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DOC NYC 2014

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15 films · 4 reviews

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The Case Against 8

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An intelligent film that communicates complex legal issues effectively without becoming boring, The Case Against 8 has a lot to recommend it.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Documentary about the legal case against Proposition 8, which sought to prevent same sex couples from marrying in California.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Ben Cotner, Ryan White; Stars: Ted Olson, Christopher D. Dusseault, Jeffrey J. Zarrillo, Paul T. Katami, Kristin M. Perry, Sandra B. Stier)

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Citizenfour

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This is the first essential film about the post-Snowden era, made by one of the key figures who helped usher that era into being.

Owen Van Spall · 5 out of 5
Documentary about Edward Snowden.

(Year: 2014; Director: Laura Poitras)

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E-TEAM

E-TEAM is driven by the high-stakes investigative work of four intrepid human rights workers, offering a rare look at their lives at home and their dramatic work in the field.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman)

The Great Invisible

Documentary about the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Margaret Brown; Stars: Meccah Boynton-Brown, Doug Brown, Bob Cavnar, Brent Coon, Roosevelt Harris, Keith Jones, Sara Lattis Stone, Latham Smith, Stephen Stone)

Happy Valley

The children of "Happy Valley" were victimised for years, by a key member of the legendary Penn State college football programme. But were Jerry Sandusky’s crimes an open secret? With rare access, director Amir Bar-Lev delves beneath the headlines to tell a modern American parable of guilt, redemption, and identity.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Amir Bar-Lev)

Keep On Keepin On

Eighty-nine year old trumpeting legend Clark Terry has mentored jazz wonders like Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, but Terry’s most unlikely friendship is with Justin Kauflin, a 23-year-old blind piano player with uncanny talent, but debilitating nerves. As Justin prepares for the most pivotal moment in his budding career, Terry’s ailing health threatens to end his own.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Alan Hicks; Writer: Davis Coombe, Alan Hicks; Stars: Bill Cosby, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Dianne Reeves, Clark Terry, Terri Lyne Carrington, Mulgrew Miller, Arturo Sandoval, Gwen Terry, Frank Kauflin, Justin Kauflin, Candy, Quincy Cavers, Phylis Kauflin)

Last Days In Vietnam

During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront a moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate only US citizens.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Rory Kennedy; Writer: Mark Bailey, Keven McAlester, Keven McAlester)

Life Itself

The story of the surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert. The film details his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, his famously contentious partnership with Gene Siskel, his life-altering marriage, and his brave and transcendent battle with cancer.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Steve James; Stars: Roger Ebert)

Merchants Of Doubt

Documentary puts spin doctors in the spotlight.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Robert Kenner)

The Overnighters

Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local pastor's decision to help them has extraordinary and unexpected consequences.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Writer: Jesse Moss)

Red Army

The story of Russia's Red Army hockey team.

(Country: US, Russia; Year: 2014; Director: Gabe Polsky; Writer: Gabe Polsky; Stars: Mark Deakins, Anatoli Karpov, Vyacheslav Fetisov)

Rich Hill

In a rural, American town, kids face heartbreaking choices, find comfort in the most fragile of family bonds, and dream of a future of possibility.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos; Writer: Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos)

The Salt Of The Earth

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Wenders as a curious, excited filmmaker stretches out his hands to show us all the treasures he has found.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
Documentary about photographer Sebastião Salgado.

(Country: France, Italy, Brazil; Year: 2014; Director: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders)

Full review See: Interview with Juliano Ribeiro Salgado about The Salt Of The Earth , Interview with Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders about The Salt Of The Earth (Le Sel De La Terre)

Tales Of The Grim Sleeper

The case of the notorious serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper," who terrorised South Central Los Angeles for 25 years.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2014; Director: Nick Broomfield)