For the past 18 months, FRONTLINE and the BBC have been investigating the saga of a boy who appeared in an ISIS propaganda video. We uncovered an extraordinary tale of one American family’s journey from a comfortable life in Indiana…
‘THE TRAP’: A Deadly Sex-Trafficking Cycle in American Prisons
“THE TRAP” investigates how prisons and jails across the United States have become recruiting grounds for human traffickers, who are targeting incarcerated women and trafficking them out of correctional facilities and into pimp-controlled prostitution rings. Walt Disney World in Florida…
Director Tim Wardle Interviewed About His Documentary ‘THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS’
Separated at birth, the triplets Bobby, Eddy and David discovered each other by accident at age 19 in 1980. They became media sensations. Madonna cast them in a movie and they opened a Manhattan restaurant called triplets. Their lives…
‘WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?’ Humanizes Fred Rogers by Telling the Truth, the Same Way He Worked with Children
By Gregory Crofton So what’s all the fuss about the new documentary on Fred Rogers, the host and creator of the PBS show for children “WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?” The arthouse theatre was packed when I watched the film,…
Judd Apatow on his Documentary about Garry Shandling
Comedian Garry Shandling is remembered for creating two ground-breaking TV shows: “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” and “The Larry Sanders Show.” He was also a key mentor to Hollywood writer and director Judd Apatow (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin”; “Knocked Up”). After Shandling’s…
‘STRANGER FRUIT’ Upends Investigation of Michael Brown’s Death in Ferguson; Unearths Additional Video
By Gregory Crofton Jason Pollock’s enraging documentary “STRANGER FRUIT” is about the death of Michael Brown Jr., an 18-year-old shot on a street in Ferguson, Missouri, in the summer of 2014. Pollock’s film is thoroughly researched and points out enough…