Moving beyond the US to the rest of the world, International Perspectives closes out today’s DOC NYC 2014 preview:
DOC NYC International Perspectives
EVERY LAST CHILD (pictured above)
Director: Tom Roberts
WORLD PREMIERE
After the Taliban bans polio vaccinations and spreads misinformation, Pakistan suffers devastating outbreaks of the disease, prompting strategic problem-solving from the World Health Organization.
Expected to attend: Tom Roberts, executive producer Danielle Perissi, associate producer Rebekah Clark
THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS
Director: Mami Sunada
NYC PREMIERE
Offering animation fans a rare look inside Japan’s Studio Ghibli, this fascinating film profiles its most famous creators, Hayao Miyazaki (SPIRITED AWAY), and his friendly rival and business partner, Isao Takahata (POM POKO).
MARMATO
Director: Mark Grieco
NYC PREMIERE
Exploring the intersection of economic development, environmental impact and globalization, this is an intimate and richly observed portrait of a rural Colombian mining town threatened with destruction.
Expected to attend: Mark Grieco
MISS TIBET: BEAUTY IN EXILE
Director: Norah Shapiro
WORLD PREMIERE
A Tibetan teenager travels from Minneapolis to India to compete in a most unlikely beauty pageant.
Expected to attend: Norah Shapiro, producer Kelly Nathe, film subject Tenzin Khecheo
THE RETURN
Director: Adam Zucker
How does one claim an identity in a vacuum? Living in Poland, the four young women in this engaging film learned of their Jewish roots after growing up Catholic.
Expected to attend: Adam Zucker, film subject Tusia Dabrowska
A SMALL SECTION OF THE WORLD
Director: Lesley Chilcott
NYC PREMIERE
In equal measures inspiring and endearing, this film spotlights a group of Costa Rican village women who form a coffee-growing collective—despite not knowing the first thing about growing coffee.
Expected to attend: Lesley Chilcott, producer Maresa Wickham
VESSEL
Director: Diana Whitten
NYC PREMIERE
Moved by the plight of desperate women in countries with restrictive reproductive rights, a Dutch physician uses laws governing international waters to bring much-needed abortion and contraceptive services on the high seas.
Expected to attend: Diana Whitten, film subject Rebecca Gomperts
WHEN PEOPLE DIE THEY SING SONGS
Director: Olga Lvoff
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Under the watchful eyes of her dutiful daughter Sonia, Regina recalls the Yiddish and French songs of her youth through music therapy sessions following a stroke.
Expected to attend: Olga Lvoff, film subject Sonia Gluckman and Robin Mitchell
Why You Should Attend:
Go virtual globetrotting through these eight films, with stops in Central America (Costa Rica), South America (Colombia and Ecuador), North Africa (Morocco), Europe (Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Poland), the Middle East (Israel), South Asia (Pakistan and India), and Asia (Japan).
More Info:
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