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DOC NYC · 2019

DOC NYC 2019

Portraits

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8 films

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Anbessa

Asalif and his mother defy Ethiopia’s omnipresent modern housing development culture, by continuing to live a life characterised by proximity to nature and rootedness in community. The boy counters the ruptures in his accustomed surroundings and the threat posed by the hyena that haunts his neighbourhood by reinventing himself as a hero: as Anbessa, the lion.

(Country: Italy, Ethiopia, United States; Year: 2019; Director: Mo Scarpelli; Writer: Mo Scarpelli)

Busy Inside

The work of a therapist who specialises in Dissociative Identity Disorder ... and who has 17 personalities of her own.

(Country: Russia, US; Year: 2019; Director: Olga Lvoff)

Cory In Brick City

Cory Brooker's attempts to transform Newark, New Jersey.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Mark Benjamin, Marc Levin)

He Dreams Of Giants

Portrait of Terry Gilliam's struggle to make Don Quixote.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe; Stars: Adam Driver, Terry Gilliam, Jonathan Pryce, Adam Driver, Terry Gilliam, Jonathan Pryce)

The Journey Of Monalisa

A reunion with the director, a former college classmate, provides the opportunity for a journey through an undocumented transgender immigrant’s daily life of sex, drugs and poetry

(Country: Chile, US; Year: 2019; Director: Nicole Costa; Writer: Daniela Camino, Nicole Costa, Melisa Miranda)

Sheep Hero

A traditional shepherd is forced to adapt to a changing world.

(Country: Netherlands, Romania; Year: 2018; Director: Ton van Zantvoort; Writer: Ton van Zantvoort)

This Is Not A Movie

Profiles of Middle East journalist Robert Fisk.

(Country: Canada, Germany; Year: 2019; Director: Yung Chang; Writer: Yung Chang, Nelofer Pazira; Stars: Robert Fisk, Amira Hass, Nirmeen Hazineh, Sulieman Khatib, Antony Loewenstein, Robert Fisk, Amira Hass, Nirmeen Hazineh, Sulieman Khatib, Antony Loewenstein)

Tyson

Portrait of the boxer.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: David Michaels)