Returning this year is our Centerstage section. In these performance-focused films, a stage actress turned teacher, sex workers, stand-up comedians, and an avant-garde legend each tell their one-of-a kind stories. In the World Premiere Can We Take A Joke?, notable stand-up comedians Gilbert Gottfried (scheduled to attend at the Nov. 13th screening), Lisa Lampanelli and Adam Carolla detail the stifling impact […]
DOC NYC is happy to announce its “Surprise Screening” will be the World Premiere of The Ties that Bind, playing at the SVA Theatre, on Saturday, November 14 at 7:30pm. Director Thom Zimny (The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town) looks at the making of Bruce Springsteen’s pivotal 1980 album “The River.” In an intimate interview, Springsteen […]
The popularity of short form content continues to grow, prompting DOC NYC to increase the number of shorts programs on offer from last year’s six to this year’s eight shorts programs. In addition, several shorts will screen before select feature presentations. The shorts program Concrete Kingdom tells stories about life in the city. A union man on a mission uses […]
The 2015 DOC NYC trailer is here. Which films will you see? The official DOC NYC festival trailer was created by Wheelhouse Creative.
After its popularity last year, DOC NYC brings back Jock Docs, a section devoted to sports and athletes. Explore race car driving in the Middle East, a trail sled dog race in Alaska and wrestling in Mexico, amongst other disciplines. Speed Sisters serves up high-octane excitement as it showcases the first all-female race-car team in the Middle East. Demolishing […]
Amongst DOC NYC’s brand-new thematic sections is Behind the Scenes, which looks at films about films. Rare home movies, cinema classics, projectionists, pre-teen film buffs and costume designers all share the DOC NYC screens to tell the story of films and filmmaking. The NYC Premiere Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah reveals the twelve-year struggle taken by […]
Foodies and film buffs,our Doc Eat Doc program is for you! Restaurant culture is at the heart of our new Doc Eat Doc section. Restaurateurs from eateries from all over the world share their struggles, successes and overall experiences with food. One of the highlights of this brand new section is the NYC Premiere of King Georges. […]
Latin American, hip hop, punk and soul: there are plenty of music genres to choose from in our Sonic Cinema section. The World Premiere of MAD TIGER goes behind the scenes of Peelander-Z, a Japanese art-punk band based in New York, known for their outrageous performance and headed by charismatic Peelander Yellow (also known as Kengo Hioki). […]
Taking on fracking, racism, the medical establishment and more, Fight the Power is DOC NYC’s section focused on activism. In the NYC Premiere BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez, the spoken word poet and a seminal figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s has used her gift for words to fight racism, sexism and war. The film features appearances […]
With iconic Britpop band Blur poised to take the stage at Madison Square Garden tonight, DOC NYC is excited to announce the US Premiere of Blur: New World Towers, directed by Sam Wrench, on Sunday, November 15th at the SVA theatre at 7pm. “When the opportunity arose to premiere Blur: New World Towers at DOC […]