DOC NYC 2011 – It’s a wrap!
Thanks to everyone for a wonderful festival! This slide-show captures some of our favorite moments. We look forward to welcoming you back in 2012.
Year: 2011
Last day at DOC NYC!
Last day! Join us today for An Evening with Elliott Erwitt; two tribute screenings of Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears; grand jury award winners Scenes of a Crime and Girl with Black Balloons; Project Nim and more! It’s DOC NYC’s last day, and time to squeeze in all the films you missed during the week! […]
And the Winner Is…
Scenes of a Crime, Girl with Black Balloons, Lemon and Undefeated take home jury prizes, while First Position dances off with the DOC NYC audience award. Additional screenings of these films have been added to DOC NYC’s calendar. Last night DOC NYC announced its award winners at the festival’s spotlight gala screening of Jon Shenk’s The […]
Today at DOC NYC
The awards have been given out, but the festival isn’t over yet! Today’s highlights include a revealing look at journalism in Page One: Inside the New York Times; an intimate portrait of photographer Dennis Stock in Beyond Iconic; and immersion in a real-life version of The Wire in The Interrupters. Plus, catch replays of some of […]
Perdida: Rediscovering the History of Mexican Cinema
by Rahul Chadha In charting the history of her family in the film Perdida, director Viviana García Besné also created a cinematic essay on the history of Mexican cinema. In fact, it seems nearly impossible to separate those two stories. As a scion of the Calderon family of movie producers, now best know for their […]
Primary/Crisis: The Birth of Cinema Verite in the U.S.
by Rahul Chadha “Ricky was my partner, and my friend. He was really kind of my father,” documentary legend D.A. Pennebaker said of filmmaker Richard Leacock following the double bill screening of the films Primary and Crisis on Saturday, at DOC NYC’s ongoing tribute to Leacock, who passed away in March of this year. “I learned a lot of […]
Joe Frazier RIP
Heavyweight champion and subject of the DOC NYC film Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears died of liver cancer yesterday. He was 67. Tonight’s screening of Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears is sold out, but two more screenings have been added for Thursday, November 10 at 1pm and 8:15pm, both at IFC. This film reveals […]
Today at DOC NYC
Join Grammy-nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein for a post-screening conversation at The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical, discover this year’s DOC NYC award winners at the gala and awards presentation of The Island President, and see more great films, Tuesday at DOC NYC. Billed as by Indie wire as “One of the surprise hits to come […]
Rappers Delight Audience at ‘I Want My Name Back’
by Jeff Halpin A nightmarish tale of manipulation, intellectual property fraud and old fashioned show business chicanery, “I Want my Name Back” details the heartbreaking story of the Sugar Hill Gang, widely heralded as the first rap artists to receive world-wide recognition, and their treatment at the hands of Sugar Hill records owners Joe and […]
Today at DOC NYC
Start your week off right with DOC NYC! The emotional films Undefeated and Ballymun Lullaby will lift your spirits; the two films in Shorts: Views on Japan will transport you to another world. See more brand new films and replays of those you’ve missed, Monday at DOC NYC. Monday’s Highlights: Like a real-life Friday Night […]