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Season 1 – The New Yorker Presents

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The New Yorker magazine celebrates the arts with a blend of documentaries, poetry and animation.
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The New Yorker Presents — Season 1

The New Yorker Presents — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Though it can never live up to its parent publication in terms of purpose and cachet, many of the segments in The New Yorker Presents are classy, polished, and culturally educational.

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Euan Ferguson Guardian 02/22/2016
As with the New Yorker itself, you will be torn between the utters of captivation and boredom. Go to Full Review David Sims The Atlantic 02/17/2016
Its highs are investigative journalism at its very best, work that's strong enough to justify future seasons... If viewers stumble upon a segment that lags-well, that's what the fast-forward button is for. Go to Full Review Nick Allen RogerEbert.com 02/15/2016
Guided by its values and standards, the publication continues to be a leader and succeeds with such a challenge. Go to Full Review Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media 04/19/2016
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Iconic magazine successfully puts content in video form. Go to Full Review Rob Lowman Los Angeles Daily News 02/16/2016
Watching the series is a bit like skipping through the magazine - a little of this, a little of that, always interesting. Go to Full Review Roger Catlin rogercatlin.com 02/16/2016
Now comes The New Yorker Presents in which a series of very well produced short documentary reports and profiles are interspersed with less successful depictions of the creations of a few of their single panel cartoons. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/17/2020 Sooo good! Different and unique! See more Read all reviews
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Edwidge Danticat

Narrator

Jesse Moss

Guest

Courtney Barnett

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Murray Bartlett

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Eugene Jarecki

Guest

Liv Collins

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Feb 16, 2016 Episode 1 Filmmaker Alex Gibney tells how the FBI could have prevented the 9/11 attacks; Paul Giamatti plays 19th-century French author Honore de Balzac; patients with "The Truman Show" delusion believe their lives are being watched on TV. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 16, 2016 Episode 2 Filmmaker Steve James profiles two young bull riders; writer Edwidge Danticat looks at racist violence in America through art; writer Nick Paumgarten on the closure of the Revel casino in Atlantic City; cartoons by Roz Chast and Liana Finck. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 16, 2016 Episode 3 Filmmaker Jonathan Demme profiles biologist Tyrone Hayes; writer Ariel Levy interviews artist Marina Abramovic; a sketch from Simon Rich and Alan Cumming; a poem written by Matthew Dickman; cartoons by Emily Flake. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 22, 2016 Episode 4 Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams profiles Cassandro, the flamboyant gay star of Mexican wrestling; Michael Seidenberg operated a secret bookstore in a Manhattan apartment before getting an eviction notice. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 22, 2016 Episode 5 Filmmaker Lucy Walker profiles renegade chef Craig Thornton; chef Charles Gabriel is an uptown institution; director Janicza Bravo gives us the recipe for a dinner gone wrong. Details Episode 6 Aired Mar 1, 2016 Episode 6 An ordinary woman meets a movie star during an airplane flight; the unique light of Los Angeles; the epidemic of mass incarceration in the United States. Details Episode 7 Aired Mar 1, 2016 Episode 7 Filmmaker Dawn Porter follows a dedicated nurse working with some of the poorest families in America; acclaimed singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett has a photography show at a Manhattan gallery. Details Episode 8 Aired Mar 8, 2016 Episode 8 Filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman profile apostate preacher Rob Bell; puppeteer Basil Twist; profile of Bill Murray; Charles Grodin and John Turturro play a therapist and a patient who wants to end therapy. Details Episode 9 Aired Mar 8, 2016 Episode 9 Filmmakers Chapman Way and Maclain Way profile master thief Blane Nordahl; writer Nick Paumgarten explains why life as we know it depends on elevators; the artist called Tom of Finland changed the image of gay men forever. Details Episode 10 Aired Mar 15, 2016 Episode 10 Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki explores Cuba; members of the Society of Professional Investigators gather for a monthly dinner; Pulitzer-winning composer John Luther Adams. Details Episode 11 Aired Mar 15, 2016 Episode 11 Filmmaker Jesse Moss' documentary on the police department in Albuquerque, where 28 civilians have been killed by cops since 2010; Kenny R. Burck, the father of the Naked Cowboy; preserving the culture and language of the Inupiat tribe. Details

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Season Info

Director
Jyllian Gunther, Blair Foster, Chapman Way, Jesse Moss, Steve James, Eugene Jarecki, Maclain Way, Ryan Miller, Roger Ross Williams, Dawn Porter
Executive Producer
Alex Gibney, Dave Snyder, Dawn Ostroff, Kahane Cooperman, Jyllian Gunther, Henry Finder, Roger Ross Williams, Michael Klein
Screenwriter
Naomi McDougall Jones, Eugene Jarecki
Network
Prime Video
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date
Feb 16, 2016