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DOC NYC · 2019

DOC NYC 2019

Sonic Cinema

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11 films · 1 review

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Born Into The Gig

Profile of singers trying to follow in the footsteps of very famous parents.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Kate Davis, David Heilbroner)

Boy Howdy: The Story Of Creem Magazine

The story of the magazine's trajectory.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Scott Crawford; Writer: Scott Crawford, Jaan Uhelzski; Stars: Jeff Ament, Alice Cooper, Cameron Crowe, Kirk Hammett, Joan Jett, Lenny Kaye, Wayne Kramer, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Chris Stein, Michael Stipe, Peter Wolf, Jeff Ament, Alice Cooper, Cameron Crowe)

Buster Williams Bass To Infinity

Celebration of the jazz bassist.

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

The Changin' Times Of Ike White

Review preview for The Changin' Times Of Ike White

Daniel Vernon’s film is one of those meandering documentaries that starts out trying to do one thing and ends up going in directions that nobody involved seems to have anticipated.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A documentary about the man behind the first ever commercial album recorded inside an American prison by an inmate, charting his journey out from prison into industry adulation and life as a free man, eventually leading to his reinvention as a performer for hire.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Daniel Vernon)

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Kate Nash: Underestimate The Girl

Story of the musician's rise to fame.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Amy Goldstein; Stars: Tom Biller, Linda Buratto, Kate Craig, Jeff Ellis, Emma Hughes, Jarrad Kritzstein, Kate Nash, Marie Nash, Frederik Thaae, Alicia Warrington)

Los Ultimos Frikis

Portrait of heavy metal band Zeus, who became icons of the Cuban music scene.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Nicholas Brennan)

Revolution Rent

Theatre director Andy is invited to bring the musical Rent to Cuba, his exiled parents' homeland. The cameras follow him.

(Country: US, Cuba; Year: 2019; Director: Victor Patrick Alvarez, Andres Senor; Writer: Victor Patrick Alvarez, Andy Senor)

River City Drumbeat

For 30 years, Nardie White has offered a path to empowerment for African-American youth in Louisville, KY through his River City Drum Corps. With retirement approaching, he must train his successor.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Marlon Johnson, Anne Flatté)

Shella Record: A Reggae Mystery

After record collector Chris Flanagan hears an obscure but haunting recording by a Jamaican singer named Shella Record, he develops a decade-long obsession to find the mysterious woman.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2019; Director: Chris Flanagan)

Show Me The Picture

Portrait of Jim Marshall, the only photographer to receive the Grammy Trustee Award.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2019; Director: Alfred George Bailey; Stars: Galadrielle Allman, Adam Block, Anton Corbijn, Amelia Davis, Michael Douglas, Peter Frampton, Eileen Hirst, Jorma Kaukonen, Kamau Kenyatta, Michelle Margetts, Jim Marshall, Nion McEvoy, Graham Nash, Joanne Parrilli, Katharine Poppy)

Symphony Of The Ursus Factory

The largest producers of tractors in Europe , the Ursus Factory came to an end following the collapse of communism. Here the ex-workers of the Ursus Factory re-enact a day of work.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2018; Director: Jasmina Wojcik; Writer: Jasmina Wojcik)