World Premieres at the festival include Nelson G. Navarrete and Maxx Caicedo’s “A La Calle,” Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s “The Meaning of Hitler,” Gong Cheng and Yung Chang’s “Wuhan Wuhan,” Sian-Pierre Regis’s “Duty Free,” Noah Hutton’s “In Silico,” Nancy Buirski’s “A Crime on the Bayou,” Jeff Daniels’s “Television Event,” Ilinca Calugareanu’s “A Cops and Robbers Story,” Rosalynde LeBlanc and Tom Hurwitz’s “Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters,” and Cheryl Dunn’s “Moments Like This Never Last,” among others.
“Documentary film has never felt so vital as in these tumultuous times,” said Director of Programming Basil Tsiokos. “This year’s lineup represents a wide array of voices both on screen and from behind the camera, creating works of art that will resonate for years to come.” Tsiokos leads the festival’s selection team of Programmers Ruth Somalo, Karen McMullen, and Jessie Fairbanks, and Associate Programmer Brandon Harrison, in collaboration with Artistic Director Thom Powers. DOC NYC 2020 runs November 11-19. Check out the full festival lineup below. VIEWFINDERS COMPETITION 40 YEARS A PRISONER, Tommy Oliver A LA CALLE, Nelson G. Navarrete, Maxx Caicedo ENEMIES OF THE STATE, Sonia Kennebeck JACINTA, Jessica Earnshaw LANDFALL, Cecilia Aldarondo THE MEANING OF HITLER, Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker SO LATE SO SOON, Daniel Hymanson STATELESS, Michèle Stephenson THINGS WE DARE NOT DO, Bruno Santamaría THROUGH THE NIGHT, Loira Limbal THE VIEWING BOOTH, Ra’anan Alexandrowicz METROPOLIS COMPETITION BLUE CODE OF SILENCE, Magnus Skatvold, Greg Mallozzi CALENDAR GIRL, Christian D. Bruun CAN YOU BRING IT: BILL T. JONES AND D-MAN IN THE WATERS, Rosalynde LeBlanc, Tom Hurwitz A COPS AND ROBBERS STORY, Ilinca Calugareanu DOPE IS DEATH, Mia Donovan FIVE YEARS NORTH, Zach Ingrasci, Chris Temple HARLEM RISING: A COMMUNITY CHANGING THE ODDS, Rayner Ramirez LA MADRINA: THE SAVAGE LIFE OF LORINE PADILLA, Raquel Cepeda MOMENTS LIKE THIS NEVER LAST, Cheryl Dunn WOJNAROWICZ, Chris McKim WINNER’S CIRCLE ACASA, MY HOME, Radu Ciorniciuc BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING LEFT BEHIND, Katrine Philp INFLUENCE, Richard Poplak, Diana Neille MAYOR, David Osit THE REASON I JUMP, Jerry Rothwell SONGS OF REPRESSION, Estephan Wagner, Marianne Hougen-Moraga STRAY, Elizabeth Lo THE WALRUS AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER, Nathalie Bibeau
MASTERS 9TO5: THE STORY OF A MOVEMENT, Julia Reichert, Steven Bognar CRAZY, NOT INSANE, Alex Gibney LOVE & STUFF, Judith Helfand MLK/FBI, Sam Pollard MY PSYCHEDELIC LOVE STORY, Errol Morris ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES, Abigail Child PARIS CALLIGRAMMES, Ulrike Ottinger AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES CHASING CHILDHOOD, Eden Wurmfeld, Margaret Munzer Loeb DEAR SANTA, Dana Nachman THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE, Maria Finitzo FOR THE LOVE OF RUTLAND, Jennifer Maytorena Taylor HAMTRAMCK, USA, Justin Feltman, Razi Jafri THE OIL WAR, David Schisgall THE PLACE THAT MAKES US, Karla Murthy RESTAURANT HUSTLE 2020: ALL ON THE LINE, Frank Matson WOMEN IN BLUE, Deirdre Fishel INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 76 DAYS, Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, Anonymous THE LETTER, Maia Lekow, Christopher King ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA, Anabel Rodríguez Ríos SMOG TOWN, Meng Han SUMMERWAR, Moritz Schulz WUHAN WUHAN, Gong Cheng, Yung Chang INVESTIGATIONS ASSASSINS, Ryan White BABY GOD, Hannah Olson A CRIME ON THE BAYOU, Nancy Buirski THE DISSIDENT, Bryan Fogel FINDING YINGYING, Jiayan “Jenny” Shi THE JUMP, Giedrė Žickytė KINGS OF CAPITOL HILL, Mor Loushy MIRACLE FISHING, Miles Hargrove MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY, Lisa Molomot, Jeff Bemiss THE MYSTERY OF D.B. COOPER, John Dower NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY, Philip Carter ‘TIL KINGDOM COME, Maya Zinshtein FIGHT THE POWER THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD, Yael Bridge DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL, Ursula Liang NASRIN, Jeff Kaufman SHUT UP SONA, Deepti Gupta SINCE I BEEN DOWN, Gilda Sheppard UNAPOLOGETIC, Ashley O’Shay YOUTH V GOV, Christi Cooper PORTRAITS 9/11 KIDS, Elizabeth St. Philip DUTY FREE, Sian-Pierre Regis FRANCESCO, Evgeny Afineevsky IN SILICO, Noah Hutton LESSONS OF LOVE, Malgorzata Goliszewska, Kasia Mateja MEDICINE MAN: THE STAN BROCK STORY, Paul Michael Angell NO ORDINARY MAN, Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt RED HEAVEN, Lauren DeFilippo, Katherine Gorringe TRUTH TO POWER: BARBARA LEE SPEAKS FOR ME, Abby Ginzberg TWO GODS, Zeshawn Ali WEED & WINE, Rebecca Richman Cohen JOCK DOCS BIG VS SMALL, Minna Dufton THE LAST OUT, Sami Khan, Michael Gassert LIFT LIKE A GIRL, Mayye Zayed OFF THE ROAD, José Permar BEHIND THE SCENES BELUSHI, R.J. Cutler EL FATHER PLAYS HIMSELF, Mo Scarpelli TELEVISION EVENT, Jeff Daniels ARTS & CULTURE BARE, Aleksandr M. Vinogradov CRUTCH, Sachi Cunningham, Vayabobo AN IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT, Jens Meurer IN & OF ITSELF, Frank Oz KENNY SCHARF: WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, Malia Scharf, Max Basch LOST IN FACE, Valentin Riedl MADE YOU LOOK: A TRUE STORY ABOUT FAKE ART, Barry Avrich ON POINTE, Larissa Bills SELF PORTRAIT, Katja Høgset, Margreth Olin, Espen Wallin THE VASULKA EFFECT, Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir SONIC CINEMA AMERICAN RAPSTAR, Justin Staple CROCK OF GOLD: A FEW ROUNDS WITH SHANE MCGOWAN, Julien Temple ELDER’S CORNER, Siji Awoyinka IN MY OWN TIME: A PORTRAIT OF KAREN DALTON, Robert Yapkowitz, Richard Peete LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS, Marcia Jarmel, Ken Schneider RONNIE’S, Oliver Murray TINY TIM: KING FOR A DAY, Johan von Sydow UNIVERSE, Sam Osborn, Nick Capezzera ZAPPA, Alex Winter
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