Richard Lowe
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Biography
Richard Lowe is a producer, director and editor in documentary film and television.
Known For

This documentary chronicles renaissance man Gordon Parks’ stellar career from staff photographer for LIFE magazine, through his artistic development photographing everyday Americans, through his evolution as a novelist and groundbreaking filmmaker.
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

This documentary looks at the factors that led to the 2008 financial crisis and the efforts made by then Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President Timothy Geithner, and Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke to save the United States from an economic collapse.
Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis

President Obama speaks to 'VICE' about the post-election political climate and the fierce partisan fighting that dominated his Presidency.
VICE Special Report: A House Divided

The film documents the development of hip hop culture since its inception in the 1970s. With interviews from various figures in the community such as Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, Fab 5 Freddy, KRS-One, MC Hammer and Busy Bee.
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

A look at the rise of crack cocaine in urban America in the 1980s and its influence on popular culture, especially in hip-hop music.
Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation

Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers his timely and invaluable insights into the country’s current political and historical moment by examining its past. Based on his 2018 bestseller of the same name.
The Soul of America

A Civil Rights icon shares his remarkable path from pastor to MLK's ally, congressman, UN Ambassador, and Atlanta mayor, revealing the gritty realities of fighting for social change across decades of American history.
Andrew Young: The Dirty Work

This documentary examines the fraught relationship between African Americans and the police, often rife with tension, fear, suspicion and hostility on all sides. Framed by some of the most recent conflicts between Black Americans and police officers, which garnered national media attention, the film traces the country’s complex racial history that set the path for policing in Black communities and fuels the ongoing conflict between African American communities and law enforcement.
Sound of the Police

"Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags" brings to life the vibrant, unexpected history of the Garment District, which for many years was the heart and soul of Midtown Manhattan, but is now in danger of disappearing. For thousands of immigrants the garment industry was a path to their American Dream, but today most of those jobs are gone.
Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags
Along with the trip to an Oklahoma federal prison with Obama, Fixing the System takes an in-depth look at all the interlocking pieces of the complicated criminal justice system, from prisoners and their families to the judiciary and community reformers.
VICE Special Report: Fixing the System

Reflecting on personal losses to cancer, Shane Smith explores the world of viral treatments for cancer. The report delves into the world of measles, the common cold, and HIV as possible cures with mind-blowing results.
VICE Special Report: Killing Cancer

The next Industrial Revolution is upon us, and scientists, entrepreneurs and policymakers are warning of an imminent paradigm shift in the future of work. In partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations, VICE talks to industry leaders and laborers to learn how radical developments in automation and artificial intelligence are set to change the world of work as we know it.