October 12, 2020

YOUTH V GOV

A group of teenagers cheering on steps.

Runner Up: Audience Award DOC NYC 2020 WORLD PREMIERE | How can we bring accountability over the climate crisis? This inspiring story of youth activism documents 21 activists from across the nation as they file a groundbreaking lawsuit against the United States. The case reveals evidence that the government has endangered their constitutional rights to life, […]

October 8, 2020

MAKING THE CASE

Abstract photograph of two hands on a table covered in stacks of paper & a black handbag.

WORLD PREMIERE | Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for whom legal arguments are daily currency, examines her handbags, revealing a corner of a mind that has argued and won historic cases.  This film has English language closed captioning available. For more information about closed captions and accessibility at DOC NYC, please click here. Included with the screening […]

October 8, 2020

THE OIL WAR

WORLD PREMIERE | Iconoclastic historian Andrew Bacevich delivers an anti-colonial critique of US foreign policy in the Middle East, informed by his long career in the Army. While other historians analyze changing presidential administrations, Bacevich sees one long Oil War. There  are scant differences between Democrats and Republicans when it comes to the sacrifice of soldiers’ lives. […]

October 7, 2020

ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES

WORLD PREMIERE | Abigail Child has been at the vanguard of experimental media since the 1980s. In her latest project, she offers viewers an eerie and exciting look into the present and future of artificial intelligence through the perspectives of robotics scientists, entrepreneurs, and a Black lesbian robot named BINA48. Exploring AI’s design, potential medical […]

October 7, 2020

WHITE NIGHTS (NOCHES BLANCAS)

WORLD PREMIERE | A megadrought, the consequence of climate change, has emptied a small rural town in Chile of all but the abandoned.  This film has English language closed captioning available. For more information about closed captions and accessibility at DOC NYC, please click here. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Diego […]

October 7, 2020

URBAN GROWTH

WORLD PREMERE | For more than 40 years, a collection of abandoned mansions have been hidden inside a wild growing forest in the heart of Brooklyn, but that’s about to change. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Nathan Dorr (Director), Nathan Kensinger (Co-director/Co-producer), immediately following the film. This film is […]

October 7, 2020

MOTHERLAND

WORLD PREMIERE |Two young men are forcibly returned to Jamaica after a lifetime in Britain, as part of a controversial government policy on national identity. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Ellen Evans (Director), immediately following the film. This film is part of the shorts program SHORTS: ROOTS

October 7, 2020

MOMMY’S NIGHTMARE

Blurred image of a child in a Freddy Kreuger monster costume.

WORLD PREMIERE | Childhood home videos reveal a personal story of abuse and resilience.    This film has English language closed captioning available. For more information about closed captions and accessibility at DOC NYC, please click here. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Jonathan Napolitano (Filmmaker), immediately following the film. This […]

October 7, 2020

HER NEW YORK

WORLD PREMIERE | An intimate portrait of artist Jill Gill, whose paintings, dating back to the 1950s, capture the never-ending cycle of change New Yorkers have come to accept as a part of daily living. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with David Gross (Filmmaker), immediately following the film. This film […]

October 7, 2020

FIRST MOVE

WORLD PREMIERE | A Washington Heights elementary school chess team attends the country’s largest scholastic chess tournament in Nashville, Tennessee.   This film has English language closed captioning available.  For more information about closed captions and accessibility at DOC NYC, please click here. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Arielle […]