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DOC NYC · 2023

DOC NYC 2023

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10 films · 3 reviews

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Al Djanat - The Original Paradise

Review preview for Al Djanat - The Original Paradise

While the screen is often overwhelmed by the male family members, the female perspective is gracefully displayed in the background.

Sergiu Inizian · 4 out of 5
A Burkinabè documentarist returns to her homeland to grapple with the consequences of her influential uncle's passing.

(Country: France, Burkina Faso, Benin; Year: 2023; Director: Chloé Aïcha Boro; Writer: Chloé Aïcha Boro)

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The Caravan

Documentary follows pregnant Yuri, her partner, Mike, and young son, Santi, as they flee Honduras.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2023; Director: Núria Clavero, Aitor Palacios)

Dalton's Dream

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It’s tribute to the collaborative feel of this film that the documentary continually takes its lead from what Harris is saying rather than pushing him this way and that.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
The story of Dalton Harris' rise to X Factor fame and what happened next.

(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Kim Longinotto, Franky Murray Brown; Stars: Dalton Harris)

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Dancing On The Edge Of A Volcano

A catastrophic explosion in the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, in its wake a film crew face the choice of whether to continue with their dream project.

(Country: Lebanon, Germany; Year: 2023; Director: Cyril Aris; Writer: Cyril Aris)

The Dmitriev Affair

Historian Yuri Dmitriev searches for unmarked and lost graves. His singular efforts have uncovered mass burial sites of those who were killed under Stalin’s “Great Terror” of 1937.

(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2023; Director: Jessica Gorter; Writer: Jessica Gorter; Stars: Joeri Dmitriev)

The Home Game

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Even non-football fans are likely to find themselves won over almost immediately by this tale of one team’s determination against the odds.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A man becomes determined to realise his dad's dream of taking their small-town football club to the Icelandic FA Cup and playing a home game.

(Country: Iceland; Year: 2023; Director: Smari Gunn, Logi Sigursveinsson)

Full review See: Smari Gunn and Logi Sigursveinsson on their underdog football documentary The Home Game

Neirud

Filmmaker charts the story of her "aunt" from her days as a wrestler and circus performer to her secret and complicated love triangle.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2023; Director: Fernanda Faya; Writer: Fernanda Faya)

Someone Lives Here

Story of a carpenter who built small, life-saving, one-room homes and left them in public parks during hte pandemic winter, where they could be claimed by those in need.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: Zack Russell; Stars: Khaleel Seivwright, Taka, Babie, Brendan James Brady, Cory, Cathy Crowe, Ginger Dean, Dorothy, Steve Grupiljonas, Stephen Holyday, Jim Jessop, Angela King, Martin, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Briar Murawski)

The Spectre Of Boko Haram (Le spectre de Boko Haram)

Documentary following young children on the frontline of the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency.

(Country: Cameroon, France; Year: 2023; Director: Cyrielle Raingou; Writer: Cyrielle Raingou; Stars: Falta Souleymane, Ibrahim Alilou, Mohamed Alilou, Lamine Yerima)

Total Trust

Documentary consideration of surveillance in China.

(Country: Germany, Netherlands; Year: 2023; Director: Jialing Zhang)