DOC NYC‘s next section, International Perspectives, gives audiences the opportunity to take a virtual trip around the world, from Jamaica to China, Senegal to Israel.
DOC NYC International Perspectives
THE ABOMINABLE CRIME
Director: Micah Fink
NYC PREMIERE
An examination of the human consequences of Jamaica’s virulent homophobia (pictured above).
Followed by a Q&A with the director.Screening with short film:
FACING FEAR
Director: Jason Cohen
Short-listed for the Oscar short documentary category, the story of the unlikely reunion of the participants of a brutal hate crime.
Director and subjects expected to attend.
BRAVE MISS WORLD
Director: Cecilia Peck
NYC PREMIERE
The former Israeli winner of the Miss World competition becomes an outspoken activist against sexual violence to women after revealing her personal story.
Followed by a Q&A with the director.My previous coverage may be found here.
THE MANOR
Director: Shawney Cohen
NYC PREMIERE
The director returns to the fold of his dysfunctional family, which runs a strip club in their small Ontario hometown.
Followed by a Q&A with the director and executive producer.My previous coverage may be found here.
THE ROAD TO FAME
Director: Hao Wu
NYC PREMIERE
A drama academy’s adaptation of FAME, the first official collaboration between Broadway and China, exposes the familial and social pressures facing young Chinese adults today.
Followed by a Q&A with the director.Screening with short film:
CHINA IN THREE WORDS
Director: Vanessa Hope
The complexity of modern China, as reflected in a few concepts.
Director expected to attend.
THE STUART HALL PROJECT
Director: John Akomfrah
NYC PREMIERE
A jazz-tinged, archival portrait of the noted Black British cultural theorist.My previous coverage may be found here.
THINGS LEFT BEHIND
Director: Linda Hoaglund
US PREMIERE
A focus on the transformative power of art, through a Japanese photographic exhibition about Hiroshima.
Followed by a Q&A with the director.
TOUBA
Director: E Chai Vasarhelyi
NYC PREMIERE
An observational film capturing the spectacle of a massive three-day Muslim pilgrimage in Senegal.
Followed by a Q&A with the director.My previous coverage may be found here.
THE TRACES OF DR ERNESTO GUEVARA
Director: Jorge Denti
US PREMIERE
Che’s personal journals recount the transformative journey the revolutionary took across Latina America in the early 1950s.
Why You Should Attend:
What better place to showcase cultural diversity than the melting pot of the world, New York City? This section allows expatriates to have a small glimpse of home, and opens up a global view for others to make discoveries and find commonalities, whether its the unique consequences of China’s One Child Policy, or the sadly too-familiar violence committed against women and sexual minorities.
More Info:
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