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DOC NYC · 2018

DOC NYC 2018

Fight the Power

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7 films · 1 review

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Bei Bei

A depressed, pregnant Chinese immigrant is put on trial for the murder of her unborn child after attempting suicide.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Rose Rosenblatt, Marion Lipschutz; Stars: Bei Bei Shuai, Linda Pence)

Bleed Out

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A compelling story and a rallying cry for action.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A young comedian takes on the might of a healthcare megacorp after his mother's hip replacement surgery goes wrong, causing a coma.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Steve Burrows)

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Boys Who Like Girls

A documentary portrait of one man's work to change the attitudes of Indian boys towards girls in the hope of preventing future rapes and sexual assaults.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2018; Director: Inka Achté)

Grit

In 2006 a rush of molten mud exploded in East Java, Indonesia, flooding 16 villages and displacing more than 60,000 people; 12 years later the hot sludge is still flowing. This documentary looks at one family's campaign to get justice from the corporation that triggered the disaster.

(Country: US, Indonesia, Denmark; Year: 2018; Director: Cynthia Wade, Sasha Friedlander)

I Am The Revolution

Three determined women in the Middle East lead the fight for gender equality and freedom in this empowering portrait of three agents of change: a politician, a political reformer who runs shelters for abused women, and the commander of the Syrian Democratic Army.

(Country: Italy, US; Year: 2018; Director: Benedetta Argentieri)

Patrimonio

In Baja, Mexico, a multinational developer plans to build an extensive wellness oasis, which will include nearly 4,500 homes and create a footprint that will engulf the local fishing community of Todos Santos. This documentary follows the fishermen fighting back.

(Country: US, Mexico; Director: Lisa F Jackson, Sarah Teale)

The Rescue List

Surrounding Ghana’s Lake Volta — the largest man-made lake on Earth — is an active child-slavery industry. This documentary follows the activists - some of them former slaves themselves - who are working to bring it to an end.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Alyssa Fedele, Zachary Fink; Stars: Stephen Kwame Addo)