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DOC NYC

9 November – 27 November 2022

America's largest documentary festival returns with a physical event in New York City for its 13th edition. It will open on November 9 with Maya And The Wave ad run until November 17. It's closing film is The Conspiracy and its online edition will run until November 27. This page is a work in progress, please come back as we add in the titles screening.

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  • Queen Of The Deuce
    Review preview for Queen Of The Deuce

    In piecing the whole thing together, Kontakos appears to have been spoiled for choices, but she delivers a strong narrative which never gets overwhelmed by its content.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Profile of Chelly Wilson, a Christmas-celebrating Jewish grandma, a lesbian who married men, and a proud owner of porn cinemas in 1970s NYC.
  • While We Watched
    Review preview for While We Watched

    In addition to attacks from the outside, Shukla shows the erosion from within.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A turbulent newsroom drama which intimately chronicles the working days of broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar as he navigates a spiralling world of truth and disinformation.
  • Villeneuve Pironi
    Review preview for Villeneuve Pironi

    What is clear is the genuine affection held for its subjects, but that makes some elements of it all the more galling.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    Consideration of the infamous 1982 F1 season when rival teammates Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi were part of the sport's most controversial moments.
  • All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
    Review preview for All The Beauty And The Bloodshed

    The intimacies are staggering.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    The story of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty often blamed for the US opioid epidemic.
  • Moonage Daydream
    Review preview for Moonage Daydream

    In this kaleidoscope life, montage becomes an essential tool, illustrating not only the artist’s own work but his many influences, along with the immediate context in which he was living.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Documentary featuring a wealth of David Bowie archive.
  • 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture
    Review preview for 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture

    This isn’t a plea for people to swap one source of authority for another. The focus is on encouraging us to think for ourselves.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    The mystery of how theology, history, culture, and politics led to a Biblical mistranslation, the man who tried to stop it, and the impassioned academic crusade of the LGBTQIA+ Christian community driven to discover the truth.
  • A House Made Of Splinters
    Review preview for A House Made Of Splinters

    There’s a rare intimacy about it.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    In eastern Ukraine, follow the daily life of children and staff in a special kind of home: an institution for children who have been removed from their homes while awaiting court custody decisions. Staff do their best to make the time children have there safe and supportive.
  • I'm People, I Am Nobody
    Review preview for I'm People, I Am Nobody

    Dragomirovic’s minimalistic setting captures the separation and struggle of Stevan and his loved ones.

    Stephanie Brown · 4 out of 5
    Documentary about Stevan, a 60-year-old, former porn performer from Serbia, who is awaiting the outcome of a Kafkaesque trial process in a Maltese prison.
  • Casa Susanna
    Review preview for Casa Susanna

    By shining a light on the past, Lifshitz lights a beacon for people who feel outcast in today's world.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In the Fifties and Sixties, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden house with a barn behind it was home to the first clandestine network of cross-dressers.
  • I Didn't See You There
    Review preview for I Didn't See You There

    An important film.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent that goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into a meditative journey exploring the history of freakdom, vision, and (in)visibility.

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