we are with two great journalists, rick rowley and jeremy scahill. , a long time "democracy now!" correspondent and national security correspondent for "the nation." rick rowley, a filmmaker, a videographer, has been in iraq and afghanistan for many years. that put together this film, "dirty wars: the world is a battlefield." it has premiered here. i want to talk about m somalia talkali, but let's start with a clip. >> will discovered in somalia was the u.s. for years had been outsourcing its kill list in somalia to local warlords. in our film, you need to of those warlords. one of them was protecting people who were on the u.s. kill list, an ally of the al qaeda and al-shabab figures within somalia and has flipped and is now working with the u.s.. here we meet the stentorious warlord who's working on the side of the west. ♪ >> in an earlier life, he had been in the americas enemy offering help for those on the kill list. now he was on the u.s. payroll and assumed the title of general. he is in the fiercest fighting is happening right here. -- he is s

rick rowley and jeremy scahill's found, "30 juÁrez" wins best cinematography. >> the first american theyhad seen since americans killed half their family. they invited us in and share the most difficult time of their life with us because we promised we would do everything we could to make their story heard in america. i have to think sundance for letting us keep that promise. >> today's exclusive, extended broadcast interview about "running from crazy" about mariel hemingway. >> i think for me who has been running from crazy my whole life to realize that is not a choice for me, even though i have had suicidal thoughts in the past, it was so clear it is not acceptable in my life. which was a wonderful kind of realization. >> we speak with mariel hemingway and two-time oscar- winning filmmaker barbara kopple about the hemingway family history of mental illness and the suicides of seven relatives, including her sister, super model margaux, and her father ernest hemingway. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. t

that was jeremy scahill who co- wrote this documentary with their broker.his as an example of how a film incubates and how remarkable this film is. this week there have been as many drone strikes and as many days, on inauguration day itself, u.s. drone attacks, five. this is what he takes on along with jsoc. >> the producers of this took this found to meet early on in said, we want to do this. so many of us know jeremy's work. his a from a nomina he is a phenomenal reporter. we funded them very early on to go and find the story and understand how jeremy himself could become a character and his own story and recreate in a way that are the course of the 75 minutes you watch the film, it is a journey of a lifetime that jeremy has gone through and sort of create a portrait that is so human around international issues that people do not understand. that 75 minutes, people walked out of the feeder absolutely transformed to. i have never seen a film screen as sundance were people are so stunned that nobody claps when the first credit comes up. at the end, they jus

to see our full interview with rick rowley and jeremy scahill and other sundance interviews, visit democracynow.org. yes, this is "democracy now!" we go to a break and then come back with mariel hemingway. stay with us. >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we turn now to today's interview, we have just returned from the sundance film festival in park city, utah, with a new documentary "running from crazy premier. it follows the granddaughter of the great novelist ernest hemingway, mariel hemingway, focusing on her family's history of mental illness and suicide of seven relatives including her sister margo, the super model, and her grandfather, earnest. in the film, she opens up about how she put her own depression and suicidal thoughts behind her. the film is directed by two-time oscar-winning filmmaker barbara kopple, the first film she ever made alone, to cut carbon county usa" won an oscar in 1977. i sat down with barbara kopple and last mariel hemingway to get the sundance film festival. first, let's go back to 1954, an excerpt of the late

we will be joined by jeremy scahill. just a bit at the film festival colorado "dirty wars." it has created quite a buzz about the secret wars, particularly under the obama administration. we will talk about drones and targeted killings. but right now, we are in washington, d.c., the inauguration ceremony will begin in some 50 minutes. we're joined now by professor clarence lusane who is going to take us on a walking tour to washington, d.c., and through history. his book is called, "the black history of the white house." president obama made history four years ago when he became the first african-american president the history of african-americans in the white house did not begin with president obama. the first person of african descent to enter the presidential home was most likely a slave. washington, d.c. once hosted markets were human beings were sold for profit. the products of that system include some of the city's most famous landmarks. today president obama will recite the oath of office on the steps of the build