NYC PREMIERE Caught up in the precariousness of survival and self-preservation, homeless queer and trans youth of color hang out at Christopher Street Pier, forging their own chosen family. Genuine and charming, these eloquent youth must contend with overwhelming amounts of homophobia and abuse. As real as it gets, and with intimate, immersive access to the […]
NYC PREMIERE DOC NYC alumna Deborah Shaffer, with co-director Rachel Reichman, offers an intimate look at the life and creative process of visual artist Audrey Flack. Feminist, rebel, mother, sculptor and teacher, Audrey’s often controversial 40-year career evolved from abstract expressionism in the 1950s to photorealism in the 1970s. One of the first women ever […]
Quilt Week in Paducah, Kentucky is a major event.
NYC PREMIERE Once upon a time, in downtown Oklahoma City, a seedy strip club called the Red Dog Saloon was an emblem of the 1970s oil boom. It also served as the childhood home of award-winning musician Luke Dick and his infamous go-go dancing mother Kim. Combining funky animation, archival footage and interviews with Red […]
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Three modern Cinderellas look for higher social status, security and happiness by learning the art of seduction in patriarchal post-communist Russia. Lida wants her lover to leave his family and marry her, Vika feels trapped in her relationship and is desperate to find passion again, while Diana dreams of marrying a rich […]
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE After record collector Chris Flanagan hears an obscure but haunting recording by a Jamaican singer named Shella Record, he develops a decade-long obsession to find the mysterious woman. Turning amateur music detective, he follows sparse clues from Canada and the USA into the world of Jamaican music. Aided by whimsical miniature models and fanciful […]
NYC PREMIERE Master filmmaker Kim Longinotto (2015 DOC NYC Visionaries Tribute honoree) returns to the festival with her latest profile of a woman determined to make change in the world. Longinotto’s film explores the life and work of acclaimed Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia, who took up her camera to bravely bear witness to the Mafia’s […]
Real life, animated. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 74 MIN) Dani | Director: Lizzy Hogenson 30-year old Danielle delivers her grim breast cancer prognosis to her mother, Violeta. (USA, 9 MIN) Conception 2: Matt and Richard | Directors: Margaret Cheatham Williams, Maya Edelman A biracial gay couple raises twin sons. (USA, 5 MIN) Love Lost, and Found | Director: Richard […]
Science is all around us. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 85 MIN) Let’s Go to Antarctica! | Director: Gonzaga Manso Carlos is a human being who, at this very moment, is on a holiday in Antarctica. (SPAIN, 5 MIN) Solvable: Electrifying India | Director: Sam Eaton A solar power grid brings expansion and elevation to a rural Indian village. (USA, 11 […]
Stories about facing authorities and the criminal justice system. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 77 MIN) Weedman | Director: Brian Scully A cannabis activist opens a marijuana-themed cafe across from Trenton’s City Hall to test the city’s weed laws—with unexpected consequences. (USA, 18 MIN) The Sunny Side Up | Director: Peter Kilmartin Both Sunny and Peter served on death row for […]