{"id":17259,"date":"2020-11-06T22:59:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T03:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=17259"},"modified":"2021-10-23T01:13:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T05:13:25","slug":"2020-doc-nyc-11th-edition-november-11-19-online-part-2-greggwmorris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/2020-doc-nyc-11th-edition-november-11-19-online-part-2-greggwmorris\/","title":{"rendered":"DOC NYC November 11 – 19, Part 2: Viewfinders Competition Distinct Directorial Visions & Metropolis Competition New York Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Program 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, including John Belushi, Ruth Finley, Pope Francis, Joanna Harcourt-Smith,
\nBill T. Jones, Jamal Khashoggi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Barbara Lee, Shane McGowan, Sona Mohapatra, Lorine Padilla, Kenny Scharf, Nasrin Soutodeh, Tiny Tim, Billy Tipton, David Wojnarowicz, and Frank Zappa.<\/em><\/p>\n

Viewfinders Competition Distinct Directorial Visions<\/strong><\/h3>\n

40 YEARS A PRISONER<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Tommy Oliver<\/em>
\nMike Africa, Jr. dedicates his life to exonerate his parents, members of the Black revolutionary group MOVE, imprisoned by police in Philadelphia in 1978.<\/em><\/p>\n

A LA CALLE (World Premiere)<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Nelson G. Navarrete, Maxx Caicedo<\/em>
\nProd: Shawna Brakefield-Haase, Marcus Cheek<\/em>
\nVenezuela\u2019s recent political upheavals are made vivid through this epic work exploring multiple perspectives in the national movement against the dictatorship of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/em><\/p>\n

ENEMIES OF THE STATE<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Sonia Kennebeck
\nProd: Ines Hofmann Kanna
\nEverything is not as it seems for an American family that flees to Canada to protect their hacker son from US government persecution.<\/p>\n

JACINTA<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Jessica Earnshaw<\/em>
\nProd: Holly Meehl, Nimisha Mukerji<\/em>
\nAfter being released from the same prison in which her mother is incarcerated, a woman struggles to break the generational cycle of addiction and trauma.<\/em><\/p>\n

LANDFALL<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Cecilia Aldarondo
\nProd: Ines Hofmann Kanna
\nAn intimate and lyrical portrait of trauma, resilience, and resistance in Puerto Rico as the island faces new challenges in the aftermath of Hurricane Mar\u00eda.<\/p>\n

THE MEANING OF HITLER (World Premiere)<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker
\nProd: Mike Lerner, Dana O’Keefe
\nThis provocative consideration of the lasting influence and draw of Hitler provides insight into the resurgence of white supremacy, antisemitism, and the weaponization of history.<\/p>\n

SO LATE SO SOON<\/strong>
\nDir: Daniel Hymanson
\nProd: Trace Henderson, Josh Penn, Kellen Quinn, Noah Stahl
\nAn intimate portrait of the energetic and beautifully eccentric Chicago-based artists Jackie Seiden and Don Seiden, married for five decades.<\/p>\n

STATELESS<\/strong>
\nDir: Mich\u00e8le Stephenson
\nProd: Lea Marin, Jennifer Holness
\nAfter the Dominican Republic strips the citizenship of residents of Haitian descent, attorney Rosa Iris fights to protect the rights of these now stateless people.<\/p>\n

THINGS WE DARE NOT DO<\/strong>
\nDir: Bruno Santamar\u00eda
\nProd: Abril L\u00f3pez Carrillo
\nAn ephemeral profile of a Mexican teenager on the cusp of adulthood, conflicted between the desire to express their true sexuality and the expectations of family.<\/p>\n

THROUGH THE NIGHT<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Loira Limbal
\nProd: Jameka Autry
\nA 24-hour childcare center proves indispensable for night-shift workers and single parents in this exploration of the personal cost of our modern economy.<\/p>\n

THE VIEWING BOOTH<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Ra’anan Alexandrowicz
\nProd: Liran Atzmor
\nFilmmaker Ra\u2019anan Alexandrowicz (The Law in These Parts) explores how willing people are to change their most deeply held beliefs when he asks an ardent supporter of Israel to reflect on footage of life in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n

