A short documentary on the great American filmmaker Hal Ashby made after his death. Included in the “Coming Home” DVD extras.
When a Bridge Falls: Disaster in Minneapolis
The collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis in 2007 killed 13 people and focused attention on the state of bridges across the nation.
Alex Honnold Climbs 2,500 Foot Mountain Without a Rope
On January 15, 2014, Alex Honnold free-soloed El Sendero Luminoso (The Shining Path) in El Portrero Chico, Mexico in a little over 3 hours. The climb rises 2,500 feet to the summit of El Toro.
A Sharecropper’s Voice: Odell McNeal
Odell McNeal is interviewed about his days working as a sharecropper in Mississippi in the 1940s and 1950s. He breaks down when he tries to talk about how hard his mother worked to raise her family.
When Loud Music Turned Deadly
Short documentary from The New York Times’ Op-Doc series tells the story of a black teenager in Florida killed by a white man after an argument over loud music played in a gas station parking lot. The slain youth’s father…