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Your Fat Friend and Invisible Beauty
All Up in the Biz
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Sacha Jenkins)
World premiere
A collage of celebrity interviews, rare film, reenactments, and playful animation shows how Biz Markie left his mark on the history of hip-hop.
American Son
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Jay Caspian Kang)
World premiere
The story of Asian American tennis prodigy Michael Chang, the youngest player to win a men’s Grand Slam tournament.
Anthem
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Peter Nicks)
World premiere
What would it sound like to have a national anthem that actually reflects America? This documentary follows composer Kris Bowers and producer DJ Dahi on a road trip across the country to find out.
BS High
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Martin Desmond Roe)
World premiere
After a nationally televised high school American football game between top-ranked IMG Academy and unknown Bishop Sycamore ended with an IMG blowout win, it's discovered that Bishop Sycamore isn't at all what it seems.
Comedy Of War: Laughter In Ukraine
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Christopher Walters)
World premiere
Four Ukrainian stand-up comics tour their homeland, bringing laughter and joy as a form of resistance and recovery amid wartime.
Common Ground
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Rebecca Tickell, Josh Tickell)
World premiere
Exposes the interconnectedness of American farming policy, politics, and illness. Follow the solution-driven plight of Regenerative Farmers as they make a case for soil health across the continent and beyond.
Every Body
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Julie Cohen)
World premiere
Three intersex people challenge a heteronormative system of secrecy and non-consensual surgery in the US.
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Michael Selditch)
World premiere
With idiosyncratic style and an eye toward the future of fashion, Patricia Field has always been shaping culture. This documentary examines the costume designer's life.
Invisible Beauty
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng)
New York Premiere
Fashion revolutionary Bethann Hardison looks back on her journey as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent, and activist, shining a light on an untold chapter in the fight for racial diversity.
It’s Basic
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Marc Levin)
World premiere
A compelling look at Universal Basic Income pilot programs in US cities.
The League
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Sam Pollard)
World premiere
Baseball isn’t the game we know and love without the contribution of Black Americans. This documentary explores the incredible history of the Negro Leagues, its impact on the sport of baseball, and the players that still resonate through history to this day.
Milli Vanilli
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Luke Korem)
World premiere
The origins and eventual fallout of a one-hit-wonder.
Minted
(Country: United States, Canada, Cuba, Netherlands, India, Nigeria; Year: 2023; Director: Nicholas Bruckman)
World premiere
Examines the intersection of art, commerce, and digital ownership through the rise and crash of the NFT market.
Open Heart
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Jonathan Hock)
World premiere
An intimate profile of New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist’s struggles to return to hockey after heart surgery.
Poisoned: The Danger in Our Food
(Director: Stephanie Soechtig)
World premiere
Foodborne pathogens kill thousands of people in the US every year - this film is a call to action for the officials who have the power to mitigate this danger.
Rise - the Siya Kolisi Story
(Country: South Africa; Year: 2023; Director: Tebogo Malope)
World premiere
Chronicling the legendary story of the first Black captain of the South Africa National Rugby Union Team.
Ron Delsener Presents
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Jake Sumner)
World premiere
Ron Delsener was the most influential concert promoter in New York. In addition to looking back at his career, this documentary shows that the now 86-year-old Delsener still has a spring in his step.
The Saint Of Second Chances
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Morgan Neville, Jeff Malmberg)
World premiere
Documentary Major League Baseball promoter and owner, Bill Veeck.
The Space Race
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Lisa Cortés)
World premiere
Documentary about the first Black astronauts.
Stan Lee
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: David Gelb)
World premiere
Profile charting Stan Lee's life from his upbringing in New York as Stanley Lieber to the rise of Marvel Comics.
Sunday Best
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Sacha Jenkins)
World premiere
Documentary about the career of pioneering television host Ed Sullivan.
Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History Of Popular Music
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman)
World premiere
Concert film documenting New York theatre star Taylor Mac's joyous, challenging, and ostentatiously queer 24-hour musical performance.
This Is Not Financial Advice
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Chris Temple, Zach Ingrasci)
World premiere
Retail investors, including “Dogecoin Millionaire” Glauber Contessoto, navigate the burgeoning, lucrative, and volatile world of cryptocurrency.
Untitled Nicky Nodjoumi
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Sara Nodjoumi, Till Schauder)
World premiere
In this hybrid political thriller and verité portrait documentary, Sara Nodjoumi, working with co-director and husband, Till Schauder dives into the mystery surrounding the disappearance of more than 100 "treasonous" paintings by her father, seminal Iranian modern artist Nickzad Nodjoumi.
We Dare to Dream
(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Waad al-Kateab)
World premiere
Follows athletes on their journey to become part of the refugee Olympic team in Tokyo 2020.
Your Fat Friend
(Country: US, UK; Year: 2023; Director: Jeanie Finlay; Stars: Aubrey Gordon)
Popular anonymous blogger Aubrey Gordon spent five years writing about the realities of living as a self-described “very fat person.” Now, she is about to face the public for the very first time.
World premiere
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