November 12, 2012

Turning: The Music of Antony and the Johnsons

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Iva Radivojevic Musician Antony Hegarty at the screening of the film TURNING. What would it feel like to have complete freedom from society, from art, from gender, from everything that oppresses us? For a brief moment, the women in Charles Atlas’s film, TURNING, are given that experience. The […]

November 12, 2012

Turning: The Music of Antony and the Johnsons

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Iva Radivojevic Musician Antony Hegarty at the screening of the film TURNING. What would it feel like to have complete freedom from society, from art, from gender, from everything that oppresses us? For a brief moment, the women in Charles Atlas’s film, TURNING, are given that experience. The […]

November 12, 2012

Turning: The Music of Antony and the Johnsons

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Iva Radivojevic Musician Antony Hegarty at the screening of the film TURNING. What would it feel like to have complete freedom from society, from art, from gender, from everything that oppresses us? For a brief moment, the women in Charles Atlas’s film, TURNING, are given that experience. The […]

November 12, 2012

Shepard & Dark: A Friendship Tested by Time

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Megan Scanlon Film director Treva Wurmfeld with producer Amy Hobby at DOC NYC. When it comes to writing, Johnny Dark likes to go off on a tangent, saying that “the tangent is sometimes more interesting than the body you started off with.” And so it is with […]

November 12, 2012

Shepard & Dark: A Friendship Tested by Time

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Megan Scanlon Film director Treva Wurmfeld with producer Amy Hobby at DOC NYC. When it comes to writing, Johnny Dark likes to go off on a tangent, saying that “the tangent is sometimes more interesting than the body you started off with.” And so it is with […]

November 12, 2012

Shepard & Dark: A Friendship Tested by Time

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Megan Scanlon Film director Treva Wurmfeld with producer Amy Hobby at DOC NYC. When it comes to writing, Johnny Dark likes to go off on a tangent, saying that “the tangent is sometimes more interesting than the body you started off with.” And so it is with […]

November 12, 2012

Rafea: A Solar Engineer Blossoms in the Desert

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Carrie Nelson From left, directors Jehane Noujaim and Mona Eldaief at DOC NYC. When one considers the concept of “women’s work,” a variety of careers may come to mind. Is solar engineer one of them? According to Bunker Roy, founder of India’s Barefoot College, it should be. […]

November 12, 2012

Rafea: A Solar Engineer Blossoms in the Desert

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Carrie Nelson From left, directors Jehane Noujaim and Mona Eldaief at DOC NYC. When one considers the concept of “women’s work,” a variety of careers may come to mind. Is solar engineer one of them? According to Bunker Roy, founder of India’s Barefoot College, it should be. […]

November 12, 2012

Rafea: A Solar Engineer Blossoms in the Desert

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Carrie Nelson From left, directors Jehane Noujaim and Mona Eldaief at DOC NYC. When one considers the concept of “women’s work,” a variety of careers may come to mind. Is solar engineer one of them? According to Bunker Roy, founder of India’s Barefoot College, it should be. […]

November 12, 2012

Mea Maxima Culpa: Uncovering Abuse in the Church

This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Maggie Glass Director Alex Gibney, right, fielded questions at the DOC NYC screening of his film. With MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, acclaimed director Alex Gibney takes a subject known to most people–the widespread sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests–and puts a […]