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DOC NYC · 2017

DOC NYC 2017

Fight The Power

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8 films

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Atomic Homefront

The atomic secrets of St Louis, Missouri.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Rebecca Cammisa; Stars: Dawn Chapman, Robbin Ellison Dailey, Kay Drey, R. William Field, Lois Gibbs, Faisal Khan, Matt LaVanchy, Karen Nickel, Michael K. Schultz, Michelle Seger, Ed Smith, Jenny Turner, Jenell Wright)

NYC premiere

Baltimore Rising

Exploration of contemporary Baltimore.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Sonja Sohn) , Official site

Mankiller

Profile of the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Valerie Red-Horse Mohl)

NYC premiere

Nothing Without Us

The vital role that women activists have played and continue to play in the global fight against HIV/AIDS.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Harriet Hirshorn) , Official site

North American premiere

The Other Side Of Everything (Druga strana svega)

Following the recent troubled history of Serbia through the experiences of the director's mother, a tireless dissident against multiple regimes.

(Country: Serbia, France, Qatar; Year: 2017; Director: Mila Turajlic)

NYC premiere

Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution

Considering the cultural and social movement that became known as Queercore.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2017; Director: Yony Leyser; Writer: Yony Leyser; Stars: John Waters, Beth Ditto, Peaches, Kim Gordon, Silas Howard, Bruce La Bruce, Kathleen Hanna, Justin Bond, Patty Schemel, Genesis P-Orridge, Hole, Dennis Cooper, G.B. Jones, Jayne County, Lynn Breedlove)

NYC premiere

Unfractured

Profile of biologist Sandra Steingraber, who has spent her career trying to protect people’s health by safeguarding the environment.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Chanda Chevannes) , Official site

International premiere

Zero Weeks

The issue of the lack of maternity leave in the US.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Ky Dickens; Writer: Ky Dickens)

NYC premiere