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DOC NYC · 2018

DOC NYC 2018

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8 films

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Buzz

Profile of Pullitzer Prize-winning auther Buzz Bissinger.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Andrew Shea)

World premiere

Commander Arian: A Story Of Women War And Freedom

Documentary about an all-women Kurdish battalion.

(Country: Spain, Germany, Syria; Year: 2018; Director: Alba Sotorra)

NYC premiere

The Feminist

Profile of Gudrun Schyman, the founder of Europe's first feminist party.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2018; Director: Hampus Linder)

International premiere

The Great Mother

Profile of Nora Sandigo, an immigration activist who serves as the legal guardian for more than 2,000 US-born children of migrants who have been deported.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Dave LaMattina, Chad Walker)

World premiere

I'm Leaving Now (Ya Me Voy)

Story of an undocumented migrant to the US who on planning to return to Mexico, discovers his family have squandered the money he sent home.

(Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2018; Director: Lindsey Cordero, Armando Croda; Writer: Josh Alexander; Stars: Felipe Hernández)

US premiere

Laila At The Bridge

A former child bride-turned-campaigner who is trying to tackle the crisis of heroin addiction in Afghanistan.

(Year: 2018; Director: Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei)

NYC premiere

Welcome To The Beyond

The story of model Hoyt Richards and the doomsday cult known as Eternal Values.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Brent Huff; Writer: Brent Huff, Pete Sepenuk; Stars: Omar Albertto, Jo Baker, Jeffrey Banks, Eileen Boyd, George Davis, Steve Hassan, Bob Hoyt, Christian Hoyt, Garth Hoyt, Rory Hoyt, Terry Hoyt, Storey Jones, M.L. McCarthy, Belle McIntyre, Katherine McNabb)

World premiere

Worlds Of Ursula K Le Guin

A documentary about the celebrated feminist author and her work in science fiction and fantasy.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Arwen Curry)

NYC premiere