Samuel Habib has one goal: to be an independent adult. He travels across America and interviews key figures in the disability rights movement in order to create his own playbook. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Directors Samuel Habib and Dan Habib. Courtesy of The New York Times Op-Docs […]
Three young adults join a running program for disabled youth in Pakistan, hoping to shift perspectives in their rural community. – Samah Ali Courtesy of MTV Documentary Films This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Tanaz Eshaghian. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for online screenings All in-person […]
WORLD PREMIERE Driven by a mutual determination not to be “the generation that allows progress to slip,” national social justice leaders Marc Morial of National Urban League and Janet Murguía of UnidosUS join forces to fight structural racism amid a troubling resurgence of white supremacy in the Trump era. Two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple […]
Oppressed (un)intentionally by the hands of the state, this special focus examines migration, status and citizenship in the Americas. (Total Running Time: 101 MIN) Elena | Director: Michèle Stephenson Following up on her film STATELESS, Director Michèle Stephenson chronicles one woman’s journey fighting the Dominican Republic’s anti-Black laws revoking citizenship for people with Haitian ancestry. […]
This emotional video diary profiles a family struggling with housing insecurity and what the parents hope remains in their children’s memories This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Erika Cohn and Producer Marcia Jarmel. This short is part of the program SHORTLIST BLOCK #3: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL Courtesy of The New […]
Stuck in the trenches of the family basement, the beloved family pet Snowy is about to get a new lease on life. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Directors Kaitlyn Schwalje, Alex Wolf Lewis, Producers Rebecca Stern, Justin Levy. This short is part of the program SHORTLIST BLOCK #3: UP […]
Accompanying Topaz Jones’s album, Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma is a visual marvel documenting the Black ABCs and growing up in New Jersey. The November 17th screening will be followed by a Q&A with Directors rubberband. and Topaz Jones This short is part of the program SHORTLIST BLOCK #3: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL Courtesy of […]
Dawn Porter’s uplifting short takes us behind the scenes of Amy Sherald’s Breonna Taylor portrait, bringing grace and dignity to the tragic loss of her life. This short is part of the program SHORTLIST BLOCK #1: UNJUST SYSTEMS The November 11th screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Dawn Porter. The November 18th […]
Short-form documentaries have been booming in recent years thanks to major players such as Netflix, TIME Studios, Field of Vision, POV, MTV, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. DOC NYC’s Short List for Shorts, organized by Shorts Programmer Samah Ali, highlights 12 doc shorts that impress us as the year’s leading awards contenders. […]
Short-form documentaries have been booming in recent years thanks to major players such as Netflix, TIME Studios, Field of Vision, POV, MTV, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. DOC NYC’s Short List for Shorts, organized by Shorts Programmer Samah Ali, highlights 12 doc shorts that impress us as the year’s leading awards contenders. […]