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DOC NYC · 2021

DOC NYC 2021

US Competition

Programme

12 films · 2 reviews

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Anonymous Sister

The director considers opioid addiction in her own family.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Jamie Boyle)

Be Our Guest

Amid the opioid crisis in their small New Hampshire town, Lydia O’Leary and her family open their home to those recovering from addiction.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Diane Tsai)

Boycott

Consideration of anti-boycott law in the US.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Julia Bacha)

Exposure

As the Arctic polar ice cap melts, an expedition of women from East and West sets the audacious goal of skiing to the North Pole.

(Country: US, Iceland, Oman, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2021; Director: Holly Morris; Writer: Holly Morris)

Grandpa Was An Emperor

Yeshi Kassa, great-granddaughter of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, investigates what happened to her beloved father after the 1974 coup that landed most of her family in prison.

(Year: 2021; Director: Constance Marks)

Newtok

In the town of Newtok, years of rising temperatures have eroded the frozen foundation of the area. With their homes and way of life hanging in the balance, the town’s residents weigh the prospect of relocating.

(Year: 2021; Director: Andrew Burton, Michael Kirby Smith)

Objects

An NPR correspondent, a literary author, and a graphic designer let us in on the secret life of the special objects they keep as a way to preserve memories

(Year: 2021; Director: Vincent Liota)

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.

(Country: Uganda; Year: 2020; Director: Cathryne Czubek, Hugo Perez; Stars: Isaac Nabwana, Alan Hofmanis, Harriet Nabwana, Bisaso Dauda)

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Refuge

In Clarkston, a small town in Georgia, a successful Kurdish doctor and a Muslim-hating white supremacist form an unlikely friendship.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Erin Bernhardt, Din Blankenship)

The Slow Hustle

A look at corruption in the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Sonja Sohn)

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.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Trish Adlesic)

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United States Vs Reality Winner

The story of a 25-year-old Reality Winner who disclosed a document about Russian election interference to the media and became the number one leak target of the Trump administration.

(Director: Sonia Kennebeck)