October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About Health

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup includes a number of films dealing with health and health care. FIGHT TO LIVE Two-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple (HARLAN COUNTY USA, AMERICAN DREAM) looks at terminally ill patients who are challenging the current Food & Drug Administration regulatory system for access to investigational therapies that they believe could be life saving. Woven […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About Health

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup includes a number of films dealing with health and health care. FIGHT TO LIVE Two-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple (HARLAN COUNTY USA, AMERICAN DREAM) looks at terminally ill patients who are challenging the current Food & Drug Administration regulatory system for access to investigational therapies that they believe could be life saving. Woven […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About Health

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup includes a number of films dealing with health and health care. FIGHT TO LIVE Two-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple (HARLAN COUNTY USA, AMERICAN DREAM) looks at terminally ill patients who are challenging the current Food & Drug Administration regulatory system for access to investigational therapies that they believe could be life saving. Woven […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films for Lovers of Film

This year, DOC NYC features a number of films for those who are passionate about the art of cinema. THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY US PREMIERE The philosopher Slavoj Žižek is a world-class connoisseur of cinema. Here he teams with director Sophie Fiennes to riff on film clips for their ideological implications both overt and hidden. His eclectic […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films for Lovers of Film

This year, DOC NYC features a number of films for those who are passionate about the art of cinema. THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY US PREMIERE The philosopher Slavoj Žižek is a world-class connoisseur of cinema. Here he teams with director Sophie Fiennes to riff on film clips for their ideological implications both overt and hidden. His eclectic […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films for Lovers of Film

This year, DOC NYC features a number of films for those who are passionate about the art of cinema. THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY US PREMIERE The philosopher Slavoj Žižek is a world-class connoisseur of cinema. Here he teams with director Sophie Fiennes to riff on film clips for their ideological implications both overt and hidden. His eclectic […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About the Environment

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup includes a number of films about the environment. THE LOST BIRD PROJECT This film is a documentary about the stories of five birds driven to extinction in modern times and sculptor Todd McGrain’s project to memorialize them. The film follows the road-trip that McGrain and his brother-in-law, Andy, take as they search for the locations […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About the Environment

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup includes a number of films about the environment. THE LOST BIRD PROJECT This film is a documentary about the stories of five birds driven to extinction in modern times and sculptor Todd McGrain’s project to memorialize them. The film follows the road-trip that McGrain and his brother-in-law, Andy, take as they search for the locations […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About the Environment

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup includes a number of films about the environment. THE LOST BIRD PROJECT This film is a documentary about the stories of five birds driven to extinction in modern times and sculptor Todd McGrain’s project to memorialize them. The film follows the road-trip that McGrain and his brother-in-law, Andy, take as they search for the locations […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About Education

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup includes a number of films about a perennial hot-button issue, education. THE PREP SCHOOL NEGRO André Robert Lee revisits the life-changing events of his adolescence when he gained a way out of Philadelphia’s ghettos with a scholarship to an elite prep school. As he moved into a different world, he grew distant from […]