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DOC NYC · 2018

DOC NYC 2018

Sonic Cinema

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7 films

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16 Bars

Documentary charts hip hop artist Speech's unique collaborative music workshop in a Virginia state penitentiary.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Samuel Bathrick)

NYC premiere

The 5 Browns: Digging Through The Darkness

The lives of five close-knit siblings, all piano virtuosos trained at Juilliard, form The 5 Brown. The facade of their happy, all-American family is shattered, however, with the revelation of a dark secret.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Ben Niles)

NYC premiere

Echo In The Canyon

Musician Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers explores the 1960s musicians (including his father, Bob Dylan) who fostered folk rock tradition in the community of Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Andrew Slater; Writer: Eric Barrett, Andrew Slater; Stars: Lou Adler, Beck, Justine Bennett, Jackson Browne, Jade Castrinos, David Crosby, Jakob Dylan, Norah Jones, Roger McGuinn, Graham Nash, Fernando Perdomo, Tom Petty, Michelle Phillips, Cat Power, John Sebastian)

NYC premiere

I Used To Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story

Documentary about four women whose lives have been changed by their love of boy bands - Backstreet Boys, One Direction, Take That and The Beatles.

(Country: Australia, US; Year: 2018; Director: Jessica Leski)

NYC premiere

Rudeboy: The Story Of Trojan Records

Documentary about the iconic ska, reggae and rock-steady label .

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Nicolas Jack Davies)

US premiere

The Show's The Thing: The Legendary Promoters Of Rock

A tribute to rock promoters.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin)

World premiere

Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me

Biography of the R&B hitmaker, who was paralysed in an accident.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Olivia Lichtenstein)

NYC premiere