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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About the Documentary Community

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup features a number of films and events that are likely to appeal strongly to members of the documentary community. DOC-A-THON Hear from leaders in the field discussing the state of the documentary industry and art. This year’s classes and panels include: Finish Your Doc masterclasses; Get The Money; Protect Your Rights; […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About the Documentary Community

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup features a number of films and events that are likely to appeal strongly to members of the documentary community. DOC-A-THON Hear from leaders in the field discussing the state of the documentary industry and art. This year’s classes and panels include: Finish Your Doc masterclasses; Get The Money; Protect Your Rights; […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About the Documentary Community

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup features a number of films and events that are likely to appeal strongly to members of the documentary community. DOC-A-THON Hear from leaders in the field discussing the state of the documentary industry and art. This year’s classes and panels include: Finish Your Doc masterclasses; Get The Money; Protect Your Rights; […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About Comics

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup includes a number of films about the practice of creating sequential art (otherwise known as comics). PERSISTENCE OF VISION Striving to make the greatest animated film of all time, visionary animator Richard Williams of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT toiled for more than a quarter century on his masterpiece, only to have it torn from […]