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DOC NYC · 2021

DOC NYC 2021

Fight The Power

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9 films · 2 reviews

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Burning

Documentary about Australia's Black Summer of bushfires.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2021; Director: Eva Orner)

The Business Of Birth Control (Sweetening the Pill)

Considering the sometimes dark history of the development of the pill.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Abby Epstein; Writer: Holly Grigg-Spall)

A Decent Home

Exploring the threat faced by mobile home owners by private equity firms.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sara Terry; Writer: Victoria Chalk, Sara Terry)

The Gig Is Up

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There are several places where statistics are given without context, and the background reading is a gloss of imagery.

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
Documentary digs into the gig economy.

(Country: France, Canada; Year: 2021; Director: Shannon Walsh)

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InHospitable

Documentary follows patients and activists as they band together to fight a multi-billion dollar non-profit hospital system in Pittsburgh that limits vital care for vulnerable patients.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Sandra C Alvarez; Stars: Tony Buba, Chuck Grassley, Josh Shapiro, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Emily Gee, Farzad Mostashari, Erin Ninehouser, Erin Fuse Brown, Evie Bodick, Monica Noether, Pat Basu, Nila Payton, Sara Innamorato, Darrell Gaskin, Ginny Bell)

Lady Buds

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For a documentary directly focused on the money side of the cannabis industry in California, Russo finds poignancy in the roots of the plant’s history.

Stephanie Brown · 4 out of 5
The story of six women who come out of the shadows of the cannabis underground to enter the new commercial industry in California.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Chris J Russo; Writer: Tamara Maloney, Chris J Russo; Stars: Felicia Carbajal, Joyce Centofanti, Cheryl Mumzer Goldman, Pearl Moon, Chiah Rodriques, Sue Taylor)

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A Song For Cesar: Beware A Movement That Sings

A consideration of the life and legacy of American labour leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Abel Sanchez, Andres Alegria)

We Are Russia

Following young activists in the lead-up to the Presidential election of 2018 as they campaign for Alexei Navalny.

(Country: France, US, Russia; Year: 2019; Director: Alexandra Dalsbaek; Writer: Alexandra Dalsbaek)

Who We Are: A Chronicle Of Racism In America

ACLU lawyer Jeffery Robinson’s shattering talk on the history of US anti-Black racism is interwoven with archival footage, interviews and Robinson’s own story, exploring the legacy of white supremacy.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler; Writer: Jeffery Robinson)