This fourth collection of DOC NYC shorts profiles a wide range of individuals who get swept away in various passions or preoccupations.
DOC NYC Program Description:
OBSESSIONS:
Wednesday, November 20 at 9:30pm
Collectors, curiosity seekers, and compulsives. FLUTTER (USA/Canada, 8 min., Dara Bratt) explores a lonely retiree’s love of butterfly collecting, while BUG PEOPLE (USA, 15 min., Paul Meyers) examines our odd aversion to insects. TANGO (Brazil, 6 min., Louis Robin) questions racetrack attendees about gambling. Discarded photos lead to a search for vaudeville performers DERBY & GROMA (Canada, 17 min., Kara Blake). Rollerskating recaptures the past in SKATE YRSELF CLEAN (USA, 7 min., Janna Jude Brown). THE EMERGENCY KIT (USA/Denmark, 11 min., Christian Svanes Kolding) shows an expectant mother’s anxiety around impending disasters. Freeman Dyson reveals his never-realized ATOMIC DREAM (USA, 26 min., Derek Lartaud & Melanie Ruiz) of nuclear bomb-powered space travel. (91 min. total)
Why You Should Attend:
We all have things that compel us, from benign hobbies and aspirations to more troubling vices and addictions. The individuals profiled in these intriguing films reflect on theirs.
More Info:
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