My DOC NYC 2014 preview turns to the festival’s panoramic view of the US: American Perspectives
DOC NYC American Perspectives
THE AGE OF LOVE (pictured above)
Director: Steven Loring
NYC PREMIERE
An unprecedented speed-dating event for seniors serves as the backdrop for this alternately poignant and funny look at love among the 70+ set.
Expected to attend: Steven Loring
ALL AMERICAN HIGH REVISITED
Director: Keva Rosenfeld
NYC PREMIERE
Thirty years after he profiled the senior class of a typical California high school, the filmmaker revisits several members of the class of 1984 to see how they turned out.
Expected to attend: Keva Rosenfeld
FLORENCE, ARIZONA
Director: Andrea B. Scott
WORLD PREMIERE
A resonant work of modern Americana, this film paints a rich and often humorous portrait of a cowboy town set in the heart of Arizona’s prison industry.
Expected to attend: Andrea B. Scott, producer Devorah Brand, executive producers David Menschel and Julie Goldman
GRAZERS: A COOPERATIVE STORY
Directors: Lisa F. Jackson & Sarah Teale
WORLD PREMIERE
With interest in farm-to-table food on the rise, a small band of upstate New York farmers sees an opportunity to hold on to their endangered farms by raising and selling grass-fed beef.
Expected to attend: Lisa F. Jackson & Sarah Teale
HOTLINE
Director: Tony Shaff
Even in our increasingly disconnected digital age, telephone hotlines continue to bring strangers together for a multiplicity of reasons.
Expected to attend: Tony Shaff, producers Bryce J. Renninger and Lauren Belfer
LITTLE WHITE LIE
Director: Lacey Schwartz
NYC PREMIERE
Growing up in an upper-middle-class Jewish household, Lacey Schwartz knew she looked different from the rest of her family, but never suspected the truth.
Expected to attend: Lacey Schwartz, producer Mehret Mandefro
MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE
Director: Michele Josue
NYC PREMIERE
While the world remembers Matthew Shepard’s death at the hands of homophobic attackers, this poignant film celebrates his life.
Expected to attend: Michele Josue, film subjects Judy and Dennis Shepard
A MURDER IN THE PARK
Directors: Shawn Rech & Brandon Kimber
WORLD PREMIERE
A college journalism class’s re-examination of a murder case leads to the exoneration of an innocent man… or does it?
Expected to attend: director Shawn Rech, co-director Brandon Kimber, executive producer Andrew Hale
SEX AND BROADCASTING, A FILM ABOUT WFMU
Director: Tim K. Smith
WORLD PREMIERE
A portrait of New Jersey’s WFMU, which has occupied a unique position as an independent, commercial-free, listener-supported radio station since its inception in the late 1950s.
Expected to attend: Tim K. Smith, film subject Ken Freedman
Why You Should Attend:
Take a road trip across the country, exploring both farming and senior dating in upstate New York, hotlines in NYC and beyond, an eclectic radio station in New Jersey, the death penalty in Illinois, the life claimed in an infamous Wyoming hate crime, a quirky prison town in the Southwest, and a typical southern Californian high school.
More Info:
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