I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here: x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

If you’re curious about that Cory Booker guy who just broke the record for longest filibuster in history, here’s his Oscar-nominated origin story for free (limited time). m.youtube.com/watch?v=cZi_q9…

Huge crowds in the streets here in Durham NC. Defending American values against Trump/Musk’s attacks. #handsoff

Thrilled to find out that PHOTOGRAPHER -- the Disney+/ Hulu /National Geographic series I worked on -- was nominated for a Peabody Awards! I loved getting to direct HIDDEN WONDERS, an episode about amazing science photographer Anand Varma. Teaser here: youtube.com/watch?v=E0pcv2…

Countries that recognize Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea: Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Syria, Afghanistan, North Korea. The US State Dept site (for now): "The US govt recognizes Crimea is part of Ukraine; it does not & will not recognize the purported annexation of Crimea."

So yesterday the doc I directed about photographer Anand Varma was nominated for an News/Doc Emmy, and the series won a Peabody—but as my daughter quickly pointed out, I shouldn’t get a big head bc the Peabody announcement spelled my name wrong…!

Film editors: Be warned…! (Has anyone actually used this? Im curious to know how it works in real life…) m.youtube.com/watch?v=ydDRb_…

Sharpe James RIP nytimes.com/2025/05/12/nyr…

20 year anniversary screening of Street Fight at Tribeca!

This is one of those before/after hinge moments in human history. There should be ticker tape parades and church bells ringing everywhere. nytimes.com/2025/05/15/hea…

If you were thinking of skipping protests today, just take a look at the headlines and remember…

Blocks and blocks of New Yorkers out in the rain to speak up for real American values.

Great time w ⁦Cory Booker⁩ at ⁦⁦Tribeca⁩ 20th Anniversary screening of Street Fight. Distressing though that stuff that seemed shocking in Newark 20 yrs ago—officials shaking down businesses, flooding the zone w lies, etc.— are commonplace from today’s White House

Great time at the News and Doc Emmys last night. Didn’t take home the hardware but enjoyed celebrating the nomination with Anand Varma and Brent Kunkle of our doc about Anand’s amazing photography- Hidden Wonders - on Nat Geo/Disney+.

If you haven’t called your Senators/Congr to oppose this bill, now is the time. It’s about to pass— and it’s terrible on healthcare, terrible on energy, terrible on taxes, terrible on jobs —and somehow still manages to blow up the debt by more than any budget in US history!

Public media is like clean air. You don’t know how important it is to a healthy cultural environment until it’s gone. newsweek.com/trump-administ…

We’re celebrating 100 years of The The New Yorker with an exclusive screening of Netflix’s “The New Yorker at 100,” introduced by David Remnick. It’ll be followed by a conversation with Marshall Curry and Judd Apatow, hosted by jelani cobb. Buy tickets now: newyorkerfest.visitlink.me/p-yIuY

Smart. Brave. Kind.

Trailer just dropped for my new doc about The New Yorker magazine. A celebration of the difficult — and besieged— work of fact-based journalism.