Category: The Work

A feature-length documentary and proposed television series exploring the creative process and collaboration between musicians of different generations, backgrounds and musical styles. Featured musicians include Ron Carter, Steve Turre, Broun Fellinis, Tom Ze, Tortoise, Isotope 217, Pharoah Sanders and John Faddis. Directed by Michael Jordan.

FRONTLINE: Rollover: The Hidden History of the SUV examines whether America’s most popular vehicle may also be one of its most dangerous, and investigates why automakers and government regulators failed to do more to protect and inform American consumers. A co-production with Ark Media. Produced by Barak Goodman and Marc Shaffer.

Why does the 13th century Persian mystic Jelaluddin Rumi remain the bestselling poet in America? Featuring poetry and conversation with preeminent Rumi translator Coleman Barks, poet Robert Bly, Deepak Chopra, storyteller Michael Meade, mythologist Huston Smith and others. Musical performances by Grammy nominated artists Hamza El Din and Jai Uttal. Narrated by Academy award nominee Debra Winger. [...]

Neurosurgeon Dr. Jam Ghajar has a controversial technique he says is key to survival in the first week after major head trauma – but dangerously missing from standard procedure at some 70 percent of hospitals across the country. A co-production of WGBH/Nova and ABC News/PrimeTime Live. Produced by Linda Garmon.

https://youtu.be/x_k-AxfpcUE?si=7q5rlCzOJazll1X8 In 2023, there were 656 mass shootings in the United States. The one in Lewiston, Maine — where an Army reservist killed 18 people and wounded 13 — was the year’s deadliest. From the PBS investigative series FRONTLINE and its Local Journalism Initiative partners the Portland Press Herald and Maine Public, Breakdown in Maine examines a series of missteps by the military, local law [...]

Generation Z: Child Soldiers of the Zetas investigates a terrifying aspect of the drug wars that have raged along the US-Mexico border: the recruitment of child soldiers by the Zetas, the notoriously violent gang of ex-military commandos. For more than a decade, drug cartels have been battling for control of smuggling routes along the border. The violence [...]

https://vimeo.com/162981039 An intimate and stirring portrait of three men on the front-lines of power and race in America, IN AN IDEAL WORLD goes deep inside a California prison to explore — and honor — the human drama at the core of America’s locked down racial order. Shot over seven years with unlimited access, IN AN IDEAL [...]

Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness is a one-hour documentary about a town coming together to take action after anti-immigrant violence devastates the community. In 2008, a series of attacks against Latino residents of Patchogue, New York culminate with the murder of Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had lived in the Long Island village [...]

It’s an epidemic of what some call state-sanctioned torture in America: the solitary confinement of thousands of incarcerated teenagers, locked in cells the size of small bathrooms for up to 23 hours a day. ALONE: Teens in Solitary Confinement investigates New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex, where unconvicted teens often find themselves confined in ‘the box’ for [...]

While millions of Americans have been sheltering in place, FRONTLINE has been investigating the hidden toll of the pandemic of those who cannot stay home: Agricultural workers, many of whom are undocumented immigrants, who have been deemed essential to the nation’s food supply. In COVID’s Hidden Toll, numerous farmworkers speak out about their experiences of having to choose [...]