The first of several new thematic program strands is up next in my DOC NYC preview: Modern Family looks at alternative conceptions of family and community.
Modern Family
ALWAYS TOGETHER
Director: Eva Tomanová
US PREMIERE
A former computer scientist raises his family in the Czech countryside with no modern conveniences or schooling.
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD
Director: Sharon Shattuck
NYC PREMIERE
The filmmaker seeks to understand how her parents remained together after her father transitioned to a woman.
Expected to attend: Director Sharon Shattuck and her parents, Marcia and Trisha Shattuck
GAYBY BABY
Director: Maya Newell
NYC PREMIERE
This touching film reveals both the challenges of same-sex parenting and its commonalities with every family.
Expected to attend: Producer Charlotte Mars
THE MELTING FAMILY
Director: Nicole Groton
WORLD PREMIERE
This candidly personal film chronicles how one nuclear family grew through seven divorces and remarriages.
Expected to attend: Director Nicole Groton
OLD FRIENDS
Director: Peter Odabashian
WORLD PREMIERE
An intimate reflection on friendship demonstrates the power of an intentional community.
Expected to attend: Director Peter Odabashian, Subjects: Esther Cohen, Bruce Kitzmeyer, Anne Newman Bacal, and Betty Odabashian
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
Director: Hyuckjee Park
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Long-widowed from the husband they shared, two women continue to live together decades later.
Why You Should Attend:
DOC NYC’s thematic sections emerge organically from the programming process. In this way, they often reflect pressing contemporary issues or cultural shifts that are being addressed by nonfiction creators. This strand affords audiences the chance to consider the ways that one of our most fundamental institutions have been changing in recent times. From the emergence of LGBT families and alternative traditions in other cultures to those bonds that we forge that might be thicker than blood, these films present compelling and thought-provoking examinations of kith and kin.
More Info:
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