Virtual Corpse

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    Documentary about the first human to donate his body to science so that it could be studied in the form of a 3D database of the entire anatomy that...

    The Virtual Corpse
  • 1994
    Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

    Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

    Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

    5.21994HD

    If you're arrested in New York City and can't make bail, you'll be sent to Rikers Island -- a mammoth holding facility for 17,000 men and women...

    Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
  • 2018
    Bleed Out

    Bleed Out

    Bleed Out

    7.72018HD

    After a routine partial hip replacement operation leaves his mother in a coma with permanent brain damage, what starts as a son's video diary becomes...

    Bleed Out
  • 2017
    War Dog: A Soldier's Best Friend

    War Dog: A Soldier's Best Friend

    War Dog: A Soldier's Best Friend

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    This poignant documentary explores the unbreakable bond between multi-purpose K9s and their handlers.

    War Dog: A Soldier's Best Friend