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Metropolis Competition New York Stories<\/strong><\/h3>\n

BLUE CODE OF SILENCE (International Premiere)<\/strong>
\nDir: Magnus Skatvold, Greg Mallozzi<\/em>
\nProd: H\u00e5vard Wettland Goss\u00e9, Alex Fraioli<\/em>
\nIn the 1970s, NYPD Detective Bob Leuci turned informant on his own squad, becoming a hero to some, pariah to others.<\/em><\/p>\n

CALENDAR GIRL (World Premiere)<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Christian D. Bruun<\/em>
\nProd: Natalie Nudell<\/em>
\nRuth Finley, the nonagenarian queen of the fashion industry through her pink Fashion Calendar, founded in 1945, faces the end of an era as her iconic publication changes ownership. Co-presented by The Cut.<\/em><\/p>\n

CAN YOU BRING IT: BILL T. JONES AND D-MAN IN THE WATERS (World Premiere)<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Rosalynde LeBlanc, Co-Dir: Tom Hurwitz<\/em>
\nProd: Duana C. Butler<\/em>
\nAn engrossing examination of dance, love, and loss through the story of Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane\u2019s signature performance piece on the devastation of AIDS. Co-presented by The WNET Group.<\/em><\/p>\n

A COPS AND ROBBERS STORY (World Premiere)<\/strong>
\nDir: Ilinca Calugareanu<\/em>
\nProd: Mara Adina<\/em>
\nA decorated NYPD officer\u2019s career is threatened when his political stances lead to revelations about his former life of crime<\/em>.<\/p>\n

DOPE IS DEATH<\/strong>
\nDir: Mia Donovan<\/em>
\nProd: Bob Moore<\/em>
\nWith drugs ravaging New York City in the 1970s, the Young Lords and Black Panthers banded together to champion an alternative detoxification program: acupuncture.<\/em><\/p>\n

FIVE YEARS NORTH<\/strong>
\nDir: Zach Ingrasci, Chris Temple<\/em>
\nProd: Jenna Kelly<\/em>
\nThe parallel stories of an undocumented Guatemalan teenager and a Cuban-American ICE agent explore the complexity of the immigration debate.<\/em><\/p>\n

HARLEM RISING: A COMMUNITY CHANGING THE ODDS<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Rayner Ramirez<\/em>
\nThe inspiring story of the Harlem Children\u2019s Zone Initiative, a revolutionary educational and social experiment which has transformed the lives of generations of children. Co-presented by the NYC Mayor\u2019s Office of Media and Entertainment.<\/em><\/p>\n

LA MADRINA: THE SAVAGE LIFE OF LORINE PADILLA (World Premiere)<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Raquel Cepeda<\/em>
\nThe \u201cfirst lady\u201d of the Savage Skulls reflects on the pivotal role of women in the 1970s New York City gang and her later shift to community activism.<\/em><\/p>\n

MOMENTS LIKE THIS NEVER LAST (World Premiere)<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Cheryl Dunn<\/em>
\nProd: Michael Karbelinikoff, Suroosh Alvi, Danny Gabai<\/em>
\nIn post 9\/11 New York City, Dash Snow rejected a life of privilege to make his own way as an artist for a too brief but unforgettable time.<\/em><\/p>\n

WOJNAROWICZ (World Premiere)<\/strong>
\nDir\/Prod: Chris McKim<\/em>
\nProd: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato<\/em>
\nA powerful elegy to the late New York artist, writer, and filmmaker David Wojnarowicz, who embraced a defiant queer identity and fought against indifference to the AIDS crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n

TICKETS:<\/strong><\/center>Tickets are available at docnyc.net. Films will be available to screen throughout the U.S. November 11-19.<\/p>\n

Individual tickets are $12 each ($9 for IFC Center members)
\nFive-Ticket Packs are $45, offering film lovers access to five festival selections.<\/p>\n

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End Part 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here for Part 3<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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