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DOC NYC · 2019

DOC NYC 2019

American Perspectives

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8 films · 3 reviews

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American Muslim

Following five Muslim Americans, who emigrated to the country and are naturalised, as they try to contend with the challenges of a Trump government.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Adam Zucker)

Pahokee

In a small agricultural town in the Florida Everglades, hopes for the future are concentrated on the youth. Four teens face heartbreak and celebrate in the rituals of an extraordinary senior year.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas)

The Rabbi Goes West

Review preview for The Rabbi Goes West

There are no easy answers here. Geller and Peary are at pains not to take sides.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Portrait of a Hasidic rabbi who relocates from Brooklyn, New York to Bozeman, Montana with the hopes of spreading Chabad — his brand of orthodox practice — throughout "Big Sky Country".

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Amy Geller, Gerald Peary; Writer: Gerald Peary; Stars: Chaim Bruk, Chavie Bruk, Francine Roston, Allen Secher, Ed Stafman, Chaim Bruk, Chavie Bruk, Francine Roston, Allen Secher, Ed Stafman)

Full review See: Amy Geller and Gerard Peary talk about their upcoming film The Rabbi Goes West

Red Dog

Reconstructing the culture and times of a 70s strip club in Oklahoma City.

(Country: US, Costa Rica; Year: 2019; Director: Casey Pinkston; Stars: Luke Dick)

Ringside

For Kenny and Destyne, the boxing gym is a shelter from the perils of the street. Spurred on by their ambitious fathers, the ring becomes a personal prison, though it also represents their only chance to escape the rough world of Chicago’s South Side.

(Country: Germany, US; Year: 2019; Director: André Hörmann; Stars: Kenneth Sims Jr., Kenneth Sims Sr., Destyne Butler Jr., Destyne Butler Sr)

Scandalous (Scandalous: The Untold Story Of The National Enquirer)

Review preview for Scandalous

Much of what it has to say is obvious enough once the facts are in order but it still serves as an important contributor to broader conversations about the cultural shift we have witnessed in recent decades.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A portrait of the National Enquirer.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Mark Landsman)

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Tightrope: Americans Reaching For Hope

Interrogating the idea of the American Dream of self-reliance in the face of modern-day societal challenges.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Viva Van Loock)

We Believe In Dinosaurs

Review preview for We Believe In Dinosaurs

It is in large part an ethnography, providing a glimpse inside a culture that gets relatively little exposure in media.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A documentary about young earth creationists building an enormous, $120 million, 'life-size' Noah's Ark in Kentucky with the specific aim of debunking the theory of evolution.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Clayton Brown, Monica Long Ross)

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