NOTHING WITHOUT US: THE WOMEN WHO WILL END AIDS
Documentaries about activism are next up in my DOC NYC spotlight:
ATOMIC HOMEFRONTATOMIC HOMEFRONT
Director: Rebecca Cammisa
NYC PREMIERE
A citizens’ movement confronts government bureaucracy to uncover the atomic secrets of St. Louis, Missouri in order to keep their families safe.
BALTIMORE RISINGBALTIMORE RISING
Director: Sonja Sohn
Actress Sonja Sohn (HBO’s THE WIRE) returns to Baltimore in her directorial debut to chronicle the city in the wake of Freddie Gray’s death.
MANKILLERMANKILLER
Director: Valerie Red-Horse Mohl
NYC PREMIERE
Wilma Mankiller rose from poverty to become the first female chief of the Cherokee nation, battling rampant sexism, political rivals and health challenges.
NOTHING WITHOUT US: THE WOMEN WHO WILL END AIDS
Director: Harriet Hirshorn
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Female activists, scientists and scholars in the US and Africa demonstrate the vital role that women have played – and continue to play – in the global fight against HIV/AIDS.
THE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHINGTHE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHING
Director: Mila Turajlic
NYC PREMIERE
A locked door in her family’s Belgrade home provides the gateway to understanding the filmmaker’s remarkable mother and Serbia’s tumultuous political inheritance.
QUEERCORE: HOW TO PUNK A REVOLUTIONQUEERCORE: HOW TO PUNK A REVOLUTION
Director: Yony Leyser
NYC PREMIERE
Misfits in both the mainstream gay and homophobic punk scenes, Bruce LaBruce and GB Jones invented a radical underground subculture that spread around the world.
UNFRACTUREDUNFRACTURED
Director: Chanda Chevannes
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Shot over the last year of the historic grassroots fight against fracking in New York state, a raw, intimate look at biologist and activist Sandra Steingraber.
ZERO WEEKSZERO WEEKS
Director: Ky Dickens
NYC PREMIERE
In most countries, workers have paid leave and job security to care for a newborn or family emergency – but not in the US, costing us all a heavy price.
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