This year, DOC NYC features a number of films for those who are passionate about the art of cinema. THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY US PREMIERE The philosopher Slavoj Žižek is a world-class connoisseur of cinema. Here he teams with director Sophie Fiennes to riff on film clips for their ideological implications both overt and hidden. His eclectic […]
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 […]
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 […]
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; […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Included in DOC NYC’s lineup this year are a number of films whose subject matter touch on the African continent. SWEET DREAMS A decade after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Kiki Katese, a pioneering theatre director, founded Ingoma Nshya, the country’s first female drumming troupe, offering healing for women from both sides of the conflict. When Kiki met […]
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 […]