This event was recorded live on Wednesday, September 2, 2020.

DOC NYC PRO presents a day dedicated to documentary editing and post-production, including sessions on storytelling and narrative; developing the director-editor relationship, especially while working remotely; and sound and music editing. After our panel sessions, attendees can also join us for an interactive Q&A breakout session and social hour.

Tickets are $40; all who register prior to the live event will receive access to the livestream; all registrants also receive access to the recorded session, a written transcript and a copy of the slide presentation. Tickets are non-refundable. If you have questions about registration, please email caitlin@docnyc.net.

To purchase a pass to DOC NYC PRO’s entire Summer/Fall 2020 line-up, register here; passes are $150 and include access to recordings and transcripts for all past events. 

For questions about accommodations and accessibility, please email accessibility@docnyc.net. 

This event was recorded live on Wednesday, August 19, 2020.

Join DOC NYC PRO as we turn our focus to the burgeoning field of documentary series. Our guests include Jyoti Sarda, producer of POV’s first miniseries And She Could Be Next; Michele Josue (Matt Shepard Was a Friend of Mine), director of Netflix’s five-episode docuseries Happy Jail; Rudy Valdez (The Sentence), director of the forthcoming Netflix youth football series; Tyler Measom (I Want My MTV, An Honest Liar, Sons of Perdition) of a forthcoming Netflix true-crime series, and Nanette Burstein, director of Hulu’s Hillary miniseries.

In this 90-minute live-streamed conversation, guests will share how they pivoted from feature-length directing to the series format; the art of pitching—and ultimately selling—a docuseries to a distributor; the opportunities that episodic nonfiction filmmaking afford in terms of narrative structure, pacing, and character development; and the genres and stories that make for good series—as opposed to feature—content. We will also talk about the marketplace itself: the rise in consumption from audiences hungry for episodic fare, and the platforms currently eager to commission. Moderated by DOC NYC’s Caitlin Boyle. 

Tickets are $15; all who register prior to the live event will receive access to the livestream; all registrants also receive access to the recorded session, a written transcript and a copy of the slide presentation. Tickets are non-refundable. If you have questions about registration, please email caitlin@docnyc.net.

To purchase a pass to DOC NYC PRO’s entire Summer/Fall 2020 line-up, register here; passes are $150 and include access to recordings and transcripts for all past events. 

For questions about accommodations and accessibility, please email accessibility@docnyc.net.

This event was recorded live on Wednesday, August 12, 2020.

DOC NYC PRO presents a day of exploration in documentary cinematography in the current moment, including sessions on filming in sensitive environments; the practicalities and responsibilities of shooting during a pandemic; and a case study on the relationship between cinematographer and subject. The daylong course will also feature an interactive Q&A breakout session and social hour.

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Tickets are $40; all who register prior to the live event will receive access to the livestream; all registrants also receive access to the recorded session, a written transcript and a copy of the slide presentation. Tickets are non-refundable. If you have questions about registration, please email caitlin@docnyc.net.

To purchase a pass to DOC NYC PRO’s entire Summer/Fall 2020 line-up, register here; passes are $150 and include access to recordings and transcripts for all past events. 

For questions about accommodations and accessibility, please email accessibility@docnyc.net. 

This program was recorded live on Wednesday, August 5, 2020.

DOC NYC PRO presents a day of practical guidance for the first-time filmmaker, including panels on developing a story, building a team, finding a supportive professional community and securing funds and distribution. The daylong course will feature first-time filmmakers who have successfully finished and released feature docs; filmmaker collectives that provide professional and peer networks to emerging filmmakers, as well as an interactive Q&A breakout session and social hour. 

Tickets are $40; all who register prior to the live event will receive access to the livestream; all registrants also receive access to the recorded session, a written transcript and a copy of the slide presentation. Tickets are non-refundable. If you have questions about registration, please email caitlin@docnyc.net.

To purchase a pass to DOC NYC PRO’s entire Summer/Fall 2020 line-up, register here; passes are $150 and include access to recordings and transcripts for all past events. 

For questions about accommodations and accessibility, please email accessibility@docnyc.net. 

This event was recorded live on July 21, 2020.

Join DOC NYC PRO for a deep-dive conversation about advancing social equity and inclusion in the documentary field. Guests include Nicole Tsien, board member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia; Denise Greene of Black Public Media; Day Al-Mohamed, independent filmmaker and founding member of FWD-Doc, Karin Chien, independent producer and President of distributor dGenerate Films; Caty Borum Chattoo of The Center for Media & Impact at American University; and Paulina Suarez, Executive Director of Ambulante, Mexico’s traveling documentary film festival.

Moderated by DOC NYC Features Programmer Karen McMullen.

