Written by Laura Dattaro In less than a century, humans could turn Mars into a liveable planet. According to a NASA astrobiologist interviewed in Ian Cheney’s documentary Bluespace, we could pump Mars’ atmosphere full of greenhouse gases until it warmed up and liquid water flowed. Any life capable of living with that much […]
Written by Megan Scanlon The New York City premiere of Women He’s Undressed treated its audience to the world of Oscar-winning costume designer Orry-Kelly. Director Gillian Armstrong, who couldn’t be there in person, sent a message to the audience, “I do hope you enjoy our little story of his big life.” Fantastically stylized, […]
This year, DOC NYC launched a new initiative, DOC NYC U Showcase which features the best short form student work coming out of the city’s top documentary programs, as determined by their faculty. A selection of the participating films are awarded jury awards and receive an encore screening on Thursday, November 18th at 7:30pm. Tickets are […]
Written by Eugene Rosenberg The Great Alone focuses on the greatest champion of one of America’s most unique sporting institutions – Alaska’s Iditarod sled dog race. The film follows four-time champion Lance Mackey and his team of dogs over some of Alaska’s most ruggedly beautiful terrain as he competes in the 2013 event. […]
Written by Laura Dattaro A Good American is a difficult film to watch in New York City. A chronicle of a revoluationary security program that may have been able to prevent the September 11 terrorist attacks, the documentary is rife with emotional footage, from the audio of a voicemail left by a passenger […]
Below are DOC NYC’s picks for today: Can an affable young trans man live openly with his true love in the Bible Belt? The NYC Premiere of Deep Run (NYC Premiere) explores the intersection of modern identity and faith in the American South. Executive produced by Susan Sarandon who will be in attendance at the screening, the film is playing […]
Written by Eugene Rosenberg While seemingly well-worn territory, Raiders! takes the familiar “making of a movie” documentary topic into a bold new dimension of meta-reference while fusing several contemporary popular cultural phenomena: homemade remakes of famous movies, the proliferation of viral videos, and growing dedication of genre fan bases. The film itself details […]
Written by Susan Keyloun Shot over a three-month period, Sisters in Law, a Cannes award-winning documentary which marks its 10th anniversary as part of the DOC Redux line-up, follows two feisty, no-nonsense women in the small village of Kumba, Cameroon as they fight against injustice and inhumanity. Prosecutor Vera Ngassa and Judge Beatrice […]
How do you preserve and continue to use archival material in the wake of the digital revolution? On November 17th, the Archival & Survival series of panels (day 2 of the Insiders Conference), tries to answer this question. Co-presented by the Association of Commercial Stock Image Licensors (ACSIL) and the International Documentary Association (IDA). We have an Archive Expo going on in the […]
Written by Eugene Rosenberg Saturday night’s sold out screening of The Lost Arcade proved something of a homecoming for a lost tribe -Manhattan’s diehard arcade video gamers. For the last two decades the film’s subject, the “lost arcade” known as Chinatown Fair, provided the last refuge and a sense of place for NYC’s coin […]