WORLD PREMIERE With the devastating economic impact of the pandemic and city redevelopment, Chinatowns in New York, Montreal and Vancouver search for innovative ways and resistance to keep their communities thriving. With lush verité footage of bustling Lunar New Year celebrations and warm social gatherings, filmmaker Karen Cho celebrates the vibrance of Chinatown communities. – […]
In a hostile time for Asian Americans, the revisiting of an unlikely athlete’s story gives hope and shatters stereotypes on sport’s biggest stage. – Robert John Torres Courtesy of HBO This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Frank Chi. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings […]
Sports open the doors for stories untold. In Cleveland, a city reconsiders the meaning of a century-old mascot, and in New York, a stereotype is reformed by the electric performance of one player. (Total Running Time: 65 MIN) Deerfoot of the Diamond | Director: Lance EdmandsA reexamination of the legacy of Louis Sockalexis, the first […]
Kivu, Hong Kong, Milwaukee — seeking shelter from violence and oppression, people move across the globe to find safety and build a home, sometimes losing their families in the process. These films are stories of migrants from the Balkans, Iraq, China and Congo, as they resettle in cities around the world. (Total Running Time: 62 […]
A grandfather’s perilous swim from China to Hong Kong parallels his granddaughter’s participation in protests as she faces pressure to escape Hong Kong. – Samah Ali All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required to comply with our Health & Safety protocols […]
When the coronavirus first became news in January 2020, filmmaker Nanfu Wang was visiting her family in China. In this penetrating film essay, she seeks to understand how governments shaped information about the pandemic both in China and the United States, making decisions with far-reaching ramifications. She skillfully weaves a wide range of sources to […]
When 12 young soccer players and their coach were trapped by monsoon floods inside a cave in Thailand, the world watched for 16 days as reporters gave updates from outside the rescue zone. Now we gain a perspective that no journalist could capture, through the eyes of Thai and international rescue divers and never-before-seen footage. […]
Winner of the Best Documentary Feature Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, Ascension is an impressionistic portrait of China’s industrial supply chain that depicts a thriving capitalism in a communist state. The film unfolds in three parts, its focus shifting from factory workers, to an aspirational middle class, and finally to the hedonistic elites at […]
NYC PREMIERE A South Korean immigrant couple chooses to return home during the pandemic, but they are soon faced with the question: What is home now? – DeWitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Yeon Park and film subject Jonghyun Kim. This screening is being played as part of the Shorts […]
NYC PREMIERE A tender look at three generations of motherhood and music in a bittersweet recollection of filmmaker Paolo Bitanga’s last Christmas with his grandmother. Elyse Wang This screening is part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: MODERN FAMILY All guests & staff will be required to comply with our Health & Safety protocols while attending DOC NYC […]