Written by Whitney Marin Academy Award-winning director Thomas Lennon took on an ambitious project with the film Sacred, commissioning the work of 40 filmmaking teams to tell one global story. Birthing rituals, coming of age traditions, weddings, funerals, and festivals of celebration were recorded in communities across the world. Lennon is no novice documentarian. […]
Written by Krystal Grow The line between fantasy and reality can be blurry, but when you add the power of the internet and the confusion of adolescence, it can become nearly impossible to determine the difference. On May 31, 2014, two twelve-year-old girls lured their friend into the woods, where they stabbed her […]
Written by Kate Hoos “The truth of the film is almost unbearable” executive editor Bill Moyers said in his introduction of Rikers, making it’s world premiere at DOC NYC. Moyers also said on wanting to make the film that he had heard a lot about the culture of violence and brutality plaguing the […]
Written by Eric Shea This year’s screening of the 2010 film To Be Heard carried even more sentimentality and emotional weight than when it made its premiere at the inaugural DOC NYC six years ago. Earlier this year one of the film’s directors, Roland Legiardi-Laura, passed away after a battle with cancer and […]
Written by Whitney Marin The United States is 5% of the world’s population, yet holds 25% of the world’s prisoners. Mass incarceration and the criminalization of the African American identity is explored in the film 13th, directed by Golden Globe-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay. DOC NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers introduced 13th and moderated […]
Written by Megan Scanlon DOC NYC headed into day two of the festival with a screening of the much anticipated Captive: Cola Kidnap. A preview of the first episode out of eight, the audience saw the world premiere of the upcoming docuseries to be aired on Netflix, “the only place that could have […]
Written by Eric Shea Every Brilliant Thing captured the deeply emotional, yet at times comical, one-man play of the same name. The film focused on British actor Jonny Donahoe as he delivered a powerful performance of the play he co-wrote with Duncan Macmillan. The play’s central character, played by Donahoe, attempts to cope […]
Written by Kate Hoos How do you best capture the narrative of a larger than life, over the top rock band – a band known for members dropping their pants on live TV, trolling Motley Crue in the studio with naked pictures of men, and who once raffled off a one night stand […]
Written by Kate Hoos War is difficult. Coming back from it can be harrowing too. After Fire, directed by Brittnay Huckabee, made it’s world premiere at Doc NYC on Veteran’s Day 2016 and tells the story of three women coming to terms with their experiences and the trauma they lived through during their […]
Written by Krystal Grow You know the songs. They’re some of the most memorable pieces of music performed by some of the most legendary artists in the business. But you may not know that songs like “Piece of My Heart,” “Twist and Shout,” and “Cry Baby,” among many others, came from the heart […]