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DOC NYC · 2018

DOC NYC 2018

American Perspectives

Programme

10 films

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The Blessing

Deep in the Navajo Nation, one family struggles to honour their ancestry while embracing the future.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Hunter Robert Baker, Jordan Fein)

City Of Joel

Tensions develop when the village of Kiryas Joel, one of the fastest-growing Hasidic communities in the US, seeks to expand onto neighbouring land.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Jesse Sweet)

The City That Sold America

The story of how Chicago's advertising industry developed over the course of the 20th Century.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Ky Dickens)

Emanuel

A documentary about the aftermath of the incident in which a 21-year-old white supremacist opened fire in Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Brian Ivie)

Harvest Season

A documentary about harvest time in the vineyards of California’s Napa and Sonoma Valleys.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Bernardo Ruiz)

Hillbilly

A documentary about the diverse inhabitants of rural and small town Appalachia.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Sally Rubin, Ashley York)

North Pole, NY

The story of Santa's summer home: upstate New York’s Santa’s Workshop is one of America’s original theme parks, with singing elves, talking trees and secret workshops.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Ali Cotterill)

The Providers

A documentary profiling three healthcare providers working for El Centro, a safety-net clinic network in northern New Mexico that serves those without agency, health insurance or financial resources.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Anna Moot-Levin, Laura Green)

Very Senior - Attitude Is Everything

A portrait of life in the retirement community of Sun City, Arizona.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2018; Director: susan gluth)

While I Breathe, I Hope

The story of Bakari Sellers, the youngest African-American elected official in US history.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Emily Harrold)