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New York Film Festival · 2015

New York Film Festival 2015

Documentaries

Programme

13 films

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Everything Is Copy

A documentary tribute to Nora Ephron, made by her son.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Jacob Bernstein)

Field of Vision: New Episodic Nonfiction

An anthology of short documentaries, including one looking at Julian Assange's quest for asylum in the Ecuadorean embassy in London.

(Country: US, Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Laura Poitras; Stars: Julian Assange)

Fish Tail (Rabo De Peixe)

a portrait of a fishing community on the Azorean island of Rabo de Peixe.

(Country: Portugal; Year: 2015; Director: Joaquim Pinto, Nuno Leonel)

Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) Part 1: Before The Fall

A portrait of everyday life as Iraq prepared for war in 2002.

(Country: Iraq, France; Year: 2015; Director: Abbas Fahdel; Writer: Abbas Fahdel)

Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) Part 2: After The Battle

A documentary about the ordinary people trying to get by day to day in Iraq in 2003, after the collapse of the state.

(Country: Iraq, France; Year: 2015; Director: Abbas Fahdel; Writer: Abbas Fahdel)

Immigration Battle

Democrat Illinois Representative Luis Gutiérrez fights political battles over immigration.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Michael Camerini, Shari Robertson; Stars: Luis Gutiérrez)

Ingrid Bergman In Her Own Words

A documentary about the private life of Ingrid Bergman, told through her letters and diaries.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2015; Director: Stig Björkman; Stars: Ingrid Bergman)

In Jackson Heights

Documentary about the district in New York's Queens.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Frederick Wiseman)

Jia Zhangke, A Guy From Fenyang

Documentary about the Chinese director.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2014; Director: Walter Salles; Writer: Walter Salles, Jean-Michel Frodon; Stars: Jia Zhangke)

Rebel Citizen

A documentary portrait of Haskell Wexler.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Pamela Yates; Stars: Haskell Wexler)

Troublemakers: The Story Of Land Art

A documentary about the New York Land artists of the Sixties and Seventies who migrated to the American Southwest.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: James Crump; Stars: Germano Celant, Virginia Dwan)

We Are Alive (On Est Vivants)

(Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2015; Director: Carmen Castillo)

The Witness

Kitty Genovese’s brother Bill, 16 at the time of her famous murder, tries to track down the people who knew her, loved her, and tried to help her, to arrange a possible meeting with her killer, and to recover the presence of his beloved sister.

(Year: 2015; Director: James Solomon; Stars: Bill Genovese)