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DOC NYC · 2020

DOC NYC 2020

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Belushi

Combines footage of Belushi’s legendary acts with rare footage and personal letters to his wife Judy to illuminate one of the great performers of the late 20th century.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: RJ Cutler; Writer: RJ Cutler; Stars: Penny Marshall, Carrie Fisher, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Bruce McGill, John Landis, Harold Ramis, Jim Belushi, John Belushi, Candice Bergen, Jane Curtin, Don Novello, Ivan Reitman, Joe Flaherty, Lorne Michaels)

El Father Plays Himself (El Father Como Si Mismo)

Complex portrait of the director's life partner Jorge Thielen Armand as he directs a film about the unconventional life of his father, Jorge Roque Thielen.

(Country: Venezuela, UK, Italy, US; Year: 2020; Director: Mo Scarpelli; Stars: Jorge Thielen Hedderich, Jorge Thielen Armand, Jorge Thielen Hedderich, Jorge Thielen Armand)

Television Event

On November 20, 1983, ABC-TV broadcast The Day After, a chilling fictional account of the aftermath of a nuclear war on a small Kansas town. This film investigates its impact on the Regan era and beyond.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2020; Director: Jeff Daniels; Stars: Nicholas Meyer, Ted Koppel, Stephanie Austin, Ellen Anthony, Stu Samuels, Robert A. Papazian, Jack Wright, Edward Hume, Walton Dornisch, Brandon Stoddard, Mark Weinberg, David Longhurst, Nicholas Meyer, Ted Koppel, Stephanie Austin)