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DOC NYC · 2020

DOC NYC 2020

Fight The Power

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7 films · 3 reviews

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The Big Scary "S" Word

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All in all, a worthy film, an interesting film, from director Yael Bridge, who has a long track record of making films about the left and has garnered two award nominations along the way for same. Also, though, pretty toothless.

Jane Fae · 3 out of 5
Consideration of the decades long debate about "socialism".

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Yael Bridge)

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Down A Dark Stairwell

Documentary about criminal justice and race in NYC and a battle between the African American and Asian American communities over the police shooting of Akai Gurley.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Ursula Liang)

Nasrin

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Considerable courage has gone into acquiring this footage.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Portrait of Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is serving a prison sentence of 38 years in Iran for representing women who protested the country’s mandatory hijab law.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Jeff Kaufman; Writer: Jeff Kaufman; Stars: Olivia Colman, Ann Curry, Shirin Ebadi, Narges Hosseini, Reza Khandan, Jafar Panahi, Taghi Rahmani, Marietje Schaake, Mansoureh Shojaee, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Olivia Colman, Ann Curry, Shirin Ebadi, Narges Hosseini, Reza Khandan)

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Shut Up Sona

Profile of Indian singer and leading #MeToo activist, Sona Mohapatra shot over three years.

(Country: India; Year: 2020; Director: Deepti Gupta)

Since I Been Down

Kimonti Carter is serving life without parole in a Washington state prison based on a harsh 1990s three-strikes law, but rather than accept this condemnation, he has worked to transform inmates’ lives through education.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Gilda Sheppard)

Unapologetic

Review preview for Unapologetic

Their stories complement each other, driving home the message that social justice is not a performative media statement, but a matter of courage in the face of existential threat.

Nikola Jovic · 3 out of 5
Fed up with misdeeds committed by Chicago law enforcement and a political system unwilling to hold anyone accountable, two millennial Black women take action.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Ashley O'Shay)

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Youth V Gov

Documentary about activists who filed a suit against the US government over the climate crisis.

(Country: United States; Year: 2020; Director: Christi Cooper-Kuhn; Stars: James Hansen, Julia Olson, James Hansen, Julia Olson)