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DOC NYC · 2021

DOC NYC 2021

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7 films · 1 review

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Adrienne

Profile of the murdered actress and director Adrienne Shelly, made by her husband, who tries to find out the truth behind her killing.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Andy Ostroy)

Dean Martin: King Of Cool

Explores Martin’s varied career, including his complicated relationships with Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, and others.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Tom Donahue)

DMX: Don't Try To Understand (Don't Try to Understand: A Year in the Life of Earl 'DMX' Simmons)

Portrait of the charismatic but troubled rap star.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Christopher Frierson; Stars: DMX)

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.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Robert B Weide, Don Argott; Writer: Robert B Weide; Stars: Jerome Klinkowitz, Sidney Offit, Morley Safer, Daniel Simon, David L. Ulin, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Bernard Vonnegut, Edie Vonnegut, Mark Vonnegut, Nanny Vonnegut, Sam Waterston, Robert B. Weide)

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Let Me Be Me

Documentary about an autistic boy who emerged from an experimental autism treatment program to become a fashion designer.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Dan Crane, Katie Taber; Writer: Dan Crane)

Life Of Ivanna

Fly-on-the-wall portrait of Ivanna, a chain-smoking, no-nonsense indigenous Nenets woman, is raising her five children in a house on skis in the Russian arctic.

(Country: Russia, Norway, Finland, Estonia; Year: 2021; Director: Renato Borrayo Serrano; Writer: Renato Borrayo Serrano, Darya Sidorova; Stars: Ivanna Yaptune, Yaroslav Yaptune, Yulianna Yaptune, Andrian Yaptune, Aleksandr Yaptune, Efim Lyrmin, Aleksandra Momde, Gennadi Yaptune)

Punch 9 For Harold Washington

The story of Chicago's first African-American mayor.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Joe Winston; Stars: David Axelrod, Richard M. Daley, Jesse Jackson, Valerie Jarrett, Harold Washington)