Written by Megan Scanlon Expressing themes of love, spontaneity, and authenticity, audience members were treated to a conversation with the legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles and DOC NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers before Friday evening’s screening of Salesman. Debuted in 1968, Norman Mailer saw the film and told Maysles he “thought it said more about America […]
Written by Megan Scanlon “Sometimes there’s an issue not of legal or illegal, but right or wrong” U.S. Army Captain Stuart Herrington Rory Kennedy’s Last Days in Vietnam challenges the dominant story told about the 1975 fall of Saigon when the last of the Americans in the country were ordered to evacuate without their allies, the […]
Written by Laura Dattaro From the crumbling buildings of the economically failing Upsala College was born WFMU, an independent radio station that’s survived nearly three decades on listener donations, the work of all-volunteer DJs, and playing whatever the hell they want. It’s a chaotic story told somewhat chaotically in Sex and Broadcasting, which had its […]
Written by Jacob Appet American ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno was so enchanted by Central African Pygmy music that he set a personal goal to not only meet the indigenous Bayaka population, but to become a permanent resident of the traditional hunter-gatherer society. Song From The Forest, which had it’s New York City premier at DOC […]
Written by Krystal Grow If it had been true, the story of J.T. Leroy would have been a nearly unprecedented literary landmark, a discovery so raw and verbally vivid that celebrities, authors, editors, journalists, photographers, fashion designers and film makers would be rendered helplessly devoted. But the story of J.T. Leroy, and the […]
Written by Krystal Grow Caroll Spinney’s yellow-feathered tenure as the world’s most lovable bird started in 1969, when the young actor, artist and puppeteer met legendary Muppet-maker Jim Henson. At the time, Spinney was a sideman on the Bozo’s Big Top, and despite the invaluable live television experience he gained, thought he was capable of […]
Written by Jacob Appet The DOC NYC Visionaries Tribute, held in Chelsea’s elegant Park Restaurant, joyfully paid tribute to both the pioneers of modern documentary cinema and the vital filmmakers whom they continue to inspire. The afternoon was kicked off by executive director Raphaela Neihausen, who noted her delight at seeing so many familiar faces […]
America’s largest documentary film festival opened its 5th season with a deceptively simple question that sparked a journey of self discovery through the mystery of linguistics. Do I Sound Gay? is writer David Thorpe’s debut documentary film-one he was compelled to create in a period of intense self-loathing and personal insecurity, also known as […]