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DOC NYC · 2019

DOC NYC 2019

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7 films · 1 review

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City Dream

A year during which the Urban Management Bureau tries to displace a cantankerous street vendor in China.

(Country: China; Year: 2019; Director: Weijun Chen)

The Human Factor

Scrutinising the American-led negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians in 2000

(Country: UK, Israel; Year: 2019; Director: Dror Moreh)

Looking For Life (Cheche Lavi)

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This is a small, personal story with big implications.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Documentary about two Haitian migrants who become stranded at the US-Mexico border, with no way forward.

(Country: Mexico, US, Haiti; Year: 2019; Director: Sam Ellison)

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Love Child

A couple who could face the death penalty in Iran because of their extra-marital affair attempt to flee the country with their four-year-old love child.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2019; Director: Eva Mulvad)

Sing Me A Song

The director returns to Bhutan 10 years after he focused on a seven-year-old Buddhist there, to see how life has changed.

(Country: France, Germany, Switzerland; Year: 2019; Director: Thomas Balmès)

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)

The Wind. A Documentary Thriller

A study of the destructive windstorm that regularly wreaks havoc in Poland’s Tatra Mountains.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2019; Director: Michal Bielawski)