The anti-death-penalty activist behind Susan Sarandon's Oscar-winning role is the subject of this documentary from Dominic Sivyer. By Caryn James Sister Helen Prejean is best known as the inspiration ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Variety has unveiled that Universal Pictures Content Group and Passion Pictures recently wrapped production on a brand new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many Americans first learned about Sister Helen Prejean, the Catholic nun and prominent death penalty abolitionist, through the ...

Universal Pictures Content Group and Passion Pictures have wrapped on a new documentary about the nun who inspired 1995 Oscar-winning hit “Dead Man Walking,” Variety can exclusively confirm. Titled ...

"She's been inspirational to me," the Oscar winner tells PEOPLE about the famed death penalty abolitionist Richard Sweeney Susan Sarandon will always answer Sister Helen Prejean’s calls, especially ...

There are 21 states in the U.S. that employ the death penalty. In the view of New Orleanian Sister Helen Prejean, that’s 21 states too many. A new documentary, “Rebel Nun,” coming to the New Orleans ...

The documentary, titled Rebel Nun, is directed by Dominic Sivyer and will take the audience behind the scenes of Sister Helen's life. It includes unseen archive footage, interviews with key people ...