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DOC NYC · 2023

DOC NYC 2023

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American Symphony

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Batiste and Jaouad are intensely grounded – they have to be – and as such, their humour and their joy have greater weight.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
In 2022, musician Jon Batiste finds himself the most celebrated artist of the year and embarks on composing an original symphony. The year grows more complicated when his life partner, best-selling author Suleika Jaouad, learns that her long-dormant cancer has returned.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Matthew Heineman; Stars: Jon Batiste, Suleika Jaouad)

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Bye Bye Tiberias (Bye Bye Tibériade)

Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.

(Country: Palestine, Belgium, Qatar, France; Year: 2023; Director: Lina Soualem; Writer: Lina Soualem, Nadine Naous, Gladys Joujou; Stars: Hiam Abbass)

The Lady Bird Diaries

An all-archival documentary film about Lady Bird Johnson, one of the most influential and least understood US First Ladies.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Dawn Porter)

Liv Ullmann - A Road Less Travelled

Exploration of the filmmaker's life and work.

(Year: 2023; Director: Dheeraj Akolkar)

Merchant Ivory

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Whether you’re a fan of the company’s work specifically or simply interested in the history of cinema, this portrait of its longest-lasting partnership will delight and entertain you.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
The story of cinema's longest lasting partnership.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Stephen Soucy; Stars: James Ivory, Simon Callow, Vanessa Redgrave, Madhur Jaffrey, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Helena Bonham-Carter, James Fox, Rupert Graves)

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Shari & Lamb Chop

Documentary charting the life of the ventriloquist.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Lisa D'Apolito; Writer: Lisa D'Apolito, Cassidy Hartmann, Andrea Lewis)

The Trials of Alan Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz is a fierce criminal defence attorney known for representing infamous clients like Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, and whose unwavering defense of constitutional rights and civil liberties is both admirable and divisive. The film explores his career.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: John Curtin)