DOC NYC 2017

View other DOC NYC Films by strand: Art + Design, Behind The Scenes, Centerstage, Fight The Power, International Perspectives, Metropolis, Modern Family, New World Order, Science Non-Fiction, Sonic Cinema, Special Events, The Short List, True Crime, Viewfinders, Wild Life

Fail State Fail State
Fail State and Shot In The Dark
12th And Clairmount (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Brian Kaufman; Writer: Brian Kaufman, Kathy Kieliszewski, Bill McGraw)
Story of a riot in Detroit in 1967.
NYC premiere
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Hope Litoff)
A filmmaker reflects on the life, mental illness and untimely death of her sister, and artist and photographer.
NYC premiere
Father's Kingdom (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Lenny Feinberg)
The story of Father Divine and the Peace Mission Movement.
World premiere
Fail State (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Alex Shebanow; Writer: Nicholas Adams), Official Site
The rise of for-profit colleges in the US.
NYC premiere
The Growing Season (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Evan Briggs)
Documentary about a nursing home that also houses a nursery school.
World premiere
Maynard (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Samuel D Pollard; Writer: Sheila Curran Bernard)
Portrait of Maynard Jackson, who became Atlanta's first black mayor in 1973.
World premiere
Meth Storm (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Craig Renaud, Brent Renaud), Official Site
The problems of addiction in the US.
NYC premiere
Shot In The Dark (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Dustin Nakao Haider)
Young men take refuge from violence in Chicago as part of a basketball team.
NYC premiere
News

59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground

More news and features

Playing Now

Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:

French Film Festival
The UK's longest running celebration of Francophone cinema

London Korean Film Festival

Leeds International Film Festival

Belfast Film Festival

Thessaloniki International Film Festival
International showcase

In the Archive


Archive of festival coverage.

Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.

Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.


DJDT

Versions

Time

Settings from settings.local

Headers

Request

SQL queries from 1 connection

Templates (8 rendered)

Cache calls from 2 backends

Signals