Recorded live on Fri, Jun 5, 2020 DOC NYC Friday Fix is a weekly series covering documentary film, hosted by Thom Powers. On Episode 6, Oscar-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens (The Cove) discusses his new film And We Go Green about Formula E racing with electric cars. Oscar-nominated filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering (The […]
Recorded live on Fri, May 29, 2020 DOC NYC Friday Fix is a new weekly series covering documentary film, hosted by Thom Powers. On Episode 5, Marc Levin discusses his Quibi series “I Promise” about an Ohio grade school backed by Lebron James; and the directors of “Crip Camp,” Jim Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham […]
Recorded live on Fri, May 15, 2020 DOC NYC Friday Fix is a new weekly series covering documentary film, hosted by Thom Powers. On Episode 4, Nadia Hallgren talks about her Netflix documentary “Becoming” about Michelle Obama. Marc Levin discusses his Quibi series “I Promise” about an Ohio grade school backed by Lebron James. […]
Recorded live on Fri, May 8, 2020 DOC NYC Friday Fix is a new weekly series covering documentary film, hosted by Thom Powers. Episode 3 focuses on PBS’s Asian Americans, interviewing series producer Renee Tajima-Peña and executive producer Jean Tsien. Plus, filmmaker Hao Wu, director of the Netflix short All in My Family discusses how […]
Recorded live on Fri, May 1, 2020 DOC NYC Friday Fix is a new weekly series covering documentary film, hosted by Thom Powers. Friday Fix Episode 2 interviews Janet Tobias, director of Unseen Enemy about pandemics; Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, the Oscar-winning directors of American Factory; and Gordon Quinn of Kartemquin Films in Chicago, who was […]
DOC NYC Friday Fix is a new weekly series covering documentary film, hosted by Thom Powers. Episode 1 features three filmmakers discussing their latest projects. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus discusses the Netflix series “The Innocence Files” about wrongfully convicted prisoners. Director Rachel Mason talks about her doc “Circus of Books” about the gay porn shop […]
This episode was recorded live on June 26, 2020. On Episode 9, Quibi documentary head Jihan Robinson discusses the platform’s slate of nonfiction programs. Filmmakers Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia talk about their new documentary And She Could Be Next, about women of color transforming politics, coming to PBS. Oscar-nominated director David France discusses his […]
This episode was recorded live on June 19, 2020. Episode 8 of Friday Fix previews highlights of the AFI Docs festival accessible online throughout the U.S. The festival will show a newly restored version of William Greaves’ classic documentary of the 1972 National Black Political Convention, Nationtime-Gary. Greaves’ legacy will be discussed by Shola Lynch, […]
This episode was recorded live on June 12, 2020. On Episode 7, filmmaker Lacey Schwartz Delgado (Little White Lie) talks about fostering dialogues about race. Plus two directors with documentaries coming to the Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Ursula Liang discusses the politics of protesting police that arise in Down a Dark Stairwell; and Shalini Kantayya […]
This episode was recorded live on August 7, 2020. On Episode 12, Blackstar film festival director Maori Holmes Karmael discusses the beloved annual event going online in August. The directing trio of Eli Despres, Elyse Steinberg and Josh Kriegman discuss filming with ACLU lawyers battling the Trump Administration in The Fight. Filmmaker Bao Nguyen talks […]