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DOC NYC · 2015

DOC NYC 2015

Metropolis

Programme

9 films

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Class Divide

A look at NYC’s gentrification and growing inequality in a microcosm, Class Divide explores two distinct worlds that share the same Chelsea intersection – 10th Avenue and 26th Street.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Marc Levin)

Daddy Don't Go

Four New York fathers' bids to defy the deadbeat dad stereotype.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Emily Abt; Stars: Alexander Charles Jr., Omar Kennedy, Roy Puntervold, Nalson Serrano)

The Jazz Loft According To W. Eugene Smith

Between 1957 and 1965, former LIFE Magazine photojournalist W. Eugene Smith obsessively photographed and taped the goings-on at the dilapidated Sixth Avenue loft he called home. This documentary explores the result.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Sara Fishko; Writer: Sara Fishko; Stars: David Amram, Carla Bley, John Cohen, Harry Colomby, Bill Crow, Harold Feinstein, Ron Free, David Friend, David Frishberg, Vicki Goldberg, Chuck Israels, Sy Johnson, Robin Kelley, Thelonious Monk Jr., Jason Moran)

Left On Purpose

What begins as a film about an ageing activist becomes problematic when he tells the director he wants to take his own life - and for it to be documented.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Justin Schein, David Mehlman; Stars: Michael Ventura, Mayer Vishner, Andrew Hoffman)

The Lost Arcade

The story of New York's Chinatown Fair.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Kurt Vincent; Writer: Irene Chin)

Miriam: Home Delivery

Following an homebirth midwife.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Juliet Jordan; Writer: Juliet Jordan)

Missing People

Non-fiction mystery.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: David Shapiro; Writer: David Shapiro; Stars: Martina Batan)

OXD: One Extraordinary Day

A Brooklyn troupe's preparations for One Extraordinary Day, a centerpiece culture event celebrating the London Summer Olympics.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Craig Lowy)

Tested

Students undertake the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test in a bid for a place at one of NYC's elite public schools.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Curtis Chin; Writer: Curtis Chin, Adam Wolman)