NYC PREMIERE A diverse group of middle-school students goes on the journey of a lifetime when they compete in a nationwide competition sponsored by MIT to code satellites aboard the International Space Station. Focusing primarily on three students as they participate in a NASA competition where astronauts will put the programs to the test, Thomas […]
WORLD PREMIERE Don’t let the 8- to 12- year- old age range fool you: Color Killer, a head-banging punk group, can bring the noise! But can they overcome in-fighting and jealousies to ace their biggest live performance ever? SNL’s Chris Parnell “counsels” their supportive, roadie/manager parents as the film follows the band during the weeks […]
WORLD PREMIERE Mr. McArevey is a visionary headmaster at a Catholic primary school in one of the toughest neighborhoods of Belfast, Northern Ireland. He loves Elvis and teaches his students to connect with their feelings, while taking on the legacies of the “The Troubles.” In this exceptional portrait of a community still healing from trauma, […]
NYC PREMIERE At Lowell High School, the top-ranked public high school in San Francisco, the cool kids are nerds, nearly everyone has an amazing talent, and the majority of the student body is Asian American. As they prepare their college applications, students vie for the few open spots in their dream colleges. With humor and […]
NYC PREMIERE Filmed over six months, Mr Bachmann and His Class takes us inside the classroom of a German primary school for immigrant students, led by an inspiring teacher. Filmmaker Maria Speth works in the tradition of Frederick Wiseman, using an immersive approach and expansive length to capture Bachmann’s progressive approach to teaching. “This is […]
Films from and about women. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 86 MIN) Making the Case | Director: Jennifer Callahan Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for whom legal arguments are daily currency, examines her handbags, revealing a corner of a mind that has argued and won historic cases. (USA, 10 MIN) First Move | Director: Arielle Edelman A Washington Heights elementary […]
WORLD PREMIERE | A Washington Heights elementary school chess team attends the country’s largest scholastic chess tournament in Nashville, Tennessee. 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 Arielle […]
In this timely and radical film about female desire, gender politics, and sexuality, director Maria Finitzo invites us to share intimate conversations with women on a mission to reverse a patriarchal legacy that excludes female empowerment through omissions and distortions. Sophia Wallace’s artwork on “cliteracy” acts as a powerful framing device as the film explores […]
US PREMIERE | Ukraine has been at war with Russia since 2014. In response, its ultranationalists have organized paramilitary summer camps to prepare children to one day take up arms to defend their homeland. This film follows two campers over a session as uber-patriotic teen Jasmin revels in the military-style maneuvers and gun training, while younger […]
Runner Up: Audience Award DOC NYC 2020 Kimonti Carter is serving life without parole in a Washington state prison based on a harsh 1990s three-strikes law, but rather than accept this condemnation, he has worked to transform inmates’ lives through education. His experience brilliantly elucidates the dehumanization and trauma that accompany incarceration, but also demonstrates […]