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DOC NYC · 2017

DOC NYC 2017

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4 films · 2 reviews

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Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars

The life and work of the guitarist.

(Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Lili Fini Zanuck; Writer: Stephen 'Scooter' Weintraub, Larry Yelen; Stars: Eric Clapton)

NYC premiere

Far From The Tree

Review preview for Far From The Tree

Rachel Drezin treads a careful line between the risk of appropriating other people's struggles and the importance of giving a voice to parents, of understanding that they can struggle too.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Examines the experiences of families in which parents and children are profoundly different from one another a variety of ways.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Rachel Dretzin; Stars: Andrew Solomon)

Full review

World premiere

The Final Year

Review preview for The Final Year

At its best, this is a film that has something to say about democracy itself.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
The final year of President Obama's foreign policy administration.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Greg Barker)

Full review

NYC premiere

Wormwood

Hybrid docudrama exploring the death of Cold War scientist Frank Olson and his son's efforts to discover the truth.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Errol Morris; Stars: Peter Sarsgaard )

NYC premiere