Jon Alpert Movies

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 17,000 men and women...

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

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...

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

A rare look inside Cuba’s LGBT community, this compelling film follows the efforts of Mariela Castro, daughter of President Raúl Castro,...

People with disabilities are the largest minority in the United States (57 million people) and in Russia (13 million people). This film follows the...

The first American television crew to be allowed into Cuba since the 1959 revolution, DCTV toured the country for six weeks to produce this candid...

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

A classic exposé on the disparity of health care services for the rich and poor in America, this incisive investigative report exemplifies the...