Two days before the festival’s close, DOC NYC announced its 2018 award-winners at an evening ceremony at the Flatiron Room in Manhattan. This year’s event, running November 8-15 at IFC Center, the SVA Theatre and Cinepolis Chelsea, featured 137 feature-length films—including the late addition of the world premiere of the Aretha Franklin concert film Amazing […]
Written by Maggie Glass The War Pigs. The Jolly Stompers. The Savage Nomads. The Aliens. The Renagade Turks. In the 1970s, New York City was ruled by gangs, each with its own identity, fashion sense, and style of violence. With the idealism of the 60s fading, the city was experiencing swift urban decay and […]
Written by Jenna Belhumeur In Friday night’s showing of Banksy Does New York, filmmaker Chris Moukarbel explores the month-long New York City residency of famed anonymous street artist Banksy. While Banksy may not have been in attendance (or perhaps he was…), many of the New Yorkers who appear throughout the film were. At […]
DOC NYC’s lineup would be remiss without a few films that focused on the city it calls home, New York City. THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and charged for brutally attacking and raping a white female jogger in Central Park. News media swarmed the case, calling it “the crime of […]
DOC NYC’s lineup would be remiss without a few films that focused on the city it calls home, New York City. THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and charged for brutally attacking and raping a white female jogger in Central Park. News media swarmed the case, calling it “the crime of […]
DOC NYC’s lineup would be remiss without a few films that focused on the city it calls home, New York City. THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and charged for brutally attacking and raping a white female jogger in Central Park. News media swarmed the case, calling it “the crime of […]