Sheila Nevins

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory on HBO

Regina Weinreich | Posted 03.13.2012

Regina Weinreich

Last October when the documentary Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory premiered at the New York Film Festival, filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky celebrated an unanticipated event: the release from prison of the West Memphis 3.

The Sound Of Mumbai On HBO

Regina Weinreich | Posted 01.22.2012

Regina Weinreich

A film set in India recreating a classic American Rogers & Hammerstein musical set in Austria. In the heat of lower class neighborhoods of Mumbai, "Climb Every Mountain" takes on new meaning.

Lucas Kavner

The West Memphis 3 Reunite In New York City

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 12.11.2011

After serving over 18 years in prison for the murders of three boys in West Memphis, Ark., Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley -- or th...

Happy Endings at HBO: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Regina Weinreich | Posted 12.11.2011

Regina Weinreich

For documentary filmmakers, it doesn't get better than this: having your work bring about change.

Remembering 9/11: Portraits of Resilience

Regina Weinreich | Posted 11.11.2011

Regina Weinreich

You could feel the weight of the occasion at the Milk Gallery in the Meatpacking District on Thursday night, the site of a portrait exhibition and screening of a documentary marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Gloria: In Her Own Words -- A Life in Activism

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.15.2011

Marcia G. Yerman

Why did Gloria Steinem evolve into a symbol of so much to so many? It's impossible to know. She became a vessel through which some women discovered themselves, their potential, and the strength to advocate for their own truths.

Gloria Steinem on Michele Bachmann and the Women's Movement

Regina Weinreich | Posted 10.14.2011

Regina Weinreich

For a public person, Gloria Steinem, 77, the writer and activist who is for many people the face of feminism, knows how to get up close and personal.

Worlds of Pain: From Wartorn to Tiny Furniture

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011

Erica Abeel

Both films deal with pain, but virtually issuing from different planets. In Wartorn it's distress of the suicide-inducing variety. In Tiny Furniture it's privileged misery -- the romantic humiliation of a plumpish young woman.

Boy Interrupted: Interview with Filmmaker Dana Perry

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Regina Weinreich

The documentary film Boy Interrupted not only tells the story of a 15-year-old's death by suicide, but it also tells the story of a mother's anguish dealing with her son's lifelong disease of bipolar mental disorder.

Doc Director Megan Mylan Brings Smile Pinki to the World

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Balfour

The story behind the making of this year's winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary Short -- Smile Pinki -- is something of a fairy tale equal to the story within the film.

Trapped in Section 60: an Interview with the Directors of "Section 60: Arlington Nation Cemetery"

Katie Halper | Posted 05.25.2011

Katie Halper

Matt O'Neill: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have become the background noise in this presidential election. No one is paying attention right now.