AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We look now at a short new documentary about the death penalty that began when a ...

EXCLUSIVE: MTV Documentary Films’ Oscar-contender I Am Ready, Warden, directed by Smriti Mundhra, will premiere on Paramount+ November 22. The short documentary, about a death row inmate seeking the ...

LOS ANGELES, CA – Indian American filmmaker Smriti Mundhra has earned an Academy Award nomination for her documentary short film I Am Ready, Warden, which has been shortlisted in the Best Documentary ...

“I am ready to go. I am ready, Warden.” These were the last words of death row inmate John Henry Ramirez shortly before his execution in the Polunsky Unit of the Department of Criminal Justice in ...

When the end credits rolled on I Am Ready, Warden at the Austin Short Film Festival, the entire audience seemed to exhale in unison. The short documentary, now streaming on Paramount+, chronicles the ...

“We didn’t want to make a film that was anywhere close to a ‘true crime’ documentary,” said producer Maya Gnyp. “From the very beginning, it’s clear that John did commit this crime.” Days after ...

Here are a few key highlights to round things out about the Meralta Films, MTV Documentary Films documentary flick. I Am Ready, Warden starring John Henry Ramirez, Aaron Castro, Jan Trujillo, Mark ...

"I am ready to go. I am ready, Warden." These were the last words of death row inmate John Henry Ramirez shortly before his execution in the Polunsky Unit of the Department of Criminal Justice in ...