WORLD PREMIERE Amid Gaza’s devastation, an intimate portrait follows a man and his cat, offering a quiet, human glimpse into survival, companionship, and the personal cost of collective violence. – Murtada Elfadl The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with editor Jeremiah Bailey-Hoover. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request […]
WORLD PREMIERE Civil rights lawyer Armen Merjian takes on NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani over housing rights for people living with HIV. – DeWitt Davis The first and second screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/producer Amelia Hanibelsz. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can […]
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 […]
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 […]
NYC PREMIERE This harrowing documentary embeds with three Trump supporters—a new father, a conservative Latino ex-military, and a Proud Boy—leading up to and following the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The film chillingly captures the raw, unsettling scenes of the rioters, steeped in pro-Trump zeal. Through rallies touting MAGA values and conspiracy theories, […]
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 […]
US PREMIERE To generations of Iranians, she is a legend – culturally on par with icons such as Barbra Streisand or Catherine Deneuve. The magnetic singer and actress Googoosh rose to fame during the 1960s and ?70s, but her career ended with the Iranian Revolution, when she was placed under house arrest. Now living in […]
WORLD PREMIERE A valuable history lesson and a propulsive narrative, this follow-up to Henry Hampton’s legendary series examines America’s recent history since the election of Barack Obama. DOC NYC will premiere the final episode in the six-part series, which focuses on the creation of the Black Lives Matter movement and the disparate people and organizations […]
WORLD PREMIERE This documentary exposes housing injustice in NYC, following the David-and-Goliath battles between ordinary renters and powerful developers. Through stories from neighborhoods across the boroughs, the film reveals the harsh realities of unsafe housing, unethical landlords, and an overwhelmed housing court system. It also uncovers a troubling pattern of desirably located properties being seized […]
US PREMIERE Following four young activists during the Sudanese revolution of 2019, director Hind Meddeb conjures a narrative about collective hope and possible seismic change. Armed with just their words, ideas, poetry, and art, the subjects of this documentary inspire themselves and the audience with their perseverance and clarity of their just demands. In a […]