INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE For the past 35 years, biologist Sandra Steingraber has tried to protect people’s health by safeguarding the environment. Branded a ‘toxic avenger’ by Rolling Stone, Steingraber emerges as a leader of New York’s biggest grassroots movement in decades. Shot over the last year of the historic fight against fracking in New York state, […]
WORLD PREMIERE In 1979, Curtis Sliwa, a McDonald’s night manager in the Bronx frustrated with rampant crime, decided to take a stand. Recruiting a diverse crew, and adopting a distinctive uniform of a white t-shirt and red beret, the Guardian Angels were born. Targeting lawlessness on the New York City Subway, the Guardian Angels attracted […]
NYC PREMIERE Why are the men of Charleston, South Carolina’s Porter Gaud School killing themselves? Alarmed by the latest in a long-running series of suicides from her high school in 1979, filmmaker Paige Goldberg Tolmach returns to her hometown for answers. Stonewalled by administrators, she mines her own memories, and those of her former classmates, […]
NYC PREMIERE Richard Wershe Jr, known as ‘White Boy Rick,’ was a legend of Detroit’s drug world in the 1980s. As a white teenager alleged to be running an inner-city drug operation, he was irresistible to the media. Charged with a nonviolent juvenile offense in 1987, Wershe remains in prison at nearly 50 years old. […]
NYC PREMIERE Errol Morris, recipient of this year’s DOC NYC Lifetime Achievement Award, has been a constant innovator of nonfiction filmmaking. In Wormwood, he pushes the boundaries further in a six-part investigation into the 1953 death of CIA agent Frank Olson. Did Olson, under the influence of LSD, jump from the window of a Manhattan […]
NYC PREMIERE In most countries, workers are given several weeks of paid leave and job security should they need time off to care for a newborn or a sick relative or to tend to a personal health emergency. Only two nations offer exactly zero weeks: Papua New Guinea and the United States, where individuals are […]
We have just unveiled the poster for the 2017 edition of the festival, our 8th year! This year’s poster was designed by Gary Irwin of Variant Creative. Variant is a boutique design agency specializing in key art for independent film. Reminder: passes are on sale now for DOC NYC and DOC NYC PRO, the industry conference […]
DOC NYC welcomes back several returning sponsors, joined by first timers. Major Sponsors A&E IndieFilms returns for its eighth year. Amazon Studios returns for its second year. HBO Documentary Films returns for its fourth year. History Films returns for its seventh year. Netflix returns for its third year. Supporting Sponsors Discovery expands its partnership for […]
The fourth annual Visionaries Tribute lunch will take place at the Edison Ballroom on Nov. 9, 2017. Lifetime Achievement Awards are given for a distinguished output of documentaries. This year’s two recipients are: – Errol Morris has been a continuous innovator in the documentary form with films such as Gates of Heaven; Vernon, Florida; The Thin […]
DOC NYC has revealed details of its 8-day PRO conference, featuring documentary panels and master classes, including an expanded initiative to support works-in-progress with a section called “Only in New York.” Organizations participating in the PRO conference include A&E IndieFilms, Amazon Studios, Discovery, Firelight Media, Ford Foundation | JustFilms, HBO Documentary Films, Impact Partners, Kickstarter, […]