DOC NYC Selects: Spring 2023 Season Date: Tuesday, April 4Time: 7:00pm ETVenue: IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave, NYCTRT: 60 minutes Multiracial kids and their families share the joys and struggles of growing up mixed in the Bay Area. Directed by W. Kamau Bell, this lyrical, funny, and conversational documentary proves that kids have what it […]
DOC NYC Selects: Summer 2024 Season Date: Tuesday, July 9Time: 7:00pm ETVenue: IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave, NYCTRT: 94 minutes NYC PREMIERE Humanity’s next great frontier lies just above our heads in the further reaches of our planet’s atmosphere. It’s a fast-paced and high-stakes race in which rockets and satellites are taking over Low Earth orbit […]
DOC NYC Selects: Summer 2024 Season Date: Tuesday, July 16Time: 7:00pm ETVenue: IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave, NYCTRT: 104 minutes SELECTS 2024 CLOSING NIGHT. Filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui (McQueen) soar to new heights with their emotional and deeply moving account of the story of the late Christopher Reeve, who became an iconic movie […]
DOC NYC Selects: Summer 2024 Season Date: Tuesday, July 2Time: 7:00pm ETVenue: IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave, NYCTRT: 103 minutes NYC PREMIERE Lhakpa Sherpa is the first Nepali woman to summit and descend Mount Everest — but how she navigated her life as a single mother and immigrant is an even more heroic tale. Oscar-nominated […]
DOC NYC Summer Selects 2024 Opening Night NYC PREMIERE Screening exactly a year to the day that a landmark US Supreme Court ruling dismantled key aspects of affirmative action in higher education, filmmakers Hao Wu and Miao Wang examine the factors that led to the high-stakes lawsuit filed by Asian American plaintiffs against Harvard University, and […]
In a remote Russian mining town, a primary school teacher covertly documents the state’s transformation of classrooms into recruitment grounds for war. Tasked with filming “patriotic education” sessions, he turns the lens on the indoctrination of youth, capturing moments of coerced loyalty and silent dissent. This intimate documentary offers a rare, unfiltered glimpse into the […]
Featuring the short films ALL THE WALLS CAME DOWN; OH YEAH!, QOTZUÑI: PEOPLE OF THE LAKE; and TESSITURA. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with members of the film teams. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible […]
Faced with their beloved South Florida trailer park’s imminent closure, three single, older women band together to fight their eviction and save their community while confronting the specter of homelessness. The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/producer Charlotte Cooley. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue […]
Haunted by the loss of her brother and father, a Muscogee Creek artist battles grief and disease to rebuild her family’s iconic T-shirt business and reclaim an artistic heritage. The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/producer Loren Waters and film participant Dana Tiger. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones […]
Featuring the short films AM I THE SKINNIEST PERSON YOU’VE EVER SEEN?; THE DEVIL IS BUSY; LAST DAYS ON LAKE TRINITY; and MAYBE IT’S JUST THE RAIN. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with members of the film teams. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC […]