November 6, 2020

NO CRYING AT THE DINNER TABLE

Filmmaker Carol Nguyen interviews her family to craft a portrait of love, grief, and intergenerational trauma. (Courtesy of Traveling Distribution)  This film has English language closed captioning available. For more information about closed captions and accessibility at DOC NYC, please click here. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Carol Nguyen (Director), […]

November 6, 2020

FLOWER PUNK

Japanese artist Azuma Makoto has sent his floral sculptures into space and sunk them to the bottom of the ocean, but, most of the time, he thinks about the life and death of flowers. (Courtesy of Conde Nast/New Yorker).   This film has English language closed captioning available.  For more information about closed captions and […]

November 6, 2020

CALL CENTER BLUES

A tale of migration and deportation, this film follows four characters as they struggle to make sense of their lives in Tijuana. Each with a different story, they’re linked by displacement and call center work in a country that’s unfamiliar and frightening, yet sometimes a ray of hope.  (Courtesy of Topic Studios).  This film has […]

November 6, 2020

ASHES TO ASHES

Winfred Rembert, a survivor of an attempted lynching in 1967, a Star Wars fanatic, and leather artist, develops a friendship with Doctor Shirley Jackson Whitaker, who is on a mission to memorialize the forgotten 4,000 African Americans lynched during the Jim Crow era. (Courtesy of XTR).  This film has English language closed captioning available.  For […]

November 6, 2020

A LIFE TOO SHORT

Social media superstar Qandeel Baloch pushed boundaries in conservative Pakistan like no other. In 2016, high on her newfound celebrity, Qandeel exposes a well-known Muslim cleric–with tragic results. (Courtesy of MTV Documentary Films).  This film has English language closed captioning available.  For more information about closed captions and accessibility at DOC NYC, please click here. […]

November 6, 2020

ABORTION HELPLINE, THIS IS LISA

At a Philadelphia abortion helpline, counselors answer nonstop calls from women who are seeking to end a pregnancy, but can’t afford to do so. A revealing look at how economic stigma and cruel legislation determines who in America has access to abortion. (Courtesy of Women Make Movies).  This film has English language closed captioning available. […]

November 6, 2020

SHORT LIST: SHORTS – PROGRAM B

Presented in three programs, DOC NYC’s Short List for Shorts highlights 12 documentary shorts that impress us as the year’s leading awards contenders. Do Not Split | Director:  Anders Hammer 2020 SHORT LIST SHORTS: SPECIAL JURY RECOGONITION In the fall of 2019, a proposed bill allowing the Chinese government to extradite criminal suspects to mainland China escalates […]

November 6, 2020

SHORT LIST: SHORTS – PROGRAM C

Presented in three programs, DOC NYC’s Short List for Shorts highlights 12 documentary shorts that impress us as the year’s leading awards contenders. Now Is the Time |  Director:  Christopher Auchter On the 50th anniversary of the first new totem pole raising on British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii in almost a century, Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter […]

November 6, 2020

SHORT LIST: SHORTS – PROGRAM A

Presented in three programs, DOC NYC’s Short List for Shorts highlights 12 documentary shorts that impress us as the year’s leading awards contenders. Flower Punk | Director: Alison Klayman Japanese artist Azuma Makoto has sent his floral sculptures into space and sunk them to the bottom of the ocean, but, most of the time, he thinks […]

October 7, 2020

SING ME A LULLABY

2020 SHORTS GRAND JURY PRIZE US PREMIERE | A daughter journeys to Taiwan seeking her mother’s long lost mother, uncovering family secrets and connecting the generations. This film has English language closed captioning available. For more information about closed captions and accessibility at DOC NYC, please click here. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive […]