Next up is the second of DOC NYC‘s two feature competitions: Metropolis, which puts the spotlight on NYC subjects and stories.
Metropolis
CLASS DIVIDE
Director: Marc Levin
NYC PREMIERE
A look at NYC’s gentrification and growing inequality at the Chelsea intersection of 10th Avenue and 26th Street.
Expected to attend: Director Marc Levin
DADDY DON’T GO
Director: Emily Abt, Co-Director: Andrew Osborne
WORLD PREMIERE
Four diverse, disadvantaged NYC fathers struggle to beat the odds and defy the deadbeat dad stereotype.
Expected to attend: Director Emily Abt, Executive Producers Omar Epps and Jennifer Fox, All Subjects
THE JAZZ LOFT ACCORDING TO W EUGENE SMITH
Director: Sara Fishko
NYC PREMIERE
In 1957-65, a former LIFE Magazine photojournalist captured legendary jazz musicians in a Sixth Avenue loft.
Expected to attend: Director Sara Fishko
LEFT ON PURPOSE
Director: Justin Schein, Co-Director: David Mehlman
NYC PREMIERE
What begins as a portrait of the life of an antiwar radical instead threatens to become an account of his suicide.
Expected to attend: Director Justin Schein, Co-Director David Mehlman, Producer Eden Wurmfeld
THE LOST ARCADE
Director: Kurt Vincent
WORLD PREMIERE
Gentrification threatens the last arcade in NYC, as well as the diverse community that calls it a second home.
Expected to attend: Director Kurt Vincent
MIRIAM: HOME DELIVERY
Director: Juliet Jordan
WORLD PREMIERE
A profile of a NYC home birth midwife and her diverse clientele.
Expected to attend: Director Juliet Jordan, Subject Miriam Schwarzschild
MISSING PEOPLE
Director: David Shapiro
NYC PREMIERE
A NYC gallerist, haunted by the unsolved murder of her brother, becomes obsessed with a New Orleans painter.
Expected to attend: Director David Shapiro
OXD: ONE EXTRAORDINARY DAY
Director: Craig Lowy
WORLD PREMIERE
Elizabeth Streb’s Brooklyn-based Extreme Action Company trains for a breathtaking spectacle in London.
Expected to attend: Director Craig Lowy, Subjects Elizabeth Streb and dancers from the Streb Extreme Action Company
TESTED
Director: Curtis Chin
WORLD PREMIERE
Attending NYC’s elite public schools can set students up for the future, but first they have to get in.
Expected to attend: Director Curtis Chin
TREE MAN
Directors: Jon Reiner & Brad Rothschild
NYC PREMIERE
A Quebecois family man spends five weeks on the streets of NYC selling Christmas trees.
Expected to attend: Directors Jon Reiner and Brad Rothschild
Why You Should Attend:
Past winners of the Metropolis competition were: HOMME LESS, THE PLEASURES OF BEING OUT OF STEP, RADIOMAN, GIRL WITH BLACK BALLOONS, and TO BE HEARD.
This year’s selections tell ten of the millions of stories of the city, exploring gentrification, fatherhood, its iconic music history, the lonely life of an activist, its subcultural enclaves, midwifery, the spectres of its dangerous past, its vibrant performing arts, the competitive educational system, and its opportunities for entrepreneurial success.
More Info:
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