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 […]
“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 […]