Feb 27 Oscar-nominated ‘Dirty Wars’ aims to make a covert war more ‘real’ By Victoria Fleischer “Dirty Wars” director Richard Rowley talks to chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about the dangers of investigating covert American wars in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia. Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill are both war reporters who have been… Continue reading
Feb 25 Oscar-winning ’20 Feet from Stardom’ gives voice to back-up singers By Victoria Fleischer It was the middle of the night in 1969. Merry Clayton, a respected back-up singer, receives a call to help the Rolling Stones. Donning her robe and curlers, Clayton trots over to the studio and records the now-famous screaming vocals… Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch Filmmakers try to shake ‘fairy tale story of change’ in documenting Egypt’s revolution By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch Filmmakers try to shake ‘fairy tale story of change’ in documenting Egypt’s revolution By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 20 In Oscar-nominated ‘The Act of Killing,’ mass murderers boastfully reenact their war crimes By Victoria Fleischer The Oscar nominated documentary "The Act of Killing" challenges Anwar Congo, a death squad leader during the mass killings in 1965 Indonesia, to re-enact the horrors of his past. Director Joshua Oppenheimer spoke to the NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown about why… Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch ‘The Act of Killing’ looks into the mind of war criminals By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch Former Indonesian death squad leaders discuss informing the public of the truth in ‘The Act of Killing’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching