DOC NYC Selects: Summer 2024 Season
Date: Tuesday, July 16
Time: 7:00pm ET
Venue: IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave, NYC
TRT: 104 minutes
SELECTS 2024 CLOSING NIGHT. Filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui (McQueen) soar to new heights with their emotional and deeply moving account of the story of the late Christopher Reeve, who became an iconic movie star as the Man of Steel in the blockbuster Superman films of the late 1970s and 80s – until a near-fatal accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. This epic documentary details Reeve’s pivot to determined activism for spinal cord injury cures and disability rights and care, a journey that his three children, Matthew, Alexandra and Will, would eventually continue after his untimely death.
The screening was followed by an on-stage conversation with Will Reeve and filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui.