Press Play with Madeleine Brand
'Heaven Knows What'
A tough new cinema-veritéfilm opened this past weekend. Heaven Knows What is about a young heroin addict trying to survive on the streets of New York. The film is fiction, but just barely. It stars a young woman named Arielle Holmes, who was homeless and an addict in real life.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readA tough new cinema-veritéfilm opened this past weekend. Heaven Knows What is about a young heroin addict trying to survive on the streets of New York. The film is fiction, but just barely. It stars a young woman named Arielle Holmes, who was homeless and an addict in real life. We hear from the filmmakers who discovered Holmes on the streets when she was 19.
The full episode
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Informant Scandal in the O.C., 'Heaven Knows What' and 'San Andreas'- 0:00O.C. Snitch Scandal
- 10:30The Ethics and Pitfalls of Using Jailhouse Informants
- 19:15'Heaven Knows What'You’re reading this
- 36:04Friday Film: 'San Andreas' and Hollywood's Love of Destroying Los Angeles
The full episode
3 of 4Informant Scandal in the O.C., 'Heaven Knows What' and 'San Andreas'- 0:00O.C. Snitch Scandal
- 10:30The Ethics and Pitfalls of Using Jailhouse Informants
- 19:15'Heaven Knows What'You’re reading this
- 36:04Friday Film: 'San Andreas' and Hollywood's Love of Destroying Los Angeles