WORLD PREMIERE Just north of New York City, Sing Sing Correctional Facility is one of the country’s most notorious prisons. Veteran crime reporter Dan Slepian forges a bond with Jon-Adrian Velazquez, a man serving a 25-to-life sentence in the facility, that leads him on a two-decade-long journey for justice. Directed by Dawn Porter, this multi-part exposé featuring original investigative reporting and thorough research into over 1,000 hours of archival footage, chronicles the two men’s steadfast perseverance against a tragic failure of the American carceral system. - Brandon Harrison Episodes 2 and 4 of the 4-part series will be screened.
The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Dawn Porter, executive producer and showrunner Kimberley Ferdinando, journalist and executive producer Dan Slepian, and film subject Jon-Adrian Velazquez.
This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:
Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Village East by Angelika
Descriptive Audio for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Village East by Angelika
All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible devices.
ETERNAL YOU
NYC PREMIERE When the AI tool Project December opened to the public, writer Joshua Barbeau pursued a bold and morally questionable goal: using the application to “speak” with his fiancee who had died 8 years before. The success of this morbid experiment attracted a rush of other users who hoped to imbue their deceased loved ones with a sort of immortality in the digital realm. As the proliferation of AI models and sophisticated avatar programs forges onward, tech leaders, programmers, psychologists and everyday consumers confront the ethical concerns of this revolutionary technology. – Brandon Harrison
This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:
Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Village East by Angelika
All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible devices.
Accessibility alert for NOV 14, 9:15PM and NOV 15, 12:00PM screening:
Due to a recent equipment failure at Village East Cinemas, the room where this film screens is currently not accessible to patrons using wheelchairs. We apologize for the inconvenience. However the film is available to view at home as part of DOC NYC’s online festival. Please reach out to info@docnyc.net with any questions.