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DOC NYC

10 November – 28 October 2021

This year's festival will feature both in-person screenings in New York City, from November 10-18, followed by online screenings across the US from November 19 to 28. This year's Visionaries Honourees are: Joan Churchill, Raoul Peck, Peter Nicks and Chi-hui Yang. In addition to the strands listed below, there are a number of short film showcases.

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  • The Devil's Drivers
    Review preview for The Devil's Drivers

    Do you like watching car chases? These men do them for a living.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Filmed over eight years, this documentary follows drivers who smuggle Palestinian workers in and out of Israel risking jail in the process.
  • A Tree Of Life
    Review preview for A Tree Of Life

    All attempts to document true crime could be informed by this.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In Pittsburgh in 2018, a white supremacist opened fire at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history. The survivors recount the harrowing experience and detail how their lives have fundamentally changed.
  • Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
    Review preview for Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

    A film full of intimacy and affection, of insight into the effort it takes to be both an artist and a human being.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    An in-depth look at the life and work of the writer.
  • Cow
    Review preview for Cow

    Arnold’s camera observes the gait of the animals so that right from the start we understand how they are constrained by their distorted bodies.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows.
  • Once Upon A Time In Uganda
    Review preview for Once Upon A Time In Uganda

    A film which will remind its viewers why they fell in love with cinema in the first place.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The story of Wakaliwood, the grassroots film industry born in the slums of Kampala which is all about action and entertainment and the conviction that in the movies, nothing is impossible.
  • Hold Your Fire
    Review preview for Hold Your Fire

    This is a tragedy at any level. There's not just the siege but the associated mentality, a mixture of recursion, remorse, and regret.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Reconstruction of a 1970s bungled robbery, told from different perspectives.
  • Young Plato
    Review preview for Young Plato

    This isn't just about big concepts and whiteboards but the everyday positive reinforcement that helps kids get on in all senses of the phrase.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Observational documentary about a school in Belfast's Ardoyne and its inspirational headmaster.
  • Three Minutes: A Lengthening
    Review preview for Three Minutes: A Lengthening

    There is a lengthening here - but also a shortening of the emotional distance between us the viewer and those caught on camera.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    The three minutes of footage explored in this film are the only moving images left of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk before the Holocaust.
  • Procession
    Review preview for Procession

    Procession gives outsiders an intimate view of the damage done by abuse. It gives survivors a chance to see that there is hope: that the pain and the panic and other debilitating symptoms can recede, and there can be a life afterwards.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A drama-therapy project working with six men in Kansas City, Missouri, who were abused by Catholic priests as children.
  • A Cop Movie
    Review preview for A Cop Movie

    For all its intricacy and cleverness, this is a film that never loses its central focus.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A docufiction dive into the Mexican police force.

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