Jon Alpert

A look at the distressing circumstances for millions of children living in orphanages and other institutions around the world as J.K. ...

This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected by his policies over the last four decades.

A look at the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Boot Camp Program, which allows young inmates undergo a strict six-week course in ...

With more than 50 million Latinos now living in the United States, Latinos are taking their seat at the table as the new American power brokers ...

Redemption is a documentary about New York City’s canners – the men and women who survive by redeeming bottles and cans they collect ...

With footage shot in the center of Egypt’s Tahrir Square from the beginning of the battles to the climax of the celebration, audiences ...

With suicide rates among active military servicemen and veterans currently on the rise, this documentary brings urgent attention to the invisible ...

On May 12, 2008, a catastrophic earthquake hit Sichuan Province in rural China, killing nearly 70,000 people, including 10,000 children. In town ...

It has been called “the saddest acre in America.” It is also one of the most sacred. Section 60 in Arlington National Cemetery is the ...

In a war that has left more than 25,000 wounded, ALIVE DAY MEMORIES: HOME FROM IRAQ looks at a new generation of veterans. Executive Producer ...

Assembled by some of the nation’s top documentary filmmakers, this centerpiece film in HBO’s ‘Addiction’ campaign ...

Produced and directed by 11-time Emmy Award-winner Jon Alpert, this 64-minute verite documentary takes an unforgettable look inside the 86th ...

This is Jon Alpert’s portrait of his father’s struggles with growing old and nearing the end of life.

This follow-up to the 1989 documentary ONE YEAR IN A LIFE OF CRIME revisits three of the original subjects in New Jersey during a five-year ...

The University of Tennessee lady volunteer basketball team is followed during their 1996 season.

Documents 18 months in the lives of three crack addicts in Lowell, Massachusetts.

If you’re arrested in New York City and can’t make bail, you’ll be sent to Rikers Island — a mammoth holding facility for ...

Their job is stealing, their lives a cruel dead end. Director Jon Alpert takes his cameras undercover for this hard-hitting look at men who live ...

Junior Rios started using heroin when he was 15. At age 29, Junior is a father of three. To support his $200-a-day heroin habit, he scours the ...

The stories of six “ordinary” people who live or work along New York City’s Third Avenue, which runs for sixteen miles through ...