This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Jess Gonzalez There’s a God problem in Uganda, but whether the country suffers from a lack or an overabundance thereof depends on whom you ask. Director Roger Ross William’s GOD LOVES UGANDA seeks not to answer the question, but rather to explore both sides of the argument. […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Maggie Glass If your memory of high school history class consists of dusty textbooks filled with stories of American triumphs, acclaimed director Oliver Stone has a remedy in the form of his recent television series THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. On Monday night, audiences were […]
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 Karen Backstein “The Way We Were.” “Nobody Does it Better.” “What I Did for Love.” Marvin Hamlisch wrote some of the most popular songs in American music. At the age of 29, he won three Oscars. He received the Pulitzer Prize as part of the team that […]
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 […]