Projects
TURNING POINT: The Bomb and The Cold War (Netflix, 2024)
A nine-part Netflix documentary series (2024) that reveals the detailed history of how the United States built the Atom Bomb, then used it to attack Japan at the end of World War II, and the resulting arms race and Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union. Directed by Brian Knappenberger and produced by Luminant Media. Executive produced by Investigative Studios’ Founder & Emeritus Director Lowell Bergman and by Investigative Studios’ former executive director Jennifer Janisch and former board member Mohammed Ali Naqvi. Additional Reporting by Investigative Studios.
TURNING POINT: 9/11 AND THE WAR ON TERROR (NETFLIX, 2021)
This unflinching, five-part, Emmy-nominated Netflix series (2021) documents the 9/11 terrorist attacks, from Al Qaeda's roots in the 1980s to America's response, both at home and abroad. Directed by Brian Knappenberger and produced by Luminant Media. Executive produced by Investigative Studios' board members Lowell Bergman and Mohammed Ali Naqvi; and produced by Investigative Studios’ executive director Jennifer Janisch.
Agents of Chaos (HBO, 2020)
Agents of Chaos, a two-part documentary from director Alex Gibney and executive producer Lowell Bergman, examines Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The recipient of a Writers Guild of America award and two Emmy nominations, the film was a co-production between Gibney's Jigsaw Productions and Investigative Studios.
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (NETFLIX, 2020)
A six part docu-series based on in-depth reporting by Garrett Therolf, “Trials” began streaming on Netflix February 26, 2020.
The documentary series by director Brian Knappenberger examines the brutal death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez by his mother and her boyfriend, and the systemic failures by child protective workers to save him.
Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn?
This feature film, which premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival, is an intimate portrait of a deadly 2014 Navy helicopter crash that exposes how military, political and business leaders have failed our men and women in uniform. It is the first feature documentary produced by Investigative Studios, in association with the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.
More at: http://vandornmovie.com
Trafficked in America (PBS FRONTLINE, 2018)
Trafficked in America tells the inside story of Guatemalan teens forced to work against their will on an egg farm in Ohio. This investigation about labor trafficking exposes a criminal network that exploited undocumented minors, companies profiting from forced labor and the U.S. government’s role.
Rape on the Night Shift (PBS FRONTLINE, 2018)
Rape on the Night Shift presents an investigation into the sexual abuse of immigrant women who clean the malls where you shop, the banks where you do business and the offices where you work. Nominated for an Emmy award.