Date: Tuesday, April 14Time: 7:00pm ETVenue: IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave, NYCTRT: 57 minutes Director: Richard KotukProducer: Richard Kotuk DOC NYC 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award winner Jean Tsien co-presents a rare theatrical retrospective screening of Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Richard Kotuk’s Travis, which won a posthumous Peabody Award for Kotuk in 1998. Travis is one of Jean Tsien’s first-ever career editing credits. In […]
DOC NYC Selects Special Screening Date: Tuesday, September, 16, 2025 Time: 7:00pm ETVenue: IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave, NYCTRT: 81 minutes On May 8, 1970, “the Hard Hat Riot” erupted in lower Manhattan. At midday, construction workers, including those building the World Trade Center, violently clashed with students demonstrating against the Vietnam War. It was soon clear […]
DOC NYC SPRING SELECTS 2025 Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Time: 7:00pm ETVenue: IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave, NYCTRT: 94 minutes Directors: Steph Ching, Ellen Martinez Producers: Ellen Martinez, Steph Ching, Nicole Tsien REPRISE SCREENING – DOC NYC 2024 AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER! Slumlord Millionaire exposes housing injustice in NYC, following the David-and-Goliath battles between ordinary renters and powerful […]
DOC NYC SPRING SELECTS 2025 Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025Time: 7:00pm ETVenue: IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave, NYCTRT: 100 minutes When you’ve had enough, you’ve had enough. That breaking point became clear for the students of Gallaudet University, the world’s only higher education institute exclusively for deaf and HOH students, in 1988, when the school’s […]
NYC PREMIERE During the waning years of British rule, Chris Hesse is tasked with becoming Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah’s personal cinematographer. Once a young filmmaker entrusted with recording the tumultuous march to sovereignty, the 93-year-old looks to pass his legacy, and a hidden, precious archive, to a new generation. Executive produced by Barack and Michelle […]
NYC PREMIERE The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing celebrates the life of the dynamic author, editor, and activist. From her Harlem roots to her role as a self-described “culture worker,” Toni’s wit and fierce commitment to change come alive through rare footage and the voices of those who knew her best, including Toni Morrison […]
In 2024, ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio becomes the first transgender man to argue a case before the Supreme Court. Engaging with complexity, filmmaker Sam Feder does not shy away from criticizing traditional liberal-center publications like The New York Times and The Atlantic, whose continuously interrogative coverage of trans experiences has helped embolden 23 right-leaning state […]
Award-winning filmmaker Reid Davenport confronts the 1980s case of Elizabeth Bouvia, a woman with cerebral palsy who unsuccessfully fought for institutional assistance in ending her life. Forty years later, assisted dying is more commonplace in countries like Canada, yet it remains controversial. “You cannot address human suffering by killing people, even if people come forward […]
In our politically polarized era, librarians across the US have found their profession under siege as an unprecedented wave of book banning hits Texas, Florida, and beyond. As the crisis escalates, they join forces as unlikely defenders on the frontlines of democracy. Flanked by students and concerned community members, the librarians join ranks to fight […]