In this 90-minute livestreamed session, we’ll explore crucial questions about social equity in the documentary industry: What has the history of exclusion and marginalization looked like, and what progress has been made over the last decade? What is the necessary work ahead of us in dismantling power structures as they exist, and expanding access to resources for underrepresented filmmakers? What role can affinity-based and identity-based filmmaker communities play in effectively advocating for access to funding, distribution and exhibition for their members–and how can allies support that work? How can festivals bring creators and audiences from historically marginalized communities to the center? And what can the field’s existing power brokers–including funders, distributors, programmers, and critics–do to insist on and push forward more equitable and inclusive practices at every level?

Proceeds from this event will go to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Tickets are $15; all who register prior to the live event will receive access to the livestream; all registrants also receive access to the recorded session, a written transcript and a copy of the slide presentation. Tickets are non-refundable. If you have questions about registration, please email caitlin@docnyc.net.

To purchase a pass to DOC NYC PRO’s entire Summer/Fall 2020 line-up, register here; passes are $150 and include access to recordings and transcripts for all past events. 

For questions about accommodations and accessibility, please email accessibility@docnyc.net. 

This event was recorded live on July 8, 2020.

Join us for a daylong online workshop on Funding Your Documentary, featuring institutional grant makers, equity investors, and other sources of support for documentary filmmakers, their projects, and the documentary organizations that incubate and exhibit their work.

Tickets are $40; all who register prior to the live event will receive access to the livestream; all registrants also receive access to the recorded session, a written transcript and a copy of the slide presentation. Tickets are non-refundable. If you have questions about registration, please email caitlin@docnyc.net.

To purchase a pass to DOC NYC PRO’s entire Summer/Fall 2020 line-up, register here; passes are $150 and include access to recordings and transcripts for all past events. 

For questions about accommodations and accessibility, please email accessibility@docnyc.net. 

This event was recorded live on June 3 & 4, 2020.

DOC NYC PRO hosted this two-session deep dive into social impact producing and audience engagement, especially relevant at a moment when communities are struggling to mobilize around life-and-death concerns, from police brutality to Covid-19.  Guests include a slate of independent impact producers from around the world, including Mariana Ribeiro in Brazil (The Edge of Democracy, The Nightcrawlers); Ani Mercedes in Miami (Looky Looky Pictures) and Gwendolyn Alston from MocaMedia, in Spain. We’re also joined by those forwarding social impact from inside organizations: Darcy Heusel at NEON; Tricia Finneran at Good Pitch Local; Denae Peters at Perspective Fund; and Max Steinman from Exposure Labs.

On Day 1, hear about audience engagement efforts and social impact support emerging from inside institutions. We’ll meet NEON’s Darcy Heusel, who is coordinating the distributor’s Virtual Cinema efforts for docs Spaceship Earth and The Painter and the Thief. She’ll be joined by Tricia Finneran, who will share Doc Society’s plans for launching hybrid Good Pitch Local events that pair limited in-person gatherings with virtual offerings. Denae Peters of the Perspective Fund will answer questions about the fund’s support of social impact work in the current climate, and Exposure Labs’ Max Steinman will talk about their Earth Day Watch Party initiative. Come prepared with specific questions about your own project and priorities, and we’ll address the concerns of filmmakers who are currently in the midst of planning and promoting social impact campaigns for their films.

On Day 2, hear from independent impact producers based in Brazil, Spain and the United States, who reflect on their early efforts to pivot toward digital and virtual tactics as they continue to use documentary films to effect social change. Mariana Ribeiro, based in São Paulo, reflects on the global collaboration behind the #StayHomeWatchTogether initiative that brought twenty social-issue docs and post-film conversations to virtual audiences in early April–with no budget and a two-week turnaround. Ani Mercedes, founder of Looky Looky Pictures, who will share her social impact campaigns’ dramatic evolutions in the wake of spring festival cancellations, including that of Loira Limbal’s Through the Night.  And Gwendolyn Alston, based in Madrid, describes the hidden benefits and costs of going from IRL events to virtual ones, including the importance of considering the long-term sustainability of digital gatherings. How can film teams repurpose social impact efforts during the coronavirus crisis? What early efforts have worked–and why? And can early challenges teach us about what will work into the future?

Tickets are $15; all who register prior to the live event will receive access to the livestream; all registrants also receive access to the recorded session, a written transcript and a copy of the slide presentation. Tickets are non-refundable. If you have questions about registration, please email caitlin@docnyc.net.

To purchase a pass to DOC NYC PRO’s entire Summer/Fall 2020 line-up, register here; passes are $150 and include access to recordings and transcripts for all past events. 

For questions about accommodations and accessibility, please email accessibility@docnyc.net.