Sheila Nevins News

One in ten American children suffers from serious emotional disturbance and more than 17 million have experienced a psychiatric disorder. A DANGEROUS SON focuses primarily on three families in crisis, each struggling with a child's severe mental illness, desperately seeking treatment in the face of limited resources and support.

The Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, today announced the members of ten juries, which reflect the tone and texture of the annual cultural showcase, which celebrates storytelling in film, television, virtual reality, music and games. The jurors will be tasked with honoring the new works of emerging and established members of the creative community with unique art awards and cash prizes as they present their works at the annual Festival. Mirroring the breadth of Tribeca's programming, the team of jurors include acclaimed filmmakers, award-winning actors, noteworthy producers, and cultural leaders. The Festival takes place April 18-29 in New York City.

Documentary 'I Am Evidence,' Revealing the Shocking Number of Untested Rape Kits in America and Showing How Testing Them Can Lead to Solving Crimes, Debuts April 16 on HBO

Despite the power of DNA to solve crimes, hundreds of thousands of rape kits, containing crucial DNA evidence, are currently languishing untested in police-evidence storage rooms across the country. Behind each one of these kits is a sexual-assault survivor waiting for justice to be served, and a perpetrator potentially evading prosecution.

Today, Tina Brown Live Media and Women in the World announced the initial lineup of participants for the 9th annual Women in the World Summit held at Lincoln Center in New York City.  This year's Summit will open at the David H. Koch Theater on Thursday, April 12 and run to Saturday, April 14.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Hillary Clinton, Viola Davis, and Ronan Farrow will headline the 9th Women in the World Summit in New York. 

The 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, today announced its lineup of 55 diverse and engaging short films in competition, including 29 world premieres. The selected shorts include a cross-section of international and U.S. filmmakers and were curated from a record 4,754 submissions. For the second year running, 40% of the selections are directed by female filmmakers. The short films will be presented in 10 distinct competition programs, which consist of five narrative, three documentary, one animation, and one hybrid program. The program will also include special screenings and the 12th annual Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, sponsored by Mohegan Sun. The Shorts Film program, sponsored by Nutella®, runs throughout the Festival, April 18-29.

When Shandling passed away in 2016, he was widely remembered as a top stand-up comic and the star of two of the most innovative sitcoms in TV history. But to those who knew him, the “real” Garry Shandling was a far more complex person. Now, Apatow has created a remarkable portrait of this iconic comedian in the four-and-a-half-hour documentary THE ZEN DIARIES OF GARRY SHANDLING, which debuts in two parts MONDAY, MARCH 26 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) and TUESDAY, MARCH 27 (8:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

'Arthur Miller: Writer,' An Intimate Portrait of the Playwright by His Daughter, Rebecca Miller, Debuts 3/19 on HBO

One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as “Death of a Salesman” and “The Crucible,” which continue to move audiences around the world today. He also made headlines for being targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee at the height of the McCarthy Era and entering into a tumultuous marriage with Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe.

In 2015, African-American schoolteacher Breaion King was stopped for a minor traffic violation in Austin, Texas - and what should have been a routine encounter quickly escalated into a harrowing arrest that was captured in detail by police dash cams.

When ten-year-old Elliott asks his 90-year-old great-grandfather, Jack, about the number tattooed on his arm, he sparks an intimate conversation about Jack's life that spans happy memories of childhood in Poland, the loss of his family, surviving Auschwitz and finding a new life in America.

When ten-year-old Elliott asks his 90-year-old great-grandfather, Jack, about the number tattooed on his arm, he sparks an intimate conversation about Jack's life that spans happy memories of childhood in Poland, the loss of his family, surviving Auschwitz and finding a new life in America.

Documentary ATOMIC HOMEFRONT Debuts 2/13 on HBO

Documentary The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling Debuts 3/26 and 3/27 on HBO

Directed and produced by Emmy winner Amy Schatz, the short film THE NUMBER ON GREAT-GRANDPA'S ARM weaves in haunting historical footage and hand-painted animation to tell a heartbreaking story of Jewish life in Eastern Europe before and during the Holocaust.

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present its 8th Annual Visionary Leadership Award to celebrated poet Claudia Rankine, recipient of a 2016 MacArthur Foundation Genius Fellowship, at an Award Luncheon and Ceremony on Thursday, March 8 at 12:00 PM at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale (155 Temple Street).

Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller have been named executive vice presidents of HBO Documentary and FamilyProgramming, it was announced today by Casey Bloys, president, HBO programming.

15: A QUINCEA ERA STORY will be available on HBO and HBO Latino beginning Today, December 19th. The film is directed by Thal a Sodi and Matthew O'Neill, created by Tommy Mottola and Thal a Sodi and executive produced by Tommy Mottola and Sheila Nevins.

15: A QUINCEA ERA STORY, a collection of four short documentary films, debuts TUESDAY, DEC. 19 (7:00-7:30 p.m. ET/PT), followed by a new film at the same time on successive nights DEC. 20, 21 and 22 simultaneously on HBO and HBO Latino.