BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER: NEW MODERN FAMILY SECTION

Each year, DOC NYC introduces different thematic programs. New this year is Modern Family, which explores unconventional families and communities.

Making its World Premiere in this section is The Melting Family,  a candid personal film by Nicole Groton who will attend the festival. Follow her as she shares memories of her complex childhood, while family members deconstruct 20 years of romances, adulteries, births and unexpected deaths and their profound impact on the extended clan. The Melting Family is a product of the today’s Modern Family and challenges conventional views of the “broken family.

For tickets, click here.

Below is a description of all Modern Family films:

ALWAYS TOGETHER

Dir: Eva Tomanová, US Premiere

A former computer scientist raises his family in the Czech countryside with no modern conveniences or schooling.

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD

Dir: Sharon Shattuck, NYC Premiere

The filmmaker seeks to understand how her parents remained together after her father transitioned to a woman. In person: Sharon Shattuck

GAYBY BABY

Dir: Maya Newell, NYC Premiere

This touching film reveals both the challenges of same-sex parenting and its commonalities with every family. In person: producer Charlotte Mars

THE MELTING FAMILY

Dir: Nicole Groton, World Premiere

This candidly personal film chronicles how one nuclear family grew through seven divorces and remarriages. In person: Nicole Groton

OLD FRIENDS

Dir: Peter Odabashian, World Premiere

An intimate reflection on friendship demonstrates the power of an intentional community. In person: Peter Odabashian, subjects Esther Cohen, Bruce Kitzmeyer, Anne Newman Bacal, Betty Odabashian

WITH OR WITHOUT YOU

Dir: Hyuckjee Park, North American Premiere

Long-widowed from the husband they shared, two women continue to live together decades later.