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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About Photography

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup contains a number of films about the art of the still image, or those who practice the craft of photography. EDDIE ADAMS: SAIGON ’68 WORLD PREMIERE “Photographs do lie,” said Eddie Adams who took one of the Vietnam War’s most arresting photos of a point-blank execution. Filmmaker Douglas Sloan (ELLIOTT ERWITT: I BARK […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About Photography

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup contains a number of films about the art of the still image, or those who practice the craft of photography. EDDIE ADAMS: SAIGON ’68 WORLD PREMIERE “Photographs do lie,” said Eddie Adams who took one of the Vietnam War’s most arresting photos of a point-blank execution. Filmmaker Douglas Sloan (ELLIOTT ERWITT: I BARK […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About Photography

This year, DOC NYC’s lineup contains a number of films about the art of the still image, or those who practice the craft of photography. EDDIE ADAMS: SAIGON ’68 WORLD PREMIERE “Photographs do lie,” said Eddie Adams who took one of the Vietnam War’s most arresting photos of a point-blank execution. Filmmaker Douglas Sloan (ELLIOTT ERWITT: I BARK […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About Art

Included in DOC NYC’s lineup this year are a number of films on the subject of art and artists. 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 LOST BIRD PROJECT follows the road-trip that McGrain and […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About Art

Included in DOC NYC’s lineup this year are a number of films on the subject of art and artists. 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 LOST BIRD PROJECT follows the road-trip that McGrain and […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films About Art

Included in DOC NYC’s lineup this year are a number of films on the subject of art and artists. 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 LOST BIRD PROJECT follows the road-trip that McGrain and […]

October 1, 2012

DOC NYC: Films about African-Americans

Included in DOC NYC’s lineup are a number of films that examine the culture and history of African-Americans. ICEBERG SLIM: PORTRAIT OF A PIMP US PREMIERE. For the millions of readers who have been enthralled by Iceberg Slim’s books, this film fleshes out the life and legacy of the man who pioneered a new kind of street-wise writing. And […]