Jon Alpert

Jon Alpert

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jon Alpert (born c. 1948) is an American journalist and documentary filmmaker, known for his use of a cinéma vérité approach in his films. A native of Port Chester, New York, Alpert is a 1970 graduate of Colgate University, and has a black belt in karate. Alpert has traveled widely as an investigative journalist, and has made films for NBC, PBS, and HBO. Over the course of his career, he has won 15 Emmy Awards and three DuPont-Columbia Awards. He has been nominated for a 2010 Academy Award in the category of Best Documentary, Short Subject for China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province. He has reported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Iran, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Cuba, China, and Afghanistan. In 1972, Alpert and his wife, Keiko Tsuno, founded the Downtown Community Television Center, one of the country's first community media centers. He has interviewed Fidel Castro several times, and was one of the few Western journalists to have conducted a videotaped interview with Saddam Hussein since the Persian Gulf War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Alpert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Jon Alpert
  • Popularity: 0.723
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1948-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Port Chester, New York, USA
  • Homepage: http://www.dctvny.org/
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Jon Alpert Movies

  • 1989
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    One Year in a Life of Crime

    One Year in a Life of Crime

    6.8 1989 HD

    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 by...

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  • 2017
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    Cuba and the Cameraman

    Cuba and the Cameraman

    7.5 2017 HD

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

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  • 1995
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    High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

    High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

    6.7 1995 HD

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

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  • 1974
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    Cuba: The People, Part I

    Cuba: The People, Part I

    1 1974 HD

    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...

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  • 1974
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    Cuba: The People, Part I

    Cuba: The People, Part I

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    Cuba: The People, Part I

    Cuba: The People, Part I

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Philippines: Life, Death and Revolution

    The Philippines: Life, Death and Revolution

    1 1986 HD

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  • 2010
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    Wartorn: 1861-2010

    Wartorn: 1861-2010

    5.9 2010 HD

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  • 1998
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    Life of Crime 2

    Life of Crime 2

    7 1998 HD

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  • 1998
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    Life of Crime 2

    Life of Crime 2

    7 1998 HD

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  • 1998
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    Life of Crime 2

    Life of Crime 2

    7 1998 HD

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  • 2013
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    Redemption

    Redemption

    6.3 2013 HD

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  • 2021
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    Life of Crime: 1984-2020

    Life of Crime: 1984-2020

    8.2 2021 HD

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  • 2010
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    No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike

    No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike

    5.7 2010 HD

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  • 2006
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    Baghdad ER

    Baghdad ER

    7.3 2006 HD

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  • 2021
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    Life of Crime: 1984-2020

    Life of Crime: 1984-2020

    8.2 2021 HD

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  • 1998
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    A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back

    A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back

    1 1998 HD

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  • 2010
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    No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike

    No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike

    5.7 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike

    No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike

    5.7 2010 HD

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  • 2007
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    Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq

    Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq

    6.4 2007 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Latin Explosion: A New America

    The Latin Explosion: A New America

    8.1 2015 HD

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  • 2012
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    In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution

    In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution

    6 2012 HD

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  • 2009
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    China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province

    China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province

    6.6 2009 HD

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  • 1994
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    Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

    Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

    5.2 1994 HD

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  • 1994
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    Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

    Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

    5.2 1994 HD

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  • 2007
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    Addiction

    Addiction

    5.3 2007 HD

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  • 1978
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    Healthcare: Your Money or Your Life

    Healthcare: Your Money or Your Life

    1 1978 HD

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  • 2016
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    Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution

    Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution

    4.5 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    Banking on Bitcoin

    Banking on Bitcoin

    6.33 2016 HD

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  • 2008
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    Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery

    Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery

    5.5 2008 HD

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  • 2007
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    Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story

    Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story

    7 2007 HD

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  • 2017
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    Rock and a Hard Place

    Rock and a Hard Place

    6.2 2017 HD

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  • 1989
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    One Year in a Life of Crime

    One Year in a Life of Crime

    6.8 1989 HD

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  • 1998
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    Life of Crime 2

    Life of Crime 2

    7 1998 HD

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  • 2017
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    Cuba and the Cameraman

    Cuba and the Cameraman

    7.5 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Cuba and the Cameraman

    Cuba and the Cameraman

    7.5 2017 HD

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  • 2006
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    Baghdad ER

    Baghdad ER

    7.3 2006 HD

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  • 2018
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    All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers

    All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers

    5 2018 HD

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  • 1987
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    The Story of Junkie Junior

    The Story of Junkie Junior

    7 1987 HD

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  • 1995
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    High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

    High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

    6.7 1995 HD

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  • 1995
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    High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

    High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

    6.7 1995 HD

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  • 1995
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    High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

    High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

    6.7 1995 HD

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  • 2008
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    Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana

    Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana

    4.8 2008 HD

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  • 2019
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    Finding the Way Home

    Finding the Way Home

    5 2019 HD

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  • 2019
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    Finding the Way Home

    Finding the Way Home

    5 2019 HD

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  • 2002
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    Papa

    Papa

    6 2002 HD

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  • 2008
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    Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery

    Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery

    5.5 2008 HD

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  • 2008
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    Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery

    Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery

    5.5 2008 HD

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  • 2007
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    Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq

    Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq

    6.4 2007 HD

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  • 2019
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    Finding the Way Home

    Finding the Way Home

    5 2019 HD

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  • 2017
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    Cuba and the Cameraman

    Cuba and the Cameraman

    7.5 2017 HD

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  • 2002
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    Papa

    Papa

    6 2002 HD

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  • 1989
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    One Year in a Life of Crime

    One Year in a Life of Crime

    6.8 1989 HD

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  • 2007
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    Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq

    Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq

    6.4 2007 HD

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  • 1980
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    Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive

    Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive

    10 1980 HD

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  • 2008
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    Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana

    Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana

    4.8 2008 HD

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  • 2008
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    Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana

    Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana

    4.8 2008 HD

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