NYC PREMIERE The transformative journeys of Arkansas teachers and students pioneering the first nationwide AP African-American Studies class amid a fierce national debate. – Murtada Elfadl The first and second screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Anurima Bhargava. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC […]
NYC PREMIERE An exploration of a massive protest march across India, why this historic event was largely ignored by the media, and its significance for the survival of the country’s secular democracy. – Anita Raswant The first and second screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/producer Shruti Ganguly. All in-person screening venues provide […]
NYC PREMIERE Japanese photographer Akihiko Okamura gathers extraordinary images of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, showing a unique connection with the people and the time. – DeWitt Davis The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Marc Lesser. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC […]
US PREMIERE Haunting imagery and echoes of a violent past interweave an exploration of the filmmaker’s gradual loss of sight. An affirmation of healing amid loss that blurs personal narrative with disquieting history. – Murtada Elfadl All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a […]
US PREMIERE In a unique melding of memory, language, and technology, a young Greek woman seeks to fill in the gaps in her family history using an innovative AI program. – Karen McMullen The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/producer/writer Evi Stamou. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon […]
NYC PREMIERE Oscar-nominated filmmaker Raoul Peck has done it again. In this rousing, elegant documentary, Peck opens the life and works of a seminal artist of the 20th century, South African photographer Ernest Cole. Denouncing apartheid with the publication of his 1967 photo book House of Bondage, Cole then lived in exile in the US, […]
NY PREMIERE Liz Carpenter was a trailblazing Texas journalist, White House advisor, activist, and feminist who knocked down gender barriers in American politics. Five-time DOC NYC alumna Abby Ginzberg teamed up with Christy Carpenter for this thoroughly delightful remembrance of Christy’s mother. Liz’s humor, candor and legendary persuasive abilities are brought back to vivid immediacy […]
These shorts capture the magic of the places that bring us together. – Samah Ali The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers: All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also […]
WORLD PREMIERE Astronaut Eileen Collins is the first woman to pilot and command the space shuttle. From her small town beginnings, she went on to smash many glass ceilings at NASA in her career, culminating in four dramatic and dangerous space shuttle missions. Through sensational archival materials and intimate interviews, Hannah Berryman’s nail-biting film considers […]
NY PREMIERE If you could go back in time and change the course of history, what would you do? Oscar-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia flips that idea on its head with a great deal more urgency: if we knew what the future would be, what could we do now? In this hybrid film, fictional footage from […]