Sheila Nevins Movies

In Tel Aviv, activists gather weekly to demonstrate their opposition to the war in Gaza with a silent vigil for the children killed in Israeli...

37-year-old Sara Shahverdi, a motorcycle riding, land owning, former midwife-turned-fierce citizen advocate and recent divorcée, just won a...

Alexandra Pelosi looks at money in politics and interviews wealthy donors to Republican and Democratic parties to ask them about their contributions...

A Peabody Award-Winning film, Cancer: Evolution to Revolution, is a two-and-a-half hour special made for HBO looking at cancer at the end of 20th...

Outposts have become a major tool for taking control of land in the occupied West Bank and displacing Palestinian communities. These communities face...

A candid portrait of writer/director Nora Ephron, directed by her son, journalist Jacob Bernstein.

In recent years, more than 2,500 books have been removed from school districts around the US, labeled as banned, restricted, or challenged, and made...

Born into one of the wealthiest and best-known families in American history, Gloria Vanderbilt has lived in the public eye for more than 90 years,...

An intimate view of the women whose images have defined our sense of beauty over the past five decades. An uncensored look at many of the biggest...

Photographer Paul Fusco had a coveted place on the train carrying Robert Kennedy's body, with the assignment of covering the funeral -- but he ended...

In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He...

Paid 50 dollars for their time, 101 male prostitutes -- spanning all ages, ethnicities, and personal backgrounds -- are questioned by the filmmakers...

Russian activist Anastasia Shevchenko was kept under house arrest for two years for speaking out against the government. During that time, her young...

A woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country's harsh judicial system.

Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to...

Social media superstar Qandeel Baloch pushed boundaries in conservative Pakistan like no other. In 2016, high on her newfound celebrity, Qandeel...

Hollywoods biggest talents explore what is the recipe for blockbuster, flops, and how absolute happenstance and controlled luck can make movie magic.

The story of the evolution of a boy from Nebraska who became one of the most respected men in the world, and the heroes who helped guide him along...

Oliver Stone spends three days filming with Fidel Castro in Cuba, discussing an array of subjects with the president such as his rise to power,...

Based on Elizabeth Swados’ picture book of the same name, this animated short film charts one woman's struggle with depression.