NEW YORK PREMIERE Parwiz reflects on the principles he was raised with as a boy in Iran, and hopes his dreams will inspire a new generation. – Anita Raswant The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue […]
A unique profile on end-of-life doula Virginia Chang as she guides, supports, and accompanies clients and their loved ones in the transition from life to death. – DeWitt Davis The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. […]
Filmmaker Ondi Timoner has won two grand prizes at Sundance (for Dig! and We Live in Public) and this year receives DOC NYC’s Robert and Anne Drew Award for observational filmmaking. Her latest film is deeply personal chronicling the final days of her 92-year-old father, Eli, as he chooses to end his own life (legally, […]
U.S. PREMIERE Now in his 70s, Ken Smith has lived off-grid in a cabin near Loch Treig, “the lonely loch,” in the Scottish Highlands. The spirited hermit spends his days making wine, fishing, and taking 27-mile walks to drop a letter to a friend. With his advancing age, Ken reflects on the trauma that initiated […]
WORLD PREMIERE Patriarch of the famed “First Family of Jazz,” Ellis Marsalis was a master jazz pianist, composer and educator. This intimate documentary delves into the life and career of this music icon, interlaced with rare footage of key moments in US history, and footage of his final live performances. Anecdotes from sons Wynton, Branford, […]
NYC PREMIERE A meticulous documenting of the filmmaker’s mother as she gradually slips into the grip of dementia. Rea Tajiri is both a witness and a participant in a process of remembrance and archiving; throughout this moving collaboration, the mother and daughter switch roles between daughter, mother, survivor, and documentarian. Without falling into the trappings […]