TRACES

WORLD PREMIERE Both a fascinating portrait of a social crusader and a mirror to police murders of Black Americans, this film examines the aftermath where grief and the desire for justice co-exist. Lee Merritt is a lawyer who dedicated his life’s work to helping the families of these slain men and women. But Enough is more than a bio-doc—it is a purposeful and focused work of social justice and how Black communities overcome. - Murtada Elfadl

The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/producers Kreshnik Jonuzi and Matthew Vigil and protagonists Lee Merritt, Blerim Elmazi, and Wanda Cooper-Jones.

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.

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE November 17, 1980, is a watershed date for American feminism. It was the day when thousands of women surrounded the Pentagon in protest of Ronald Reagan’s war policies. Filmmaker Bojina Panayotova reconstructs that forgotten history through a fiery archival collage that brings together songs, accounts, footage, and testimonies. With sound, images, and texts, her archive of a movement serves as an instructional guide to those who, decades on, are fighting the same fight today. - Bedatri D. Choudhury

The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Bojina Panayotova.

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.

NYC PREMIERE The Corvette-driving, verbally gifted Marxist Ken Cockrel was a powerhouse lawyer in 1970s Detroit, a city roiled by segregation, racial unrest, and police brutality. In a series of high-profile cases involving the Black community, the radical yet rational Ken took the legal lead and won decisive victories. Through vivid archival footage and personal recollections, this energetic film celebrates a brash and brilliant activist who moved the needle on race, justice, and social change. - Karen McMullen

Kenny: The Marxist Who Would Be Mayor is one of 10 nominated films in DOC NYC’s inaugural Archival Storytelling Competition, developed in collaboration with Archival Producers Alliance and co-presented by Footage.Net, Fox Archives, and Global ImageWorks. To see the list of other nominated films, click here.

The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Christopher "Zoz" Gruse, executive producer/protagonists Sheila Cockrel and Katy Cockrel, and editor Cammeron Neely.

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.

NYC PREMIERE Carlos “Taso” Zenón was a Puerto Rican fisherman and freedom fighter who organized against the US military’s occupation of his hometown, Vieques. He mounted a steadfast community resistance against the mighty American military system. From their small fishing boats, they fought for the freedom and autonomy of Puerto Ricans. Bringing together unseen archival footage, this film by Juan C. Dávila Santiago tells a David-and-Goliath story about a little-known fight against American imperialism. - Bedatri D. Choudhury

Zenon and the Rebel Boats is one of 10 nominated films in DOC NYC’s inaugural Archival Storytelling Competition, developed in collaboration with Archival Producers Alliance and co-presented by Footage.Net, Fox Archives, and Global ImageWorks. To see the list of other nominated films, click here.

The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/producer Juan C. Dávila; producer/editor Camila M. Rodríguez Estrada; archival producer Bian Elkhatib; production assistant/granddaughter of Carlos Zenón, Mía I. Zenón; and protagonist Yabureibo Zenón.

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.

US PREMIERE Integrity, courage, and everything a country’s largest independent newsroom is meant to uphold came under attack in Hungary in 2020 when, under Viktor Orbán’s far-right prime ministership, Index.hu succumbed to state-sponsored repression. Eighty journalists quit in protest, including András Földes, who picked up the camera and documented what came next. This story of journalists fighting to protect the Fourth Estate is set in another country, but it’s a tale all too familiar here. - Bedatri D. Choudhury

The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director András Földes and producer Lorand Balazs Imre.

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.

NYC PREMIERE The Rev. James Lawson was an unsung founder of the Civil Rights Movement who helped shape it through faith, moral clarity, and nonviolence. A close colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he later confronted racism, police violence, and apartheid. Featuring rare archival footage and reflections from civil rights leaders past and present, this compelling portrait offers a fresh perspective on American history and a timely reminder of the importance of speaking truth to power. - Karen McMullen

A Better Way: James Lawson, Architect of Nonviolence is one of 10 nominated films in DOC NYC’s inaugural Archival Storytelling Competition, developed in collaboration with Archival Producers Alliance and co-presented by Footage.Net, Fox Archives, and Global ImageWorks. To see the list of other nominated films, click here.

The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/producer Karen Hayes.

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.

NYC PREMIERE Part fight-the-power expose and part investigative thriller, the provocative My NDA examines how corporations weaponize non-disclosure agreements to suppress sexual assault, racial discrimination, and inconvenient journalism. Three protagonists break their agreements, guided by a New York lawyer specializing in NDA cases, while facing the possibility of retaliation. The film’s most disturbing revelations involve a rape survivor allegedly deceived into signing an NDA by feminist lawyer Gloria Allred, and another imposed by her health insurer. - Jaie Laplante

The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with directors Miriam Shor and Juliane Dressner and protagonists Ashley Kostial, Julie Roginsky, and Ambra Battilana Gutierrez.

The second screening will be followed by a Q&A with directors Miriam Shor and Juliane Dressner, editor Jen Fineran, and protagonists Ashley Kostial and Ambra Battilana Gutierrez.

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.