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DOC NYC · 2016

DOC NYC 2016

American Perspectives

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8 films · 2 reviews

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95 And 6 To Go

Review preview for 95 And 6 To Go

Over the course of this accidental film, poignantly named by its subject as he contemplates sport and mortality, generational differences in attitude and expectation emerge.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
In this affectionate portrait, the filmmaker finds an unlikely creative collaborator in her 90-year-old grandfather.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Kimi Takesue) , Official site

Full review

North American premiere

After Fire

Set in the military outpost of San Antonio, Texas, After Fire highlights the challenges faced by women, the fastest growing group of American veterans

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Brittany Huckabee )

World premiere

American Anarchist

A probing interview with the originator of The Anarchist Cookbook over the book’s troubling legacy.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Charlie Siskel; Writer: Charlie Siskel)

NYC premiere

Becoming More Visible

A spotlight on four diverse young transgender New Yorkers as they contend with family and societal expectations to become their true selves.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Pamela French)

NYC premiere

Big Sonia

Review preview for Big Sonia

More than just a portrait of one woman's life or a remembrance of that awful time, Big Sonia is a film about history, how we carry it with us and why it matters.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A Holocaust survivor with an outsized personality faces her biggest fear: retirement.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Todd Soliday, Leah Warshawski; Writer: Eric Frith; Stars: Sonia Warshawski, Morrie Warshawski, Grace Lamar, Debbie Warshawski, Isabella Mangan, Beth Gasser, Kollin Schechinger, Regina Kort, Chris Morris, Ehsan Javed, SuEllen Fried, Caroline Kennedy)

Full review

NYC premiere

Care

Care follows three home caregivers, uncovering the failures of the US care of the elderly system.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Deirdre Fishel)

NYC premiere

God Knows Where I Am

Questioning the US mental health care system through the story of a woman found in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Jedd Wider, Todd Wider; Stars: Lori Singer, Caitlin Murtagh, Paul Appelbaum, James E. Duggan, Matthew Nelson, Judith E. Kolada, Doug Bixby, Kevin Carbone, Stephanie Savard, Thomas Scarlato, Jennie Duval, Wayne DiGeronimo, Joan Bishop, Brian Smith, Kathy White)

NYC premiere

The Pearl

An intimate profile of four transgender women who come out in their later years.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Jessica Dimmock, Christopher LaMarca)

NYC premiere