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Articles by Reuben Atlas
The Rise and Fall of the National Tenants Union
In 1974, I worked as a legal services lawyer in New Jersey, as did my brother Ronnie, who was also a co-founder of the New Jersey Tenants Organization (NJTO) and the top aide to the mayor of Orange, New Jersey.
True Conviction | Detective Agency of Exonerated Men Helping the Wrongly Imprisoned | Independent Lens | PBS
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” - MLK There's a new detective agency in Dallas, run by three exonerated men who all spent decades in prison. Their mission: to free other innocent people still behind bars.
What Lies Upstream
In the unsettling exposé What Lies Upstream, investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to study the unprecedented loss of clean water for over 300,000 Americans in the 2014 Elk River chemical spill. There he uncovers a shocking failure of regulation from both state and federal agencies and a damaged political system where chemical companies often write the laws that govern them.
When God Sleeps | Rock-Doc About Iranian Musician Shahin Najafi Who Lives in Hiding | Independent Lens | PBS
Would you risk your life for what you believe in? When God Sleeps is a rap-punk-rock documentary about Iranian musician Shahin Najafi, who is forced into hiding after hardline clerics issue a fatwa for his death, incensed by a rap song that focuses on the oppression of women and human rights abuses. Risking his life every time he steps on a stage, Shahin refuses to stop performing.
Winnie | Film About Overshadowed South African Activist Winnie Mandela | Independent Lens | PBS
Most globally known as the wife of Nelson Mandela, the overshadowed Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most misunderstood and intriguing of contemporary female political figures. Her rise and seeming fall from grace in South Africa bear the hallmarks of epic tragedy.
The Force | Inside the Oakland Police Dept. During a Time of Upheaval | Independent Lens | PBS
At a powder keg moment in American policing, The Force presents a fly-on-the-wall look deep inside the long-troubled Oakland Police Department as it struggles to confront federal demands for reform, a popular uprising following events in Ferguson, Missouri, and an explosive sex scandal. MORE Filmmaker Pete Nicks embedded with the department over the course of two years to follow OPD’s serial efforts to recast itself.
Chasing Trane | Definitive Film Bio of Jazz Legend John Coltrane | Independent Lens | PBS
Film Credits Written and Directed by John Scheinfeld Produced by Spencer Proffer Produced by John Beug Produced by Scott Pascucci Produced by Dave Harding Edited and Co-Produced by Peter S.
The Witness Full Film
The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017. After Kitty Genovese was repeatedly attacked on a street in Queens, New York in 1964, The New York Times published a front-page story asserting that 38 witnesses watched her murder from their apartment windows and did nothing to help. Genovese's death quickly became a symbol of urban apathy. The Witness follows the efforts of her brother Bill as he uncovers the truth buried beneath the story.
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