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DOC NYC · 2023

DOC NYC 2023

US Competition

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8 films · 1 review

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36 Seconds: Portrait Of A Hate Crime

In 2015, three young Muslims were murdered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. This film documents the aftermath.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Tarek Albaba)

How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer

Biographical documentary about the writer's life.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Jeff Zimbalist)

Mediha

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Through it all, Mediha remains a marvel, finding the inner strength to be there for her brothers at the same time as steeling herself to try to identify her kidnapper.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Mediha is a member of the Yazidi ethnic and religious minority. She’s also the survivor of an ISIS-orchestrated genocide in 2014. Through video diaries, Mediha provides an intimate account of her grief and trauma.

(Country: Iraq; Year: 2023; Director: Hasan Oswald; Writer: Hasan Oswald; Stars: Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad)

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Obsessed With Light

Celebration of dancer Loïe Fuller.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum)

The Riot Report

In 1967, President Lyndon B Johnson appointed the Kerner Commission to investigate why Black neighborhoods all over the country were “rioting” in protest. The film considers the report, its impact and legacy.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Michelle Ferrari)

Shaken

Nigel and Dayna are a happy couple with a young family when they encounter a nightmare scenario: their baby, Emily, experiences a frightening seizure. But worse is to come when her parents are accused of abuse.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Asher Levinthal)

Taking Venice

Explores the true story behind the rumours that, at the height of the Cold War, the US government rigged the most influential art exhibition, the Venice Biennale.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Amei Wallach; Writer: Amei Wallach)

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow

While on assignment filming orphaned street kids in Mongolia, NYC-based cinematographer Martina Radwan feels drawn to help three of the kids escape their dead-end situations. Is it a Westerner’s savior complex? Or something deeper?

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Martina Radwan)