Kevin McKiernan

A rookie NPR reporter on his first assignment, covering the armed occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota in 1973, is treated as the enemy and ultimately arrested by the FBI for defying a government news blackout to embed with militant Indians.

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Bringing King to China is a father's "love letter" to his adult daughter, a young American woman struggling to bring Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream of nonviolence to China, and then back to the United States.

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Journalist Kevin McKiernan's powerful film takes a close look at the Kurds, compelling and controversial subjects whose identities seem to shift depending on the loyalties of those viewing them. To some, they are heroes fighting to rebuild war-torn Iraq; to others, they are terrorists to be feared and loathed. What is the truth, and where do the answers lie? This provocative study earned Best Documentary honors at numerous film festivals.

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A documentary that highlights the deadly combination of sleep deprivation and long days of work, focusing on the American film industry.

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