James Gandolfini's Other Work: Wartorn 1861-2010

Executive produced by James Gandolfini, Wartorn draws on personal stories of American soldiers whose lives and psyches were torn asunder by the horrors of battle, from the Civil War through today’s conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
 

Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong

Marvin Zalman Proving Innocence
The cumulative effect of Convicting the Innocent is stunning. Almost all of the 250 DNA exonerations occurred in murder or rape cases. Murder and rape amounts to less than 1% of all felony convictions. The errors typically flowed not from malicious motives but from the normal cognitive biases that lead detectives and prosecutors to be convinced that they have the right person. The result must be thousands of erroneous guilty pleas and trial convictions each year.

The Great Gandolfini

Tom Carson The American Prospect
James Gandolfini's genius was his knack for humanizing but not sentimentalizing his tough guy characters.

Flashmob Carmina Burana

The Vienna Volksopera gives a special public performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. The performance is uniquely athletic, spontaneous and energetic.

'No, I'm Not Going to the World Cup'

This video was recorded right before the recent protests started, but with all of this going on, it becomes even more evident that the World Cup and the Olympics should not be Brazil's priority. 

Friday Nite Videos -- June 21, 2013

Portside
Why the World Cup should not be Brazil's priority. Flashmob Carmina Burana. John Oliver, immigration and pro wrestling. Gandolfini's other work: Wartorn. Movie: How to Make Money Selling Drugs. Dance-off at the office.