Sunday at DOC NYC
Daylight savings ended at midnight; did you remember to fall back? You’ve got a whole extra hour of leisure time today, and DOC NYC has a dozen great films and events where you can while away the time. If you want to maximize your experience, you can get a very special film / music twofer at The Road to Carnegie Hall: after the film, acclaimed cellist Joshua Roman will perform. Please note: Online ticket sales for this, and all films and events held at NYU (which also include The Medium Formerly Known as Radio, Tabloid and In Conversation with Errol Morris) are closed, but you can still purchase tickets at the venue.
For another aurally stimulating experience, check out The Medium Formerly Known as Radio: The Evocative Power of Sound. The radio documentary is enjoying a golden age, and has been newly reinvented on the Internet. Longtime public radio personality Dean Olsher, creator and host of The Next Big Thing, curates a selection of dramatic audio documentaries that demonstrate the unique evocative power of the medium of sound. The special guest is duPont-Columbia winner Joe Richman of Radio Diaries, who will present his new award winning documentary “Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair.”
When asked how radio can compete in a multimedia age, Olsher said:
“Radio is the most visual medium. The pictures there are best because you, the listener, have made them yourself. Speaking on the radio lets me whisper in your ear and gives me access to the innermost part of your imagination. It is true that the Web demands pictures. Who says we have to supply them? We chose our path not because cameras were too expensive. It’s because working in sound alone possesses its own evocative power.”
More of today’s highlights:
Tickets are still available for tonight’s Gala and screening of Tabloid with Errol Morris!
Lost Souls & Light Matter: Acclaimed photographer Lena Herzog presents slides from her recent work Lost Souls and previews her latest work Light Matter in a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner David Turnley. Lost Souls documents museum artifacts of human and animal anomalies inspired by Tsar Peter the Great’s collection in Russia’s Kunstkammera. Though sometimes shocking, the photos are also “profoundly humane” writes Luc Sante in his introduction to the Lost Souls book. (1:30 pm, IFC) Buy Tickets
Make Believe: Teen magicians from across the U.S. and other parts of the globe travel to Las Vegas to vie for the top prize in the World Magic Seminar. We follow six contestants as they develop their routines with countless hours of practice. Throughout the film, we’re treated to dazzling displays of magic. In the final competition, the teens show off their best tricks for a contest that’s full of twists, turns and surprises. (3:30 pm, IFC) Buy Tickets
Yesterday at DOC NYC
Puppet director David Soll takes questions from the audience after the film. (Photo by Tony Voisin)
