November 11, 2012

Long Distance Revolutionary: Catalyzing Social Activism

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Carrie Nelson Filmmaker Stephen Vittoria spoke at the screening of his film at DOC NYC. Thom Powers, DOC NYC’s Artistic Director, opened Saturday’s screening by calling LONG DISTANCE REVOLUTIONARY: A JOURNEY WITH MUMIA ABU-JAMAL “a different look at [Abu-Jamal’s] career, and a richer look.” He then handed […]

November 11, 2012

Shenandoah: A Murder in Coal Country

This post was written by STF blogger Audrey Evrard Director David Turnley, center, along with guests at the DOC NYC screening of SHENANDOAH. Nestled in the hills of the Shenandoah Valley, the coal-mining town of Shenandoah looks as if it has been reduced to the ghostly version of what it once was. The industrial middle-class–many […]

November 11, 2012

Shenandoah: A Murder in Coal Country

This post was written by STF blogger Audrey Evrard Director David Turnley, center, along with guests at the DOC NYC screening of SHENANDOAH. Nestled in the hills of the Shenandoah Valley, the coal-mining town of Shenandoah looks as if it has been reduced to the ghostly version of what it once was. The industrial middle-class–many […]

November 11, 2012

Shenandoah: A Murder in Coal Country

This post was written by STF blogger Audrey Evrard Director David Turnley, center, along with guests at the DOC NYC screening of SHENANDOAH. Nestled in the hills of the Shenandoah Valley, the coal-mining town of Shenandoah looks as if it has been reduced to the ghostly version of what it once was. The industrial middle-class–many […]

November 11, 2012

Sing Me The Songs That Say I Love You: Remembering Kate McGarrigle

Director Lian Lunson, left, and Martha Wainwright share a laugh at the screening of SING ME THE SONGS THAT SAY I LOVE YOU at DOC NYC. The love that friends and family had (and still have) for the late musician Kate McGarrigle is in full evidence in director Lian Lunson’s concert documentary-cum-tribute SING ME THE […]

November 11, 2012

Sing Me The Songs That Say I Love You: Remembering Kate McGarrigle

Director Lian Lunson, left, and Martha Wainwright share a laugh at the screening of SING ME THE SONGS THAT SAY I LOVE YOU at DOC NYC. The love that friends and family had (and still have) for the late musician Kate McGarrigle is in full evidence in director Lian Lunson’s concert documentary-cum-tribute SING ME THE […]

November 11, 2012

Sing Me The Songs That Say I Love You: Remembering Kate McGarrigle

Director Lian Lunson, left, and Martha Wainwright share a laugh at the screening of SING ME THE SONGS THAT SAY I LOVE YOU at DOC NYC. The love that friends and family had (and still have) for the late musician Kate McGarrigle is in full evidence in director Lian Lunson’s concert documentary-cum-tribute SING ME THE […]

November 11, 2012

West of Memphis: Freeing the West Memphis Three

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Carrie Nelson From left, Damien Echols, Lorri Davis, Henry Rollins and Amy Berg at the DOC NYC screening of WEST OF MEMPHIS. When filmmaker Peter Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh saw Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS, they […]

November 11, 2012

West of Memphis: Freeing the West Memphis Three

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Carrie Nelson From left, Damien Echols, Lorri Davis, Henry Rollins and Amy Berg at the DOC NYC screening of WEST OF MEMPHIS. When filmmaker Peter Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh saw Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS, they […]

November 11, 2012

West of Memphis: Freeing the West Memphis Three

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Carrie Nelson From left, Damien Echols, Lorri Davis, Henry Rollins and Amy Berg at the DOC NYC screening of WEST OF MEMPHIS. When filmmaker Peter Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh saw Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS, they […]