Stranger Than Fiction has announced that their fall season, running from September 23-November 11, will center on an 8-week D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus tribute. Kicking things off on the 23rd is a screening of Town Bloody Hall, followed by a Q&A with the directors, who will be in attendance for the majority of the series. DOC […]
We invite you to join us as a sponsor of DOCNYC, America’s largest documentary festival, as we return this November for our exciting 5th Year! It is through the generous support of our sponsors that we are able to keep DOC NYC growing and thriving for the film community and beyond. Since 2010, DOC NYC […]
A WILL FOR THE WOODS (DOC NYC 2014) at Village East Cinemas through Thursday! 181-189 Second Avenue, NYC August 15th – 21st Q&As w/ filmmakers following: Friday 15th & Sat 16th 7pm & 9:45pm shows & each weeknight following the 7pm show. The green burial movement combines the consecration and mourning of the dead with […]
7/29: FINDING VIVIAN MAIER (DOC NYC 2013) on DVD. A mysterious nanny, who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and discovered decades later, is now considered among the 20th century’s greatest photographers. Maier’s strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never before seen photographs, films, and interviews with […]
Have you submitted your film for DOC NYC 2014? Don’t delay, as our last submission deadline is approaching quickly, this Thursday July 31. For instructions, visit DOC NYC’s submission page. Filmmakers with shorts: we’re particularly excited that DOC NYC is now an Academy-qualifying festival for you! The winning short film will qualify for consideration in […]
We offer a very hearty congrats to all our alumni films who have been nominated for Emmy awards. We will be sharing great DOC NYC Q&As with these filmmakers over the next few weeks, so watch this space! 56 UP DOC NYC 2012 dir. by Michael Apted AI WEI WEI: NEVER SORRY DOC NYC 2012 […]
Want to see your film at DOC NYC 2014? Submit your film for consideration by our late deadline of Friday June 27. Check our submission page for instructions. THE PLEASURES OF BEING OUT OF STEP (DOC NYC 2013 Metropolis Award) opens at the IFC Center. A pioneer in music criticism, Nat Hentoff has spent more […]
BREAKING NEWS — After an extraordinary civil rights lawsuit and legal battle over a 1989 crime and wrongful conviction that came to symbolize a sense of lawlessness, racism and police coercion in New York, the exonerated men of the Central Park Five have agreed to a settlement of about $40 million from New York City. […]
SCENES OF A CRIME (DOC NYC 2011) subject Adrian Thomas acquitted at re-trial. The film examines Adrian Thomas’ high-profile case of his child’s death in upstate New York. The filmmakers uncover troubling video footage from a 10-hour police interrogation that led to a disputed confession. The film stimulated wide legal support for Thomas and last […]
THE ABOMINABLE CRIME (DOC NYC 2013) out on DVD. Exposing the roots of homophobia in Jamaican society, THE ABOMINABLE CRIME tells the story of a mother’s love for her child and an activist’s love for his country. It gives voice to Jamaicans like Simone Edwards, who survived an anti-gay shooting, and Maurice Tomlinson, a leading […]