November 15, 2014

A Small Section of the World Comes to DOC NYC

  Written by Laura Dattaro In 1997, a small group of women living in the mountains of Costa Rica began producing coffee to offset the economic flight of their husbands and sons to the city. Their organization, La Asociacion de Mujeres Organizadas de Biolley (ASOMOBI), was the first micro-mill in Costa Rica. Today, there are […]

November 14, 2014

Do I Sound Gay? Opens 5th Annual DOC NYC Festival

  America’s largest documentary film festival opened its 5th season with a deceptively simple question that sparked a journey of self discovery through the mystery of linguistics. Do I Sound Gay? is writer David Thorpe’s debut documentary film-one he was compelled to create in a period of intense self-loathing and personal insecurity, also known as […]