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DOC NYC · 2020

DOC NYC 2020

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4 films · 2 reviews

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Big Vs Small

Review preview for Big Vs Small

Where other films might emphasise skill and natural ability, it's patience and persistence that are shown to pay off here.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Profile of big-wave surfer Joana Andrade.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2020; Director: Minna Dufton; Writer: Minna Dufton)

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The Last Out

Follows three Cuban baseball players with Major League dreams who face difficult choices and embark on radically different paths when those dreams don’t pan out.

(Country: US, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico; Year: 2020; Director: Michael Gassert, Sami Khan)

Lift Like A Girl

Review preview for Lift Like A Girl

Has a visual energy that is spurred on by Marian Mentrup's percussively dynamic score, which arrives at key moments.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
In a dilapidated corner of Alexandria, an exceptional community of young female weightlifters is trained by the grumpy yet charismatic Captain Ramadan.

(Country: Egypt, Denmark, Germany; Year: 2020; Director: Mayye Zayed)

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Off The Road (Fuera Del Camino)

Each year, the slow-paced lifestyle on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula is given a turbo boost by the Baja 1000, the largest off-road motorsport race in the world.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2020; Director: José Permar; Stars: Armida Carballo Manríquez, Rigoberto Castro Cosío, Marco Guerrero Trasviña, Manuel Davis Yee, Daniela Gisselle Castro Carballo, Luis Fernando Olachea Osuna, Francisco Aguiar González, Damián Eduardo Avilés Avitia, Armida Carballo Manríquez, Rigoberto Castro Cosío, Marco Guerrero Trasviña, Manuel Davis Yee, Daniela Gisselle Castro Carballo, Luis Fernando Olachea Osuna, Francisco Aguiar González)