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DOC NYC · 2017

DOC NYC 2017

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7 films · 2 reviews

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Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco (Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion And Disco)

Review preview for Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco

Kindness and joy not always come to mind when one thinks of the fashion world. This is the rare portrait where they do. As the documentary unfolds, we marvel at the diversity, the celebratory mood.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
Documentary about the fashion illustrator.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: James Crump; Writer: James Crump; Stars: Jessica Lange, Patti D'Arbanville, Grace Jones, Jerry Hall, Juan Ramos, Karl Lagerfeld, Joan Juliet Buck, Michael Chow, Tina Chow, Yves Saint Laurent, Grace Coddington, Pat Cleveland, Bill Cunningham, Jane Forth, Bob Colacello, Corey Tippin)

North American premiere

Cradle Of Champions

Review preview for Cradle Of Champions

Bull knows what he's doing when it comes to the action.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
The story of young fighters taking part in the Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Bartle Bull; Stars: Teddy Atlas, Nisa Rodriguez, Brian Adams, Christine Ciccone, Joe Higgins, James Wilkins, Julio Salinas Albino, Steve Lorenzo, Pat Russo, Duquan Chambers, Gary Starks Sr., Derrick Farmer, Titus Williams)

NYC premiere

The Iron Triangle

Story of a group of car repair shops that fought gentrification.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Prudence Katze, William Lehman; Stars: David Harvey, Mindy Fullilove, Roberta Gratz, Doug Henwood, Sergio Aguirre, Gerald Antonacci, Eve Baron, Charles Barron, Richard Brown, Jose Calamanca, Ivan Contreras, Bettina Damiani, Julissa Ferreras, Juan Garcia Guererro, Dan Halloran)

World premiere

Miracle On 42 Street

The story of Manhattan Plaza, the renowned experiment in subsidised housing catering to people in the arts.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Alice Elliott; Writer: Joal Ryan, Steve Ryfle; Stars: Samuel L Jackson, Larry David, Angela Lansbury, Giancarlo Esposito, Terrence Howard, Donald Faison, Alicia Keys, Estelle Parsons, James Vallely, Kenny Kramer, Tannis Vallely)

World premiere

Oh, Rick!

Portrait of Rick Crom, comedy's everyman, was the long-running emcee at the Comedy Cellar in New York City's Greenwich Village.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Dustin Sussman, Aaron Rosenbloom; Stars: Rick Crom, Louis C.K., Ray Romano, Bill Burr, Jon Stewart, Colin Quinn, Jim Norton, Dan Soder, Jeffrey Ross, Tom Papa, Robert Kelly, Judy Gold, Allan Havey, Brian Koppelman, Dave Attell)

World premiere

Still Waters

Tracking the work of an after-school programme in Bushwick.

(Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Peter Gordon)

World premiere

Vigilante: The Incredible True Story Of Curtis Sliwa And The Guardian Angels

The story of the man who formed a crime-fighting group named the Guardian Angels.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: David Wexler; Writer: David Wexler; Stars: Curtis Sliwa)

World premiere