Over DOC NYC‘s weekend, on Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13, DOC NYC PRO offers two days focused on production and post-production, Mastering Your Craft Day 1 and Day 2. Continue reading
Category Archives: Film
2016 DOC NYC in Focus: DOC NYC PRO – Mastering Your Craft Day 1 & 2
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On DVD: MISS SHARON JONES!
New to DVD this week: MISS SHARON JONES!
Barbara Kopple’s portrait of a performer’s battle against cancer had its world premiere at Toronto last year. Screenings followed at DOC NYC, Nantucket, Montclair, Dallas, Sarasota, Sydney, DocPoint, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, New Zealand, SXSW, IDFA, and AFI Docs, among other events. The film will screen later this month as part of DOC NYC’s Short List.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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On DVD: GLEASON
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 1: GLEASON
Clay Tweel’s chronicle of a football player’s debilitating disease had its world premiere at Sundance this year. Screenings followed at Nantucket, Hot Docs, SXSW, AFI Docs, Seattle, IFF Boston, Full Frame, and the upcoming DOC NYC as part of the Short List.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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2016 DOC NYC in Focus: Wild Life
DOC NYC‘s Wild Life section explores the deep connections between humans and animals: Continue reading
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On VOD: TICKLED
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, November 1: TICKLED
David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s engrossing investigation into a secretive online subculture premiered at Sundance this year. It went on to screen at Nantucket, True/False, Cleveland, Sarasota, San Francisco, Hot Docs, Montclair, Seattle, Sydney, and Auckland.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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On DVD: MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 1: MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER
Jin Mo-young’s tender look at an aging couple debuted at DMZ Docs in 2014. Screenings followed at Hot Docs, Los Angeles, Tempo Doc, Visions du Reel, DocAviv, Sydney, BFI London, RIDM, DOK Leipzig, Moscow, Hamptons, and the New York Asian fests, among other events.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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On DVD: DARWIN
New to DVD this week: DARWIN
Nick Brandestini’s profile of residents in a secluded Death Valley community made its bow at Santa Barbara in 2011. Screenings followed at Big Sky, Documentary Edge, DOXA, DocAviv, Karlovy Vary, Zurich, BFI London, Hot Springs Doc, Bergen, RIDM, and Telluride Mountainfilm, among several others.
I previously included the film in my coverage of Karlovy Vary here.
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2016 DOC NYC in Focus: Art & Design
My DOC NYC preview continues with a returning thematic section: Art & Design. Continue reading
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On TV: KIVALINA
Coming to PBS’s America ReFramed tonight, Tuesday, November 1: KIVALINA
Gina Abatemarco’s portrait of an Alaskan community threatened by climate change had its world premiere at Berlin earlier this year. It has also screened at Reykjavik, Woods Hole, DOXA, Woodstock, Full Frame, and Poland’s American fest, among other events.
Kivalina, Alaska is a fragile barrier island in the northwest Arctic, home to the Inupiaq people. Filming for over five years, Abatemarco offers a snapshot of life on the island, highlighting traditional hunting and fishing practices, as the community reckons with rising sea levels and government inaction. Debates have been waged for generations about the potential relocation of the village, but there’s no political will. Instead, temporary fixes are implemented, such as a seawall that observers note won’t really protect Kivalina from what is expected. The film is a well-lensed observational ethnography, focusing less on individuals or the climate change issue, and more on the community as a whole.
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2016 DOC NYC in Focus: Science Nonfiction
Another new section takes the spotlight in today’s DOC NYC preview: Science Nonfiction explores the cutting edge worlds of science and technology. Continue reading
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