#DOCNYCalum: SCENES OF A CRIME subject acquitted in re-trial
SCENES OF A CRIME (DOC NYC 2011) subject Adrian Thomas acquitted at re-trial.
The film examines Adrian Thomas’ high-profile case of his child’s death in upstate New York. The filmmakers uncover troubling video footage from a 10-hour police interrogation that led to a disputed confession.
The film stimulated wide legal support for Thomas and last week, a Troy, NY jury found Adrian Thomas NOT GUILTY in the re-trial of the case.
The re-trial began after New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, unanimously overturned Adrian Thomas’s conviction and suppressed his confession statements in Feb. 2014, ruling that they were coerced and involuntary.
NPR discusses Thomas’ release with filmmaker Grover Babcock.
THE PLEASURES OF BEING OUT OF STEP (DOC NYC 2013) screens at Stranger than Fiction.
A pioneer in music criticism, Nat Hentoff has spent more than six decades championing jazz in the pages of the Village Voice, The Wall Street Journal, Down Beat, and numerous other publications. This profile reveals a singular figure who happily upends expectations in his pursuit of free expression. Tickets here.
HUNGRY (DOC NYC 2013) out on VOD.
Follow the jaw-dropping exploits of several competitive eaters, including the world famous Takeru Kobayashi, known for his six consecutive wins at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest in Coney Island. After a contract dispute with Major League Eating, Kobayashi is banned from their events, but fights back to restore his tarnished reputation. Info here.
THE CRASH REEL (DOC NYC 2013) screens at Outdoor Rise NYC.
Set in the world of extreme sports, The Crash Reel follows one of its heroes, the snowboarder Kevin Pearce, who suffered a horrific accident during practice just before the 2010 Olympics, where he was expected to be the chief rival to gold medalist Shaun White, Pearce suffered a horrific accident during practice. Info here.
View the DOCNYC Q&A featuring director Lucy Walker and snowboarder Kevin Pearce.
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