Sheila Nevins Movies

In October 2006, 25 artists came together to paint Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The result was a collection of vastly different images...

In this 80-minute documentary, three 10-year-old children leave their native countries to participate in one of the Islamic world’s most famous...

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

For over 60 years, Studs Terkel elevated the voices and experiences of everyday Americans through his skillful interviews on radio, in books and on...

This insightful Home Box Office documentary profiles some American children afflicted with Tourette's syndrome -- a hereditary neurological disorder...

One in four women experience violence in their homes. Have you ever asked, “Why doesn't she just leave?” Private Violence shatters the...

Xiara Trujillo is a precocious seven-year-old who moved from the Bronx to Maryland with her mom, Aracelli Guzman, four years ago. Though she seems...

Alatha's father calls himself a Mover. Using African dance moves, he helps kids in Khayelitsha township to transcend their hardship (drugs, poverty...

Ten years ago, inspired by the teacher who inspired her, actor-comedian Rosie O’Donnell established a school, giving public school kids access...

Auto racing is an obsession in Anderson, Indiana. Even with local auto factories closing down and jobs being lost, the town's residents continue to...

Explores the realities of death-row inmates inside Huntsville (Texas) Unit, a prison with the highest number of executions in 1997. Features...

Does having a learning disability mean that you can’t learn? Eight children prove that the answer is a definitive 'No' in this documentary....

Pearl Randall, a 66-year-old widow, announces that she is planning to remarry, but her three grown children express conflicting emotions. Daughter...

To get to know the world he lives in, college kid Andrew Jenks doesn't take off to remote, exotic places with a backpack, but instead decides to go...

A documentary examining the end of live for five hospice patients and their families.

Enjoy lullabies heard around the world in this delightful, transporting mix of music and art.

Filmmaker Alan Berliner documents his first cousin, the poet-translator Edwin Honig, as he succumbs to Alzheimer's.

A candid portrayal of Lily Dale, a spiritualist community in upstate New York, where most of the town's residents are registered Mediums who...

From its beginning during the Reagan years through current times, the War on Drugs has left many victims stranded in the prison system. PRISONERS OF...

This is the story of a year in the life of one mother whose daily struggles illuminate the challenges faced by more than 42 million American women...