Sheila Nevins

director of “The ABCs of Book Banning”

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Former news producer who was hired as HBO’s Director of Documentaries in 1979.  Since then, she has presided over projects that have won 34 prime-time Emmy awards, 37 news and documentary Emmys, 15 Oscars, and 25 Peabodys

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“The ABCs of Book Banning” is an Oscar-nominated short documentary about the recent push by conservative states and school districts to ban books about race and gender identity on…

Reading is freedom of speech, says ‘ABCs of Book Banning’ director

“The ABCs of Book Banning” is an Oscar-nominated short documentary about the recent push by conservative states and school districts to ban books about race and gender identity on…

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Sheila Nevins has been president of HBO Documentary Films for three decades, she’s won 32 Primetime Emmys and 26 Oscars.

HBO's Sheila Nevins on having power in a man's world

Sheila Nevins has been president of HBO Documentary Films for three decades, she’s won 32 Primetime Emmys and 26 Oscars.

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