This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Carrie Nelson From left, directors Olivia Mori and Drew DeNicola, and producer Danielle McCarthy. The New York premiere of BIG STAR: NOTHING CAN HURT ME made DOC NYC history: it was the first film screening at the festival that sold out the School of Visual Arts Theatre’s […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Dalila-Johari Paul Since 2001, the VII Photo Agency has represented photographers whose work is clearly born out of passion and telling prolific narratives through images. The VII UNCOMMISSIONED film program featured short films from eight world-renowned photographers from the agency. At the screening, DOC NYC’s artistic director […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Maggie Glass For those who love the epilogue, the afterword, the “Where Are They Now?”, there is undoubtedly nothing better than the Up series, a film project in which a number of British schoolchildren from different class backgrounds are followed throughout their lives, with updates released every […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Dalila-Johari Paul Director André Robert Lee spoke at the screening of his film at DOC NYC. Before André Robert Lee screened his insightful film THE PREP SCHOOL NEGRO, he had one request for the audience: “As you watch the film ask where your heart and mind meet.” The […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Maggie Glass. Director Judd Ehrlich at the DOC NYC screening of his film MAGIC CAMP. MAGIC CAMP, a jubilant celebration of an unusual camp for young magicians, follows a number of campers as they spend a week honing their skills and gearing up for the camp’s end-of-week […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Carrie Nelson Filmmaker Stephen Vittoria spoke at the screening of his film at DOC NYC. Thom Powers, DOC NYC’s Artistic Director, opened Saturday’s screening by calling LONG DISTANCE REVOLUTIONARY: A JOURNEY WITH MUMIA ABU-JAMAL “a different look at [Abu-Jamal’s] career, and a richer look.” He then handed […]
This post was written by STF blogger Audrey Evrard Director David Turnley, center, along with guests at the DOC NYC screening of SHENANDOAH. Nestled in the hills of the Shenandoah Valley, the coal-mining town of Shenandoah looks as if it has been reduced to the ghostly version of what it once was. The industrial middle-class–many […]
Director Lian Lunson, left, and Martha Wainwright share a laugh at the screening of SING ME THE SONGS THAT SAY I LOVE YOU at DOC NYC. The love that friends and family had (and still have) for the late musician Kate McGarrigle is in full evidence in director Lian Lunson’s concert documentary-cum-tribute SING ME THE […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Carrie Nelson From left, Damien Echols, Lorri Davis, Henry Rollins and Amy Berg at the DOC NYC screening of WEST OF MEMPHIS. When filmmaker Peter Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh saw Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS, they […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Beyza Boyacioglu FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH: THE TOMI UNGERER STORY editor Rick Cikowski, left, and director Brad Bernstein at DOC NYC. Director Brad Bernstein’s FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH tells the story of the illustrator Tomi Ungerer, whose life is spread across two continents and whose work jumps […]