Historian and Producer, 'The Document'
Mike Schlitt is a producer for The Document. An amateur historian who is traveling around the country throughout the 2016 presidential election, collecting voices and trying to find out what it means to be an American citizen today, he is also a contributor to Press Play.
Return to Rockford A filmmaker steps out from behind the camera to interview his mom about his family’s excruciating past.
Love Means Zero A Grand Slam of an interview with tennis coaching legend Nick Bollettieri. [Explicit Content]
Cuba and the Cameraman...and his Daughter The perks and perils of growing up in the family business, traveling the world and making documentary films.
Bad is Good A story about a Neil Simon play gone bad - and the documentary that was going to make everything better. [Explicit language]
Committed Brian Watts went to prison when he was 18. When he got out on parole, he was 42, and on a mission to find love - for the very first time.
Ministry of Presence How a minister who made the execution chamber his office changed his mind about the death penalty.
How 18th century Alien and Sedition Acts figure into today's politics The Alien and Sedition Acts were passed in the 18th century. One of them is still on the books and could be used to justify government discrimination against anyone it deems an “enemy.”
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross: "Variety's 2018 Music for Screens Summit" Elvis Mitchell in conversation with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, taped live at Neuehouse Hollywood.
‘A Private War’ director on whether the danger of war reporting is worth it What does it take to be a war correspondent? What kind of person is drawn to cover death and destruction? And does the reporting make any difference? They’re questions raised in “A Private War.” It stars Rosamund Pike as Marie Colvin, who’s covered atrocities in Sri Lanka, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria.
Jim Carrey’s cartoons, real estate love letters Jim Carrey is known as an actor and comedian, but in the last couple years he’s taken up political cartooning. He tells DnA about expressing his anti-Trump feelings through art. And buying a house in LA can be a competition. Can a personal letter to the seller give you a leg-up? The editor of “Dear Seller” shares stories of what prospective buyers write to land their dream house.
Downtown to get another Frank Gehry project and maybe a Jenga-like tower Construction cranes are omnipresent in downtown LA. But a couple of upcoming projects really have people talking. A long delayed Frank Gehry project across from the Walt Disney Concert Hall is moving forward. And renderings of a Jenga-like tower at Pershing Square, with cantilevered swimming pools jutting out from all sides, got a lot of buzz.