Metropolis, the second of two feature documentary competitions at next month’s DOC NYC, focuses on New York stories, from crooked cops to teenage immigrants.
DOC NYC Metropolis Competition
EXPOSED
Director: Beth B
US PREMIERE
An entertaining – and explicit – exploration of NYC’s modern burlesque performers, from Tigger! to The World Famous *BOB* (pictured above).
Followed by a Q&A with the director and subjects.
A FRAGILE TRUST: PLAGIARISM, POWER AND JAYSON BLAIR AT THE NEW YORK TIMES
Director: Samantha Grant
NYC PREMIERE
Insiders – including Blair himself – reveal the complicated factors that resulted in the Paper of Record’s biggest scandal.
Followed by a Q&A with the director.
HERE ONE DAY
Director: Kathy Leichter
NYC PREMIERE
A personal exploration of a mother’s mental illness, through the tapes she left behind.
Followed by a Q&A with the director and subjects.
I LEARN AMERICA
Director: Jean-Michel Dissard & Gitte Peng
NYC PREMIERE
Five teenagers navigate NYC with the help of a Brooklyn high school dedicated to immigrant students.
Followed by a Q&A with the directors and subjects.My previous coverage may be found here.
LUCKY
Director: Laura Checkoway
NYC PREMIERE
A young, lesbian, and often homeless single mother dreams of bettering her life despite the scars of her past.
Followed by a Q&A with the director and subject.My previous coverage may be found here.
MISFIRE: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SHOOTING GALLERY
Director: Whitney Ransick
NYC PREMIERE
Following a string of hits, indie film company The Shooting Gallery became the victim of hubris and greed.
Followed by a Q&A with the director.
PATROLMAN P
Director: Ido Mizrahy
WORLD PREMIERE
A cop who exposed corruption in the force in the 1970s tries to clear his own name.
Followed by a Q&A with the director.
THE PLEASURES OF BEING OUT OF STEP
Director: David L Lewis
NYC PREMIERE
A profile of renowned jazz critic, civil libertarian, and free speech champion Nat Hentoff.
Followed by a Q&A with the director and subject.
THE SARNOS: A LIFE IN DIRTY MOVIES
Director: Wiktor Ericsson
US PREMIERE
Decades after his career has faded into obscurity, a softcore pornographer finally receives his due.
Followed by a Q&A with the director and subject.
Why You Should Attend:
Everybody’s got a story in this city, and we’ve chosen nine unforgettable ones to provoke and captivate the Metropolis jury and audiences alike. Indelible characters such as Checkoway’s streetwise heroine and the students of Dissard and Peng’s film, history both recent – the Blair scandal – and more distant – 1970s NYPD corruption, and the city’s ever-vibrant, boundary-pushing culture, as represented in Beth B’s and Ericsson’s films, combine to present a kaleidoscopic view of the City That Never Sleeps.
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