US PREMIERE After his father lost his legs in an accident, JayDee takes on the same sport as he comes of age and participates in his first banger racing event. – Samah Ali All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required to […]
NYC PREMIERE Jonas Mekas, godfather of avant-garde cinema, emigrated to New York in 1949 and over the next 70 years drove the rise of the independent film scene. Filmmaker KD Davison allows Mekas (who died in 2019) to tell much of his own story, as he creates his celebrated diary films and searches for those […]
NYC PREMIERE David Siev, one of DOC NYC’s 40 Under 40 this year, turns his camera on his own small-town Michigan family’s fight for their American Dream during a transitional moment that mirrors a time of great flux in America. Siev’s father is from Cambodia and mother from Mexico, and the restaurant the family runs […]
NYC PREMIERE Friends and colleagues comment on the work of New York artist Michael Richards, who lost his life working in his World Trade Center studio. – Dewitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Co-Director Juan Matos. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for online screenings All […]
NYC PREMIERE A Grammy award-winning music producer talks about his life and history in this animated short. – Dewitt Davis All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required to comply with our Health & Safety protocols while attending DOC NYC events. For […]
NYC PREMIERE In the Faroe Islands, a nation with no trees, artist and craftsman Ole Jakob Nielsen sculpts exquisite lamps using rare wood from trees of yesteryear. – Robert John Torres All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required to comply with […]
WORLD PREMIERE A documentary filmmaker talks us through the steps of his latest project — a wooden stool. – Dewitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Joe Stankus. All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required to […]
NYC PREMIERE Witness the life and work of Miné Okuba, a legendary Japanese-American artist whose personal style spans borders and time. – Dewitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Yuka Murakami. All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will […]
NYC PREMIERE Slyly integrating audio descriptions and captions, visual artist Angela Charles shares her story of ‘coming out’ as a blind artist after years of hiding it. – Robert John Torres This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Cinepolis ChelseaDescriptive Audio for in-person screenings at […]
US PREMIERE After observing the holiest month of the Islamic calendar alone during the pandemic, members of Baruch College’s Muslim Student Association come together during Ramadan 2022. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Siddrah Alhindi. All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue […]