Director Aleksandr M. Vinogradov’s visually stunning 91-minute film about the Belgian choreographer Thierry Smits’s creating his new visually stunning contemporary dance piece, Anima Ardens – stirring up this reviewer’s collective unconsciousness and consciousness to a feverish pitch. The athleticism of 11 men, naked, whirling, pirouetting, dashing around huge alabaster stage as well as enmeshing and scrumming with arms and legs and heads and torsos going this way and that, rhythmically and synchronously and kinetically, forming and reforming edificial shapes and collages with human building blocks that expand and melt away into other forms and entities was transfixing.
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DOC NYC 2020 Film Review
Films About the Black Experience – DOC NYC 2020, November 11-19
40 YEARS A PRISONER (Viewfinders Competition) Dir: Tommy Oliver In 1978, Philadelphia’s police department conducted a violent siege on the communal home of the Black revolutionary group MOVE. Nine members of MOVE went to prison over the resultant death…
DOC NYC 2020 November 11-13, Part 7: Spotlight On Canada, Feature Films, Short Films, Shorts Programs
Spotlight On Canada – A showcase of the Canadian titles that are represented throughout the festival’s sections. Co-presented by the Consulate General of Canada in New York. Feature Films 9/11 KIDS DOPE IS DEATH EL FATHER PLAYS HIMSELF INFLUENCE JACINTA…
DOC NYC 2020 November 11-13, Part 6: Behind The Scenes Films About Film And Television, Arts & Culture Films About The Arts, Sonic Cinema Movies About Music
Behind The Scenes Films About Film And Television BELUSHI Dir/Prod: R.J. Cutler Prod: John Battsek, Diane Becker, Trevor Smith R.J. Cutler (The September Issue) profiles the legendary John Belushi, whose insatiable appetites and anarchic energy led to his demise at…
DOC NYC 2020 November 11-13, Part 5: Fight The Power Stories of Activism & Jock Docs Films About Sports
Fight The Power Stories of Activism THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD Dir/Prod: Yael Bridge Prod: Morgan Spector, Eden Wurmfeld A comprehensive exploration of the long-debated and misunderstood ideology of socialism, increasingly attracting both supporters and detractors in a polarized America.…
DOC NYC 2020 November 11-13, Part 4: Investigations Revealing Real-Life Tales & International Perspectives Travel The World
Investigations Revealing Real-Life Tales 76 DAYS Dir: Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, Anonymous Prod: Hao Wu, Jean Tsien A suspenseful, immersive look at life under COVID-19 lockdown in Wuhan, China, focused on front-line hospital workers and their patients. THE LETTER Dir/Prod:…
The Mother of All Documentary Film Festivals
DOC NYC 2020 November 11-13 Part 3: Winners Circle International Award Winner, Masters Films by Nonfiction Auteurs & Ameridan Perspectives Explore the USA
Winners Circle International Award Winners ACASA, MY HOME Dir: Radu Ciorniciuc Prod: Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan Winner: Krakow A large Roma clan who have lived off the grid in the wilderness for 20 years are forced to resettle in the unfamiliar city.…
DOC NYC November 11 – 19, Part 2: Viewfinders Competition Distinct Directorial Visions & Metropolis Competition New York Stories
DOC NYC 2020 reflects the growing diversity of nonfiction filmmaking forms in new films that investigate current events, explore unknown phenomena, reopen settled histories, and profile a host of unforgettable personalities.
DOC NYC Announces Lineup for 11th Edition, November 11-19 Online – Part 1
The 2020 festival includes 107 feature-length documentaries among over 200 films and dozens of events. Included are 23 World Premieres, 12 international or North American premieres, and 7 US premieres. Fifty-seven features (53 percent of the lineup) are directed or co-directed by women and 36 by BIPOC directors (34 percent of the feature program).
From WORD Editor Gregg W. Morris: Because the itinerary is so huge, the list for the 11th edition is being published in several parts.