BIRD’S EYE!
Petra Leary, a skater girl with no formal education, claims her place as one of the top aerial photographers in the world.
Science and Technology
BOB OF THE PARK
2019 SHORT DOCUMENTARY WINNER Meet Robert “Birding Bob” DiCandido. Friendly Central Park bird walk leader to some, archnemesis to others.
CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Based on economist Thomas Piketty?s groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, this accessible and enlightening adaptation explores the history of wealth, power and inequality from the French Revolution to the present day. Is today’s ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor an aberration, or just the way capitalism is meant to work? […]
DAYS OF BLACK AND YELLOW
New York cab drivers, who were once earning a living wage, grapple with the challenges faced by their industry in the age of ride-share apps.
HOPE FROZEN
NYC PREMIERE After their two-year-old daughter succumbs to cancer, a Thai couple decides to make her the youngest person to undergo the cryopreservation process, with the hope that she will have another chance at life in the future. When their story becomes national news, the family faces criticism from religious and spiritual groups. Consumed with grief, […]
HUMAN NATURE
NYC PREMIERE Breakthroughs in scientific discovery have never been as potent, controversial or radical as the gene-editing technology called CRISPR. With the ability to rewrite DNA and alter life as we know it, CRISPR also offers an opportunity to eradicate diseases and genetically engineer our children. Leading scientists, journalists, terminal patients and bioethicists debate the […]
I AM NOT ALONE
2019 AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER US PREMIERE In 2018, Armenia experienced a peaceful revolution that’s inspiring to anyone challenging power. Nikol Pashinyan—a former journalist and political prisoner turned Member of Parliament—begins a march by himself to protest Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan trying to extend the reach of his power. The film observes how Pashinyan’s campaign slowly grows […]
KIFARU
NYC PREMIERE Three young Kenyans face the daunting task of protecting Sudan, the last male northern white rhino in the world. Targeted by relentless poachers, Sudan, his daughter Najin and granddaughter Fatu require constant protection. James, Jacob and JoJo, under pressure from their community and at risk of violence from criminals, maintain their humor and […]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
NYC PREMIERE Alan Berliner approaches documentary like a collagist and memoirist in films such as Nobody’s Business and First Cousin, Once Removed (2013 DOC NYC Short List). For the last 40 years, he has compulsively clipped his favorite photos from The New York Times. Now he transforms that collection into his greatest work—a profound and […]
LIGO: THE WAY THE UNIVERSE IS, I THINK
A mechanic-turned-scientist enables the discovery of the signal in the noise of the universe.