Laura Hanna

Laura Hanna is a filmmaker who, with Astra Taylor, produces short-form documentaries for The Nation. Their New York-based production company, Hidden Driver, specializes in feature-length and short-form films focusing on intellectual, cultural and political issues

A California native, she has worked in all stages of production, as an editor, producer, sound recordist, post-production sound editor, mixer and designer. She is currently directing the documentary feature Megapolis.

Currently

  • A City Made of Waste

    January 29, 2009

    Architect Teddy Cruz investigates a new kind of urban ecology in Tijuana, where creative dwellings for the poor are being developed.

  • The Commons

    January 15, 2009

    In our imperfect world, only the lucky few have access to wealth and cultural riches. There is a better way: it's called The Commons.

2008

  • No Bailout!

    September 29, 2008

    A look at the passionate protests on Wall Street in opposition to the $700 billion bailout proposal.

  • Winter Soldier

    March 24, 2008

    In three days of wrenching public testimony in Washington, DC, Iraq War veterans shared the horrors of war.

2007

  • Christian Parenti: Congo Diary

    October 3, 2007

    The Nation's international correspondent journeys deep into the heart of the Congo Basin woodlands to see how a massive logging boom is decimating the world's second-largest tropical forest.

  • The Shock Doctrine

    September 18, 2007

    In this VideoNation report, Nation columnist Naomi Klein explains how after 9/11 the Bush Administration launched a new security economy, driven by the notion of an endless war against an undefined evil.

  • Bringing the War Home

    June 1, 2007

    Pointing imaginary guns and roughing up "Iraqi civilians", antiwar veterans brought the realities of the Iraq debacle to Manhattan, in a Memorial Day protest that turned Times Square into a combat zone.

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Blogs

» The Beat

House Passes "Historic" Health Reform | Pelosi secures necessary votes, but only after accepting unsettling limits on abortion rights demanded by anti-choice Democrats.
John Nichols
26 Comments

» Editor's Cut

Around The Nation | Obama, one year on. Plus: Jeremy Scahill takes your questions, and a new video series from The Nation.
Katrina vanden Heuvel

» The Notion

Injustice in Illinois | Prosecutors in Illinois should be more concerned with an innocent man behind bars than journalism students' grades.
Ari Berman
28 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Obama Fails in Middle East | Clinton delivers the ultimate diss to Abbas.
Robert Dreyfuss
128 Comments

» Act Now!

Equality Across America | This week, young LBGT activists are staging a National Week of Initiative.
Peter Rothberg
16 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Thursday | Dying laptops, recapping the election, the Dow, and the Yankees with the World Series.
Eric Alterman