This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Katie Lewin At the “Cara Mertes In Conversation Panel” on Monday, Thom Powers, DOC NYC’s artistic director, discussed the illustrious career of Mertes before inviting her on stage for an hour-long discussion and Q&A. Mertes has been at the forefront of documentary for years: the former head […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Minnie Li In 1989, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITIES) treaty banned the ivory trade. But this didn’t stop poachers organized by warlords and Somali gangs from slaughtering elephants for their tusks; today, fewer than 400,000 African elephants exist. […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Jess Gonzalez Many people have unusual anecdotes about their childhoods, but few can say they grew up in a hippy commune. This is both the privilege and burden of Rena Mundo Croshere and Nadine Mundo, sisters and co-directors of AMERICAN COMMUNE. The film, which played for a […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Krystal Grow Tahrir Square has been the epicenter of a political movement that has seen the downfall of two dictators and the rise of a protest culture in Egypt that refuses to be repressed. After 30 years of crushing authoritarian rule, the young people of Cairo took […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Jess Gonzalez There’s folk, there’s blues, there’s gospel—and then there’s Reverend Gary Davis. While you may not have ever heard of him, the roots of his influence run wide and deep in the soil of the blues and folk music we know today. That is the story […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Maggie Glass The high school students at the International High School at Lafayette in Brooklyn are teenagers like many others. They struggle with homework and sports, first loves and gender identity. But as recent arrivals to the United States, their lives are layered with challenges unique to […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Krystal Grow Erratic, obsessive and intensely private, Vivian Maier could have been one of the most famous photographers of her time. For that to have happened, she would have had to display even a tiny sample of her prolific body of work, which remained virtually untouched until […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Karen Backstein What is truth? How can we know what really happened in the past? And who has the right to tell the story of our lives? In her first documentary, Sarah Polley, whose fictional narrative film AWAY FROM HER dealt with Alzheimer’s, returns to the question […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Minnie Li Pat Robertson, the televangelist for the Christian Broadcast Network (CBN), set up the charitable Operation Blessing to assist the Rwanda refugee relief in 1994. While he claimed that money raised through his show “The 700 Club” would be used for relief in Rwanda, reporter Bill […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Maggie Glass In the modern age, women from all different backgrounds and walks of life may find themselves asking the same thing: how should I feed my baby? In her latest film BREASTMILK, director Dana Ben-Ari captures the intimate and often contentious subject of breastfeeding by following […]