MARATHON
Julio Saucé, an undocumented, Ecuadorian New Yorker, struggles to makes ends meet, all while running 80 miles a week to train for the biggest race in the world, the New York City Marathon.
Shorts
THE BAD BOY OF BOWLING
NYC PREMIERE Pete Weber: Bowling’s first rock star, or it’s greatest embarrassment? This film is followed by BOUNCE: HOW THE BALL TAUGHT THE WORLD TO PLAY
THE 100 YEARS SHOW
NYC PREMIERE Though she has painted all her life, Cuban-born NYC artist Carmen Herrera is “discovered” in her 90s. This film is followed by TOCANDO LA LUZ.
DREAMING AGAINST THE WORLD
Risking execution to create work while imprisoned during China’s Cultural Revolution, Mu Xin demonstrates that great art is born of great struggle. This film is followed by CLAUDE LANZMANN: SPECTRES OF THE SHOAH Doors open at 7:30, event start time is now 8:00. Prior to the film screening, DOC NYC will present the awards for the […]
ED & PAULINE
NYC PREMIERE Before she was The New Yorker’s film critic, Pauline Kael partnered with cinephile Ed Landberg to transform a storefront into a beloved art house cinema. This film is followed by REEL IN THE CLOSET.
OPEN YOUR EYES
NYC PREMIERE An elderly couple in the remote mountains of Nepal take a three-day journey to reclaim their long-lost sight. This film is followed by WILHEMINA’S WAR
ANATOMY OF A SNOW DAY
WORLD PREMIERE When school remains open during a winter storm, twelve-year-old documentary filmmaker Zachary Maxwell seeks out answers from the adults calling the shots. Through tireless efforts which included countless letters, emails, phone calls and other creative forms of outreach, Zachary goes inside the New York City government to understand how weather-related emergencies influence school closings. Anatomy […]
BASEMENT METAL
NYC PREMIERE An intimate look into the lives of ‘Unlocking the Truth’, an up and coming heavy metal band who’s members are middle schoolers between the ages of 11 & 12. Follow them as they rehearse in a cramped basement after school, talk about their life styles and how others in school view them, right up […]
FOR THE LOVE OF DOGS
An inspiring, heart-warming story told through the eyes of Cory: a brilliant and talented 11 year-old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome. Follow Cory’s journey from the National Dog Show to Westminster, and witness how a boy’s passion for dogs has opened up his communication with the world around him. This plays as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: […]
SOLITARY PLAINS
USA PREMIERE A lonely boy in the middle of a cruel North Dakota winter muses about the oil boom that has drawn his father and thousands of others to America’s Northern Plains in search of work. This plays as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: SHOW + TELL