2011

Written by Nikki Erlick This week, DOC NYC journeyed outside of the city to attend a unique documentary screening at the Wainwright House in Rye, NY. The house, a dedicated “center for spiritual healing, ecology, and retreats,” often hosts programs with those intentions in mind. The most recent event was a viewing of “The Sacred […]

Written by Nikki Erlick This new DOC NYC blog series profiles DOC NYC alum and where they are today.  We’re kicking off with Laura Israel, 2010 Viewfinders Grand Jury Prize winner and director of the groundbreaking film Windfall (pictured above at moment when award was announced). At DOC NYC, Israel stunned viewers through her portrayal […]

Written by Nikki Erlick The New York Times took an inspired leap from purely printed opinion pages to an enticingly different forum for discussion – short films – and those films recently leapt to the big screen. The success of the Op-Docs series speaks to the changing trends of America’s news intake, but also to […]

Written by Nikki Erlick “If I were you, I’d keep the footage – it’s really good,” Renee LeBlanc told her son Jonathan Caouette. It turned out to be wise advice. Almost a decade after releasing his stunning documentary Tarnation on his family and unusual upbringing, director Jonathan Caouette was “completely elated” to present the North […]

Written by Nikki Erlick “Now that I’m older it really makes me feel bad that I made this film,” laughs award-winning filmmaker Lourdes Portillo on her radical portrayal of her family’s tragedy in El Diablo Nunca Duerme (The Devil Never Sleeps). The film was shown Saturday night, along with a heartbreaking and poetic insight on […]