High schooler Calvin Mumm speaks with other teenagers as they reflect on studying in a time where mass school shootings are the norm. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Calvin Mumm (Director), immediately following the film. This film is part of the shorts program SHORTS: ALL THAT MATTERS
WORLD PREMIERE | Iconoclastic historian Andrew Bacevich delivers an anti-colonial critique of US foreign policy in the Middle East, informed by his long career in the Army. While other historians analyze changing presidential administrations, Bacevich sees one long Oil War. There are scant differences between Democrats and Republicans when it comes to the sacrifice of soldiers’ lives. […]
As one of the most consequential elections in US history draws near, the right to vote has come under increased attack. This film has English language closed captioning available. For more information about closed captions and accessibility at DOC NYC, please click here. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Jamie Boyle […]
Lord Timothy Bell, founder of the infamous public relations firm Bell Pottinger, rose to prominence from the advertising world to handle PR for political clients ranging from the controversial to the openly amoral. After decades of using weaponized media to influence elections—and subvert democracy—in the United Kingdom, Pinochet’s Chile, and beyond, a new client contributes […]
WORLD PREMERE | For more than 40 years, a collection of abandoned mansions have been hidden inside a wild growing forest in the heart of Brooklyn, but that’s about to change. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Nathan Dorr (Director), Nathan Kensinger (Co-director/Co-producer), immediately following the film. This film is […]
Los Angeles attorney Lizbeth Mateo has her own law practice and four employees—but as an undocumented citizen, she also has no legal right to be in the country. This film has English language closed captioning available. For more information about closed captions and accessibility at DOC NYC, please click here. Included with the screening ticket is […]
Attica Scott, the only Black woman in the Kentucky state legislature, fights to dismantle a system of discrimination against Black people penalized for something seemingly innocuous–their hair. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Samantha Knowles (Director), immediately following the film. This film is part of the shorts program SHORTS: SPEAK UP, STAND […]
Disrupting the system. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 83 MIN) Oil and Water | Director: Anjali Nayar The women of a northern Kenya community that has been exploited for oil unite to fight greed, patriarchy, and corrupt politics. (Canada, 14 MIN) Stonewall 2069 | Director: Samuel Douek The 1969 police raid of New York City’s Stonewall bar sparked the queer […]
An exploration of who we are and where we come from. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 79 MIN) Motherland | Director: Ellen Evans Two young men are forcibly returned to Jamaica after a lifetime in Britain, as part of a controversial government policy on national identity. (UK, 13 MIN) Crescendo! | Director: Alex Mallis Acclaimed operatic tenor Michael Fabiano […]
Stories of New Yorkers’ grit and resilience. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 80 MIN) A Week in June | Director: Jay Sansone Three young Black Lives Matter leaders are filmed on the streets of New York City during the first week of the George Floyd protests. (USA, 6 MIN) Road to Roxham | Director: Cristian Gomes In Plattsburgh, […]