Survivors of the Monterey Park Shooting Dance On

Three survivors who narrowly escaped the mass shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, Calif., reflect on life after tragedy as their community returns to the dance floor. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ---------- Whether it's reporting on conflicts abroad and...

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He Was Tased 7 Times in 15 Minutes While Restrained. Then He Died. Justice Never Came. | NYT Opinion

In 2018, Jerod Draper, a 40-year-old father in southern Indiana high on methamphetamines, was arrested during a traffic stop and locked in a cell at a county jail. Several hours later, the man died. Authorities did not immediately investigate the circumstances of Mr. Draper’s death. But in the Opinion Video above, the filmmaker Sam Mirpoorian examines...

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How a Violent Arrest Has School Police Under Scrutiny | NYT News

A Tennessee high school student was violently arrested after refusing to play kickball in gym class. Body camera footage has renewed scrutiny over the role of school police. Read the story here: http://bit.ly/3R9OjWS Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ---------- Whether it's reporting...

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How ‘Nanny’ Unleashes a Downpour in a Bedroom | Anatomy of a Scene

In the horror film “Nanny” (streaming on Amazon Prime Video), it’s not just the lead character’s stressful new job as a babysitter that is keeping her up at night. This scene from the film has Aisha (Anna Diop) staying overnight in the room that has been set up for her at her new employer’s home. At one point, she is awakened to a downpour of water...

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Why Saving Kids Is Bad Business in America | NYT Opinion

It’s happening again. Hospital I.C.U.s are swamped with patients suffering from severe respiratory illnesses. Overworked doctors and nurses are scrambling to save lives. Another surge of infections, another national health crisis. But this time it’s not just Covid-19. It’s respiratory syncytial virus and other viruses, too. And the patients now include...

Jan 2023

Exposing the Russian Military Unit Behind a Massacre in Bucha | Visual Investigations

We spent months in Ukraine, investigating who killed dozens of civilians along one street in Bucha, a normally quiet town on the outskirts of Kyiv. Our visual investigation unmasks the military unit responsible, using exclusive phone records, documents, interviews and thousands of hours of video. Read the story here: https://bit.ly/3jk1Jma Subscribe:...

Dec 2022

How ‘Bardo’ Turns Collapsing Into Choreography | Anatomy of a Scene

In one of the many ambitious scenes from “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (streaming on Netflix), the lead character, Silverio Gama (Daniel Giménez Cacho), comes across a woman who has collapsed on a Mexico City sidewalk. Most passers-by don’t seem to notice her. When someone asks if she is dead, she replies, “I’m not dead. I’m missing.”...

Dec 2022

What Happens to the Migrant Workers Who Built the World Cup? | NYT News

As the World Cup comes to a close, what will happen to the workers who helped Qatar make it possible? The small nation of Nepal has sent more workers to Qatar per capita than any other country. In the fall of 2022, The New York Times spoke to nearly three dozen Nepalis — current and former construction workers in Qatar and members of their families...

Dec 2022

Putin vs. the Priest: A Big Story About a Small Sermon | NYT Opinion

The Opinion video above tells the story of Father Ioann Burdin, a priest with the Russian Orthodox Church who ran afoul of his government soon after Russia invaded Ukraine. His crime? Well, we don’t want to spoil the plot for you. Suffice it to say, Father Ioann’s tale shows the hazards of following your moral compass in Vladimir Putin’s Russia....

Dec 2022

My Mom Has Two Sons: Me and a Squirrel | Op-Docs

During the summer of 2020, I returned home to Chicago during a break from my studies at the Lodz Film School in Poland. When I got there, my mother quietly walked me into a room where she gently pulled a strange, hairless creature out of a shoe box. It looked as if it had plummeted to earth from another planet. “He’s sleeping,” she whispered as she...

Dec 2022