NYC PREMIERE Witness the life and work of Miné Okuba, a legendary Japanese-American artist whose personal style spans borders and time. – Dewitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Yuka Murakami. All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will […]
NYC PREMIERE Slyly integrating audio descriptions and captions, visual artist Angela Charles shares her story of ‘coming out’ as a blind artist after years of hiding it. – Robert John Torres This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Cinepolis ChelseaDescriptive Audio for in-person screenings at […]
NYC PREMIERE One woman’s journey as she, her doula, and obstetrician plan for the safe delivery of her son. – Samah Ali All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required to comply with our Health & Safety protocols while attending DOC NYC […]
NYC PREMIERE A mother and daughter come together on a farm during the pandemic to nurture plants and harvest food. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Co-Director/Producer Gabriella Canal. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Cinepolis Chelsea All […]
NYC PREMIERE Jeanne Gurtat shares her story of saving young Jewish girls at the France/Switzerland border during WWII, navigating the harsh climate and Nazi patrolled streets. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Rachel Menyuk. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at […]
US PREMIERE Folk singer-songwriter turned activist and philanthropist, Buffy Sainte-Marie’s 60-year career includes winning the first Academy Award for an Indigenous person, the first internet album, and an FBI file. Fearless and ahead of her time, a vibrant 80-year-old Buffy —aided by her fellow folk-singing icon Joni Mitchell—tells her own story as an abuse survivor, […]
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: After her 2009 victory at the World Championships, South African runner Caster Semenya’s win came under invasive public scrutiny. When the International Amateur Athletics Federation (now World Athletics) ruled that targeted women with naturally high androgen levels must medically alter their bodies in order to compete, a generation of athletes have their lives […]
NYC PREMIERE Pramila Jayapal, Michelle Rempel and Jess Phillips represent different ends of the political spectrum, with disparate constituents and vastly different agendas. In a world where their own leaders are part of the problem, can these non-confirming, outsider women succeed in an outdated, patriarchal institution? The fierce and charismatic politicians from the US, the […]
US PREMIERE A daughter documents her mother, intimately exploring her creative world as a textile artist, tracing the private details of her artistic process and inner life. – Robert John Torres All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required to comply with […]
WORLD PREMIERE On Martha’s Vineyard, three-time Tony-winning playwright and director James Lapine (Into the Woods, Falsettos, Passion) meets Rose Styron, the widow of the great American novelist William Styron. Over six years of periodic meetings, Rose shares the fascinating story of her complex life as a poet, journalist, human rights activist, and life partner to […]