STORIES FROM THE METROPOLIS… HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR METROPOLIS COMPETITION SECTION!
DOC NYC’S Metropolis Competition section brings you stories from the big city and explore New York’s vibrant diversity. Consider the impact of gentrification with the NYC Premiere of Class Divide, a film observing the growing inequality between two distinct worlds that share the same Chelsea intersection with director Marc Levin in attendance.
A look at NYC’s elite public schools and the students trying to get in, Tested is another highlight of DOC NYC Metropolis section. As we follow a group of students preparing for the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, the question of racial equality arises. Director Curtis Chin is set to attend.
Metropolis films are all up for the Metropolis Competition Grand Jury Prize. The winner will receive a deliverables package provided by Technicolor-Postworks New York a comprehensive post facility offering data and film workflows, multi-format conform, color grading, sound mixing and digital cinema as well as a one-week, theatrical, awards-qualifying run at the IFC Center in NYC.
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See the complete list of Metropolis films below:
CLASS DIVIDE
Dir: Marc Levin, NYC Premiere
A look at NYC’s gentrification and growing inequality at the Chelsea intersection of 10th Avenue and 26th Street. HBO Documentary Films. In person: Marc Levin
DADDY DON’T GO
Dir: Emily Abt, World Premiere
Four diverse, disadvantaged NYC fathers struggle to beat the odds and defy the deadbeat dad stereotype. In person: Emily Abt, all subjects
THE JAZZ LOFT ACCORDING TO W. EUGENE SMITH
Dir: Sara Fishko, NYC Premiere
In 1957-65, a former LIFE Magazine photojournalist captured legendary jazz musicians in a Sixth Avenue loft. In person: Sara Fishko
LEFT ON PURPOSE
Dir: Justin Schein, Co-Dir David Mehlman, NYC Premiere
What begins as a portrait of the life of an antiwar radical instead threatens to become an account of his suicide. In person: Justin Schein, David Mehlman
THE LOST ARCADE
Dir: Kurt Vincent, World Premiere
Gentrification threatens the last arcade in NYC, as well as the diverse community that calls it a second home. In person: Kurt Vincent
MIRIAM: HOME DELIVERY
Dir: Juliet Jordan, World Premiere
A profile of a NYC homebirth midwife and her diverse clientele. In person: Juliet Jordan, subject Miriam Schwarzschild
MISSING PEOPLE
Dir: David Shapiro, NYC Premiere
A NYC gallerist, haunted by the unsolved murder of her brother, becomes obsessed with a New Orleans painter. In person: David Shapiro
OXD: ONE EXTRAORDINARY DAY
Dir: Craig Lowy, World Premiere
Elizabeth Streb’s Brooklyn-based Extreme Action Company trains for a breathtaking spectacle in London. In person: Craig Lowy, subject Elizabeth Streb, dancers from the Streb Extreme Action Company
TESTED
Dir: Curtis Chin, World Premiere
Attending NYC’s elite public schools can set students up for the future, but first they have to get in. In person: Curtis Chin. (Preceded by the short film WHY WE STAY, dir: Crystal Kayiza, co-dirs: Pete Quandt, Leroy Farrell, on a South Bronx community fighting gentrification.)
TREE MAN
Dirs: Jon Reiner, Brad Rothschild, NYC Premiere
A Quebecois family man spends five weeks on the streets of NYC selling Christmas trees. In person: Jon Reiner, Brad Rothschild
