US PREMIERE Integrity, courage, and everything a country’s largest independent newsroom is meant to uphold came under attack in Hungary in 2020 when, under Viktor Orbán’s far-right prime ministership, Index.hu succumbed to state-sponsored repression. Eighty journalists quit in protest, including András Földes, who picked up the camera and documented what came next. This story of […]
NYC PREMIERE The Rev. James Lawson was an unsung founder of the Civil Rights Movement who helped shape it through faith, moral clarity, and nonviolence. A close colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he later confronted racism, police violence, and apartheid. Featuring rare archival footage and reflections from civil rights leaders past and present, […]
NYC PREMIERE When Atlanta plans a massive police training facility known as “Cop City” on a city-owned forest, land defenders organize to stop its construction. After police kill environmental activist Tortuguita, the movement leaves the forest for City Hall, gathering thousands of signatures demanding that Atlanta voters decide the project’s future. Urgent and formally audacious, […]
NYC PREMIERE Eccentric heiress Yolanda Signorelli von Braunhut stewards the legacy of Sea-Monkeys, the 1960s-era children’s curiosity developed by her late husband. With a toy conglomerate hoping to wrest control from her grasp, von Braunhut fights back while hoping to bring the aquatic novelty back into the public consciousness. Unraveling the twisted personal machinations of […]
NYC PREMIERE Irish filmmaker Sinead O’Shea returns to DOC NYC with a provocative portrait of American millionaire heir James “Fergie” Cox Chambers, who renounced his family’s fortune for communist ideals—while remaining a multimillionaire who uses money to control and “help” others. From funding an intentional community to orchestrating vandalism of weapons manufacturers and fleeing the […]
Five Films. Five Journeys. One America. Five intimate portraits reveal the unsung heroes woven into the fabric of our country: immigrants and first-generation Americans whose courage, sacrifice, and determination exemplify the best of the American promise. Thanks to The New School, tickets for this program are available at a discounted price. The screening will be followed by a Q&A […]
Portraits of challenge and triumph from communities across America, revealing diverse threads of everyday life. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible devices.
New York City shorts that exemplify the grit, grace, and groove of our great city. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible devices.
Explore the untold histories of people and communities whose unknown stories exemplify resilience, self-determination, and courage. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible devices.
Perseverance in the face of uncertain futures, and what awaits on the other side. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible devices.