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DOC NYC · 2016

DOC NYC 2016

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9 films · 3 reviews

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The Age Of Consequences

Reframes concern for the environment into a question of international security.

(Country: US, Germany, Spain, Jordan; Year: 2016; Director: Jared P Scott; Writer: Jared P Scott; Stars: Madeleine Albright, Ray Mabus, David Titley, Christian Parenti, Timothy Snyder, Sherri Goodman, Solomon Hsiang, Stephen Cheney, Sharon Burke, George Schultz, Michael Breen, Francesco Femia, Leon Fuerth, Munir Muniruzzaman, Gordon Sullivan)

NYC premiere

The Beekeeper And His Son

In a rural village in northern China, a father/son clash echoes the pull of tradition and modernisation

(Year: 2016; Director: Diedie Weng)

North American premiere

Death By A Thousand Cuts

When the body of a Dominican park ranger is found on the border with Haiti, his brutal murder exposes long-simmering tensions that boil over into xenophobia and racism.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Jake Kheel, Juan Mejia Botero; Stars: Yolanda Léon)

NYC premiere

Forever Pure

Fans turn against an Israeli soccer team when the owner signs two Chechen Muslim players.

(Country: UK, Russia, Israel; Year: 2016; Director: Maya Zinshtein; Writer: Maya Zinshtein)

NYC premiere

Girl Unbound: The War To Be Her

Review preview for Girl Unbound: The War To Be Her

Heidenreich’s shooting is economical and the editing tight, so that squash games are included to show Toorpakai’s abilities on the court and the support for her off it, without getting in the way of the bigger issues surrounding equal rights.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A young woman represents Pakistan on the national squash team, despite the Taliban's threats.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Erin Heidenreich; Stars: Maria Toorpakai Wazir)

Full review

US premiere

The Lure

Review preview for The Lure

The Lure is overlong and could do with some tightening up, but there's plenty to enjoy about it.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
The story of an eccentric millionaire's buried treasure and those who are searching for it.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2016; Director: Tomas Leach)

Full review See: Interview with Tomas Leach about The Lure

World premiere

The Nine

Portrait of a ravaged community.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Katy Grannan, Hannah Hughes; Writer: Artimese Fairley, Katy Grannan)

NYC premiere

The Road

An in-depth look at the corruption-plagued construction of a massive highway through a rural Chinese village

(Country: China; Year: 2015; Director: Zanbo Zhang)

NYC premiere