Shenk's

He pointed to "Scenes of a Crime," a prize-winner at the Durham, N.C.-based Full Frame festival, which questions a murder conviction in the death of an infant in Troy, N.Y. There's also the festival's spotlight selection, "The Island President," John Shenk's portrait of Mohamed Nasheed, who pushed aside a dictatorship to become the democratic leader of the Maldives.

Documentaries Take Lead Role Steve Dollar 2011

And his namesake, Abraham Lincoln, perhaps our greatest president, suffered from deep depression and may have had two psychotic breaks, according to Joshua Wolf Shenk's book, Lincoln's Melancholy.

Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010

And his namesake, Abraham Lincoln, perhaps our greatest president, suffered from deep depression and may have had two psychotic breaks, according to Joshua Wolf Shenk's book, Lincoln's Melancholy.

Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010

And his namesake, Abraham Lincoln, perhaps our greatest president, suffered from deep depression and may have had two psychotic breaks, according to Joshua Wolf Shenk's book, Lincoln's Melancholy.

Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010

And his namesake, Abraham Lincoln, perhaps our greatest president, suffered from deep depression and may have had two psychotic breaks, according to Joshua Wolf Shenk's book, Lincoln's Melancholy.

Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010

And his namesake, Abraham Lincoln, perhaps our greatest president, suffered from deep depression and may have had two psychotic breaks, according to Joshua Wolf Shenk's book, Lincoln's Melancholy.

Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010

Based on psychological theory and on original research in long-neglected documents — such as the records of an Illinois insane asylum where one of Lincoln's relatives was incarcerated — Shenk's work shows how Lincoln's tendency to depression helped shape his character, making him unusually empathetic.

Books on Abraham Lincoln 2010

Based on psychological theory and on original research in long-neglected documents — such as the records of an Illinois insane asylum where one of Lincoln's relatives was incarcerated — Shenk's work shows how Lincoln's tendency to depression helped shape his character, making him unusually empathetic.

Books on Abraham Lincoln 2010

Based on psychological theory and on original research in long-neglected documents — such as the records of an Illinois insane asylum where one of Lincoln's relatives was incarcerated — Shenk's work shows how Lincoln's tendency to depression helped shape his character, making him unusually empathetic.

Books on Abraham Lincoln 2010

The gooey filling was so thick that I was able to push the pie tin into Shenk's face a second and third time -- an important consideration for campus pie-throwers, given how lax most security guards are.

American Beat: Pie-Faced 2007