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 […]
“I’ve told this story probably 30 to 40 times, so apologies if you’ve heard it before,” DEATH METAL ANGOLA director Jeremy Xido told the audience at Saturday night’s DOC NYC screening of his film. “But it’s a good one.” He’s right. A few years ago Xido was working on a film about Chinese laborers rebuilding […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Maggie Glass Even if you are the most tireless and dedicated of activists, Grace Lee Boggs will most likely put you to shame. At 98, she is still teaching, writing, and agitating from her home in Detroit, where she has lived for over 50 years. AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Krystal Grow “Is this thing loud enough? Because I want to make sure I’m heard,” Kathleen Hanna said, taking the microphone for the Q&A after the NYC premiere on Saturday of THE PUNK SINGER, director Sini Anderson’s documentary of the legendary feminist and front woman for the […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Minnie Li Branson is a small town in Missouri known for its family-oriented musical and variety shows; it’s a city that lives off of show business. These shows used to attract almost 7.5 million visitors per year, and the visitors used to bring in $3 billion in […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Katie Lewin DIRTY WARS, which screened at DOC NYC on Saturday morning, is a film that tells the increasingly familiar story of covert operations, civilian attacks, and subsequent military cover-ups that have been hitting the headlines over the past few years. The film is a collaboration between […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Karen Backstein To make a great documentary, it helps to have a great subject. Joe Angio’s REVENGE OF THE MEKONS, about The Mekons, a British punk band that’s been rocking for more than 35 years, has just that. You could feel the excitement even before the film […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Krystal Grow Perhaps we knew the democratic process had gone awry, but before Carl Deal and Tia Lessin’s film CITIZEN KOCH premiered at DOCNYC on Friday night, we may not have realized just how pervasive—and persuasive—big money has become in the political sphere. With an emphasis on […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Maggie Glass David Edelstein, the film critic for New York Magazine, began Friday’s conversation with filmmaker Errol Morris by ceremoniously dropping his prepared notes on the floor in favor of a more open-ended discussion on documentary style, technique, unpredictable interviews, and rules that were meant to be […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Minnie Li In 1965-66, the military took power in Indonesia, and targeted communists, ethnic Chinese and intellectuals. They killed more than a million people. Anwar Congo, a local gangster, killed hundreds of people during the period. He was a death squad leader, and the 41st perpetrator of murders […]