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DOC NYC

8 November – 15 November 2018

America’s largest documentary festival has announced the full line-up for its ninth edition, running from November 8-15. The line-up includes 42 world premieres.

John Chester’s The Biggest Little Farm will open the festival and it will close with Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists, directed by Jonathan Alter.

In addition to the feature films below, there is a shorts programme and a number of industry events.

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  • Cooked: Survival By Zipcode
    Review preview for Cooked: Survival By Zipcode

    Helfand does a good job of explaining how easy it is for those who are unaffected (and even some of those who are) to overlook what's going on.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Considering the way that economically disadvantaged communities suffer the brunt of natural disasters.
  • The Ghost Of Peter Sellers
    Review preview for The Ghost Of Peter Sellers

    A must-see warning for all would-be filmmakers.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In 1973, director-on-the-rise Peter Medak nabbed notoriously difficult comic genius and box-office star Peter Sellers for his new pirate comedy, Ghost In The Noonday Sun. Sellers immediately began sabotaging the film.
  • To Kid Or Not To Kid
    Review preview for To Kid Or Not To Kid

    The subject is dealt with in a very personal way, which is doubtless what many viewers will need in order to start having these conversations themselves.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Maxine Trump turns the camera on herself and her close circle of family and friends as she confronts the idea of not having kids.
  • Little Miss Westie
    Review preview for Little Miss Westie

    This is very much fly-on-the-wall documentary, with explanations and expiation left up to those involved.

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    Story of Ren, the first out transgirl to compete in the Little Miss Westie Pageant. Coaching her through the competition is her older brother Luca, who previously took part in the pageant when he lived as a girl.
  • Afterward
    Review preview for Afterward

    It takes a certain personal courage for Bloch to do what she does here, at times physically inserting herself between groups on the verge of conflict.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Disturbed by the resurgence of fascism and anti-Semitism around the world, a psychoanalyst based in New York travels to Germany, Israel, and Palestine to confront her own deep-seated feelings about Germans and Palestinians, and the tensions between the Holocaust and the Nakba.
  • The Biggest Little Farm
    Review preview for The Biggest Little Farm

    The real joy in the film lies in watching what started out as barren land gradually bloom over the years.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Filmmaker chronicles his own efforts and that of his wife, to trade in their city life for a small farm dream.
  • Jay Myself
    Review preview for Jay Myself

    Wilkes collects moments in his life the way Jay collects images.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Jay Maisel moves out of the studio he has used since 1966 and sorts through his archives.
  • For The Birds
    Review preview for For The Birds

    Following the couple over several months, this documentary takes us through heartbreak and on to what is, ultimately, a surprisingly hopeful place.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A portrait of a woman whose love of birds puts her in a legal custody battle.
  • Instant Dreams
    Review preview for Instant Dreams

    A dazzling piece of work.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Tracing fans of instant polaroids who are working to keep the medium alive.
  • Screwball
    Review preview for Screwball

    This is a film that will mean a lot more if you'e a fan of baseball or aficionado of the recent trend for sharing tales of low quality Floridian crimes.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A profile of the people responsible for supplying performance-enhancing drugs to the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez and other players.

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