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DOC NYC · 2019

DOC NYC 2019

Metropolis

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7 films

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Brooklyn Inshallah

Khader El-Yateem is a Palestinian American, a practicing Lutheran pastor and, he hopes, the first Arab American on the New York City Council.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Ahmed Mansour; Stars: Linda Sarsour, Khader El-Yateem, Genna Goldsobel, Abullah Younus, Grace El-Yateem, Rabyaah Althaibani, Justine Brannan, Mark Hanna, Mother Qawwas, Somaia El Rowmeim, Kayla Santosuosso, Andy Smith, Abeer Qawwas, Widad Indie, Rawan El-Yateem)

The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom

Story of a publicist to the stars who, after illness, reinvented himself as an author.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Charlie Hoxie)

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

the tragi-comedic tale of one man’s search for self-acceptance, a journey that included tabloid celebrity, Tupperware parties, and two coming outs – first as a straight woman, then as the gay man he was born to be.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Karen Bernstein; Stars: Dale Guy Madison, Demetris Dennis Taylor, Dale Guy Madison, Demetris Dennis Taylor)

Lydia Lunch

Profile of the New Wave pioneer.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Beth B; Stars: Thurston Moore, Lydia Lunch, Richard Kern, J.G. Thirlwell, Donita Sparks, Thurston Moore, Lydia Lunch, Richard Kern, J.G. Thirlwell, Donita Sparks)

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

Consideration of the life and career of the song-and-dance man.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: John Carluccio; Writer: Tracy E Hopkins; Stars: Debbie Allen, Elise Neal, Chita Rivera, Mel Johnson Jr., Shaun Baker, Maurice Hines, Charles Randolph-Wright, Mercedes Ellington, Zachary Hines, Debbie Allen, Elise Neal, Chita Rivera, Mel Johnson Jr., Shaun Baker, Maurice Hines)

On Broadway

The inside story of working on Broadway.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Oren Jacoby; Stars: Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Christine Baranski, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Tommy Tune)

Pier Kids

The stories of the queer and trans people of colour who built their lives around New York City's Christopher Street Pier .

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Elegance Bratton; Stars: Anniyah Balenciaga, Cheetah Revlon, Desean Irby, Jusheem Casper Thorne, Krystal Labeija Dixon)