Written by Rebecca DeRosa In a time when 88 percent of the FDNY was white and male, one woman broke the mold to become the very first openly transgender firefighter of New York City. First Lady of NYC, Chirlane McCray, appeared at the world premiere screening of Woman on Fire, directed by Julie […]
Written by Rebecca DeRosa In The Nine, which premiered at DOC NYC on Monday, photographer turned director Katy Grannan turns the lens on a community of people—many of whom are drug addicts, prostitutes, and victims of abuse—living on South 9th St. (the Nine) in Modesto, California. Kiki (a.k.a. Artimise Fairley), the main […]
Written by Megan Scanlon Power. What is it? What does it look like, how does it move, and how do we know it when we see it? Is power a container that is filled and emptied, shaped and reshaped? What gives power to writing, to music, to art? The NYC premiere of The […]
Written by Kate Hoos Soundbreaking: Stories From the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music is a treat for both serious and casual music fans. But it might be an even bigger delight for gear heads and those who are interested in the ways in which the songs they love were crafted, with an intimate, […]
Written by Whitney Marin James Foley, or Jim as he was best known, was a brother, a son and a friend. Like many of us, Jim tried to find his way in the world, as a teacher, as a writer and ultimately as a journalist. His last approach would take him to the […]
Written by Eric Shea The Terry Kath Experience, which had its US premier this Sunday at DOC NYC, delves into the far-too-short life of Terry Kath, a founding member of the band Chicago and one of the rock world’s unsung guitar heroes. The film was conceived by Kath’s daughter, Michelle Kath Sinclair, whose […]
Written by Whitney Marin The British indie-rock band Mumford and Sons rose to popularity in the U.K. and in the U.S. with their debut album Sigh No More in 2009. Since then, the band has released two more studio albums and has gone on to win a Grammy for Album of the Year, […]
Written by Megan Scanlon Whether you’ve seen every Werner Herzog film or have just opened the door to the Werner Herzog portal, there was nothing to be lost in translation when DOC NYC Director of Programming Basil Tsiokos introduced Into the Inferno. “It’s by Werner Herzog so you have a sense […]
Written by Kate Hoos Ken Dewey may not be a name you are familiar with, but as Ken Dewey: This Is A Test reveals, his presence was felt all over the creative world and still reverberates today. The film made its world premiere at DOC NYC this Saturday and traces the life and […]
Written by Whitney Marin “The narrative simply wasn’t ‘okay you’re gay, that means you have to leave your family’ or your family is unaccepting. There are these other models that were in existence,” says director, Thomas Allen Harris. “So for me that was really really important to create this film to talk about […]