adam b. ellick
videos
I'm currently a fulltime Video Journalist at The New York Times. You can also obtain a free subscription to The New York Times World Video Channel via the iTunes store.
In Bahrain, Protests and Police Action
The Op-Ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof returns to Bahrain to witness the protests against the dictatorship there. At one point, he is briefly detained by the police....
The Death of a Boy in Bahrain
The Op-Ed Columnist Nicholas D. Kristof visits the family of a 14-year-old boy in Bahrain whose death may offer a lesson in American foreign policy....
Toxic Coffee in Bahrain
At a coffee shop in Bahrain frequented by pro-democracy protesters, lattes and tear gas mix....
A Night Interrupted in Abbottabad
The Times' Adam B. Ellick speaks to a family that lives two miles from the mansion in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where U.S. Special Forces killed Osama bin Laden....
Egypt's Appetite for Politics
In Egypt, an activist plays hooky from work to campaign against a referendum. But in the new Egypt, this public display of politics ends in a police bunker....
Swat School Part 1: Class Dismissed
A short documentary profiling an 11-year-old Pakistani girl on the last day before the Taliban close down her school....
Swat School Part 2: A Schoolgirl's Odyssey
Part 2 of a documentary chronicling a family's journey through war. The family is forced into exile when the Pakistani military invades their Taliban-controlled city in Swat. After several months away, the family returns home, anxious to discover whether their home and school survived the war....
Tuning Out the Taliban
Pakistani pop musicians are propelling anti-American messages. The lyrics reflect widespread views among their young educated fans who say Pakistan's problem is the West, not the Taliban....
Getting Ready for the Afghan Vote
The Times's Adam B. Ellick and Afghan Times Reporter Sangar Rahimi discuss Afghan parliamentary candidates....
Women Who Work: Struggling to Provide
Adam B. Ellick examines the rise of lower-class women working service jobs in Pakistan -- despite backlash from male relatives. It's economic desperation vs. religious traditions....
Tax-Free Living in Pakistan
So few of the Pakistani rich pay taxes that one neighborhood hired transgender tax collectors to embarrass residents into paying. Adam B. Ellick follows them a week before the tax deadline....
On Thin Ice
Car enthusiasts in rural New Hampshire race for fun on a frozen pond without corporate sponsors or pit crews. This is "poor man's racing."...
Lost Generation in Swat Valley
The Pakistani government has yet to rebuild any of the 159 fully destroyed schools that were bombed by the Taliban. As a result, students are furious....
Held by the Taliban
For seven months, The Times's David Rohde was held captive by the Taliban. Much of what he learned during that time came from watching videos- day after day- with his captors....
Pakistan's Power Crisis
Adam B. Ellick reports from Lahore, Pakistan, about the worst power shortages the country has been facing in decades....
Stoicism and Energy at Afghan Wedding
Afghan weddings offer a surreal mix of stoicism and energy....
The Ultimate Old Media
Adam B. Ellick stumbles across an antique camera on the streets of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The result is a passport photo in five minutes....
A Nation Awaits Gold in Figure Skating
The South Korean superstar Kim Yu-na's carefree approach, and her unlikely coach, help her manage soaring expectations back at home....
A Pakistani Underworld
Despite a threat from Islamists, two Pakistani brothers stealthily manufacture fetish and bondage wear, earning more than $1 million a year from their Western customers (see clip)....
The Improbable American
Despite no college education or a medical background, a rugged American named Todd Shea runs a charity hospital in Kashmir, where a 2005 earthquake killed 80,000 people. (See print story)...
Skateistan
Afghan youth have very limited options for sports and recreation. An Australian man is trying to change that (see clip)....
Afghanistan's Humble Candidate
The popularity of Parliamentarian Ramazan Basherdost's anti-corruption platform and lifestyle highlights how angry Afghans have become with their government (see clip)....
A Life of Hell for Afghan Widows
After three decades of war, Afghanistan is one of the world's widow capitals. They are ridiculed as prostitutes when they go shopping, and many are unable to rent their own homes....
Losing the Media War in Pakistan
The Pakistani media boom is propelling anti-American conspiracy theories, with the Times Square bomb as the latest example. The United States is doing virtually nothing to counter the trend....
A Visit to Faisal Shahzad's Village
Adam B. Ellick visits the family village in Pakistan of the Times Square bomb suspect, where relatives discuss his upbringing and dismiss claims of his involvement in the bombing attempt as an American plot to justify the Afghan war....
Pakistan's Burqa Drama
For some, "Burqavaganza" is a funny love story in the time of jihad. For others, it mocks Islam. The government's recent ban on the play highlights Pakistan's liberal-conservative divide....
Dedicated to the Disabled
With state hospitals focused on primary care, Afghanistan's disabled population relies on physiotherapists like Alberto Cairo, an Italian who has been treating Afghans for two decades....
A Refugee Crisis in Afghanistan
Nearly 300,000 Afghans returned home from Pakistan in 2008. With winter approaching, many are on the brink of desperation in the eastern desert....
An Angel in Queens
Thanksgiving may be the stuff of volunteerism, but for Jorge Munoz it's another night of serving dinners to immigrant day laborers in Queens. (See related City Cover Story under "Clips" tab)...
This Strange Thing Called Prom
Students at Brooklyn's International High School have discovered the all-American rite of passage: the high school prom. The story was sold to Miramax Films, which is planning to make it into a feature film....
Brothers in Arms
In Queens, two Pakistani newspaper editors are divided by politics and business. Still, they share a wall - and a friendship. See related print story under "Clips" tab....
The Putin Generation
A Kremlin-created youth group is engaging Russian teenagers with job opportunities, and anti-American views. A 12-minute mini-documentary reported in Moscow....
Land Wars in Venezuela
President Hugo Chavez's ambitious land reforms have injected the poor with optimism, and brought dread to the wealthy. A 14-minute mini documentary reported from rural Venezuela....
Part I: Russia and the Baltics
As Russia rises, pervasive fears spread across the Baltic States. Reported from Vilnius, Lithuania. Read the related Week in Review print story under the Clips tab....
Part II: Russia and the Baltics
A Soviet sculpture park in Lithuania stirs old fears of an increasingly hostile neighbor. Reported from Gruto, Lithuania....
Dumplings for the Lord
Despite age and infirmity, the Ukrainian women who hand-roll dumplings for their church in New York's East Village soldier on. Read the related print story under the Clips tab....
A Firefight Against the Taliban
Dutch and Afghan troops come under fire from a Taliban village in Afghanistan. There is only one way out....
Revival of Brutality in Chechnya
Men serving as the police tortured a woman accused of adultery. A report on the revival of brutality among Chechnya's pro-Kremlin forces.
Toxic Town
The E.P.A may let a French-owned company import toxins from Mexico to Texas for incineration, but not if the town has its way. See Print story under Clips tab....
Cockfighting Crackdown
New Mexico, once a haven for legal cockfighting, has outlawed the sport. Now the state is coming down hard on cockfighters. See the Print story under the Clips tab....