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DOC NYC · 2017

DOC NYC 2017

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8 films · 1 review

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Behind The Curtain: Todrick Hall

Chronicling Hall's project to complete 16 elaborate videos for an autobiographical high-concept musical, Straight Outta Oz, in just two weeks.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Katherine Fairfax Wright; Stars: Wayne Brady, Brenda Cornish, Todrick Hall, Chester Lockhart, Jesse Pattinson, Vonzell Solomon, Teresa Stanley, Brandin Stennis, Jenni Tommasson)

NYC premiere

Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story

Documentary peels back the curtain to reveal the sexy sub-culture of the neo-burlesque scene in New York City.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: James Lester; Stars: Hazel Honeysuckle, Julie Atlas Muz, James Habacker, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Gal Friday, Miss Jezebel Express, Minnie Tonka, Perle Noire)

North American premiere

The Problem With Apu

Review preview for The Problem With Apu

It also serves as a sharp reminder how any minority, when under-represented in the media, is at risk of being stereotyped and how too many creative teams are still dominated by white, middle-class males.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
The problematic representation of the Indian shopkeeper in The Simpsons.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Michael Melamedoff)

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World premiere

Rebels On Pointe

Documentary film celebrating Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo.

(Country: US, UK, Japan, Canada, Italy; Year: 2017; Director: Bobbi Jo Hart; Writer: Bobbi Jo Hart)

NYC premiere

Repeat Attenders

Putting fans who spend a fortune on their favourite shows in the spotlight.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2017; Director: Mark Dooley; Stars: Idina Menzel, Rob Collins, Jerry Mitchell, Buyi Zama, Sally Frith, Nancy Coyne, Emily Faye Oakley, Bill Castellano, Chris Boneau, Patty Devery, Marcel Brauneis, Graham Harvey, Joel Torrance, Gudrun Mangel, Arnold Ornstein)

World premiere

Sammy Davis, Jr: I've Gotta Be Me

Profile of the song-and-dance man.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Samuel D Pollard; Writer: Laurence Maslon; Stars: Sammy Davis Jr)

NYC premiere

Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart

Biography of writer Lorraine Hansberry.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Tracy Heather Strain; Writer: Tracy Heather Strain; Stars: Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorraine Hansberry, Mamie Hansberry, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Alexandria King, Shauneille Perry, Sidney Poitier, Anika Noni Rose, Glynn Turman)

NYC premiere

Standing Up

Story of three radically different aspiring comedians, trying to make it in New York.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Jon Miller; Writer: Katherine Accardo, Colin Bernatzky, Jon Miller)

World premiere