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DOC NYC · 2021

DOC NYC 2021

Metropolis Competition

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7 films · 2 reviews

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Charm Circle

Review preview for Charm Circle

There's a winning combination of warmth and honesty to the way that she and her family share their lives that opens the door to viewers and asks them to shift their perspective.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
After uncovering a treasure trove of home videos documenting the moments of love, laughter, and musical expression that punctuated an otherwise tumultuous upbringing, filmmaker Nira Burstein returns to her childhood home – now crumbling from the inside out – to explore whether she and her two sisters can reconnect with her parents.

(Year: 2021; Director: Nira Burstein)

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End Of The Line

The role of the subway in New York City and the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic had on it.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Emmett Adler)

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.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Stefan Forbes; Writer: Stefan Forbes; Stars: Shuaib Raheem)

Full review See: Interview with Stefan Forbes about Hold Your Fire

Mimaroglu: The Robinson of Manhattan Island

The story of electronic music composer Ilhan Mimaroglu and his vibrant wife Güngör who migrated to the USA from Turkey in early 1960s.

(Country: Turkey; Year: 2020; Director: Serdar Kokceoglu; Stars: Rüstem Batum, Gungor Mimaroglu, Ilhan Mimaroglu)

Mr Saturday Night

Profile of Robert Stigwood, a producer impresario, best known for managing the Bee Gees, who brought the disco to the screen in Saturday Night Fever.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: John Maggio)

The Photograph

Exploring the legacy of prolific African-American photographer James Van Der Zee.

(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2021; Director: Sherman De Jesus; Stars: Michael Henry Adams, Muhammad Ali, Anthony Barboza, Jean Michel Basquiat, Emilie C. Boone, C. Daniel Dawson, Sherman De Jesus, Robert Eatman, Marcus Garvey, Richard E. Green, Coco Mitchell, Evetta Petty, Jamel Shabazz, Frank Sheppard, Lana Turner)

The Reverend

Story of Reverend Vince Anderson, whose Love Choir has become a legend in New York.

(Country: United States; Year: 2021; Director: Nick Canfield; Stars: Vince Anderson, Questlove)