Category Archives: Festival News

DOC NYC recently finished it’s third run in New York City, overcoming difficulties presented by Hurricane Sandy to present a lineup of over 115 events and hosting some 125 filmmakers and other guests to eager audiences. One of the major … Continue reading →

DOC NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers announces the festival’s award-winners on Thursday night. DOC NYC, New York’s premier documentary festival, closed today at the SVA Theatre with an awards presentation by the festival’s Artistic Director Thom Powers prior to the … Continue reading →

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Maggie Glass All five of those wrongfully accused in the Central Park jogger case were in attendance at DOC NYC’s closing night gala. THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, the most recent film by … Continue reading →

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Megan Scanlon Filmmaker Douglas Sloan at the DOC NYC screening of his film. Encapsulating a story described as “easily as fascinating as the picture itself,” filmmaker Douglas Sloan’s EDDIE ADAMS: SAIGON ’68 … Continue reading →

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Tamer Hassan From left, Ina May Gaskin and directors Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore at DOC NYC. In her introduction to BIRTH STORY: INA MAY GASKIN & THE FARM MIDWIVES by directors … Continue reading →

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Sandy Roupioz From left, director/producer Maxine Trump and producer Josh Granger at the screening of their film. This year DOC NYC hosted the world premiere of MUSICWOOD, directed by Maxine Trump and … Continue reading →

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Parul Wadhwa Director Laura Archibald spoke at the screening of her film at DOC NYC. If you ever wondered where all the different kinds of music in the 60′s and the early 70′s … Continue reading →

PLIMPTON! directors Tom Bean and Luke Poling speak at the screening of their film. The literary figure and raconteur George Plimpton during his career tapped into the zeitgeist of the everyman, living out fantasies that even James Thurber’s famous fictional … Continue reading →

Musician and film subject David Bromberg and director Beth Toni Kruvant. The musician David Bromberg’s life has been indelibly linked to his surroundings, as evidenced in the film DAVID BROMBERG: UNSUNG TREASURE by director Beth Toni Kruvant. The film traces … Continue reading →