False Confessions Like Brendan Dassey's Are Common Among Exonerated Juveniles
Minors are psychologically susceptible to being coerced into false confessions and yet frequently interrogated without parents or lawyers around.
Documentary
A Quiet Hero of the 9/11 Attacks Speaks Out
Documentary recounts tale of Marine who braved rubble to rescue cops.
Joshua Oppenheimer's 'The Look of Silence' Confronts the Perpetrators of Genocide
An unforgettable documentary looks at the lasting scars of the Indonesian mass killings of 1965.
Snowden Documentary Director Sues to Find Out How She Ended Up on Watchlists
She was getting pulled aside and interrogated almost a decade before Citizenfour.
The 2000s Is Pinned Down by the Reality of a World Post-9/11
A look at the flotsam and jetsam of culture keeps floating back to the same dark places.
Sharks and Snarks: A Bland Cuban Documentary and Unfunny Noir Parody Inspire Shrugs
Don't expect a whole lot from Tiburones: Sharks of Cuba or The Spoils Before Dying.
Documentary Uniquely Nasty Chronicles the Government's Long and Cruel War Against Gay Rights
For decades, the feds would actively try to destroy the lives of homosexuals.
"Things like Silk Road that Help Erode the Horrendous Drug War will Continue to Change Policy on a Big Level." Alex Winter on his New Documentary Deep Web
The documentarian chronicles the rise, fall, and importance of Silk Road.
Everyone a War Correspondent
What happens when every participant in a war is busy framing it while fighting it?
John Milius, Hollywood Maverick
The lost bridge between the New Hollywood of the '70s and the anti-Communist flicks of the Reagan era
Errol Morris on Donald Rumsfeld, The Unknown Known, and Evidence-Based Journalism
"We're all morons" says the Oscar-winning filmmaker. And that's just the beginning of our problems.
Rodney King's Children
Human rights activist Sam Gregory on fighting oppression with video cameras
