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DOC NYC · 2017

DOC NYC 2017

Wild Life

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4 films · 2 reviews

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Donkeyote

Review preview for Donkeyote

The director talks about a "sense of play" in the press notes but are the audience really playing if they don't know the rules ahead of time?

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Manolo and his donkey Gorrión plan a journey.

(Country: UK, Germany, Spain; Year: 2017; Director: Chico Pereira; Writer: Gabriel Molera, Chico Pereira, Manuel Pereira; Stars: Paca Molera Pereira, Mamen Gómez Heredia, Manuel Molera Aparicio)

NYC premiere

Eating Animals

Review preview for Eating Animals

The issues presented here go far beyond the question of whether or not it's fair to animals to use them as a food source.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Considering the conditions under with our food is produced, based on the memoir by Jonathan Safran Foer.

(Country: US, UK, Germany, India, China; Year: 2017; Director: Christopher Dillon Quinn; Writer: Christopher Dillon Quinn, based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer; Stars: Natalie Portman)

NYC premiere

Rodents Of Unusual Size

The giant swamp rats invading coastal Louisiana and the locals who are defending their livelihoods against them.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Quinn Costello, Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer; Stars: Wendell Pierce)

World premiere

Samantha's Amazing Acrocats

Profile of a woman who created a cat circus.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Jacob Feiring; Writer: Jacob Feiring; Stars: Samantha Martin)

NYC premiere