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DOC NYC : Vice is Broke : Q&A with Eddie Huang on Rise and Fall of Vice Media

Vice is Broke : In the wake of Vice Media’s bankruptcy, Eddie Huang (famed host of Vice’s Huang’s World, author, chef, producer, and former attorney), takes you on a rough, rugged, and raw first person journey through the wreckage exploring how Vice went up and ultimately came crashing down. Director : Eddie Huang Producer :…

DOC NYC : ‘Queendom’ Explores Rage and Rebellion in Homophobic Russia

As I watched the poignant and powerful Queendom, I could not help thinking of “the personal is the political,” a catchphrase from the 1970s that was often used by feminists to validate the importance of personal, lived experience in the struggle to liberate themselves from oppressive structural systems. Agniia Galdanova‘s documentary, which was screened last…

DOC NYC / Diane Warren : Relentless / Exclusive Interview with Director Bess Kargman

©Courtesy of XTR Diane Warren : Relentless, a prolific songwriter with an unparalleled track record of writing mega-hits for industry giants, emerges as a force to be reckoned with in Diane Warren: Relentless. Boasting 15 Academy Award nominations, an Honorary Oscar along with Grammy, Emmy, and Golden Globe Awards, Diane has etched her name on…

DOC NYC/ Ernest Cole: Lost and Found Review / Timely and Heartbreaking Portray of the Great South African Photographer

©Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures When filmmaker Raoul Peck took on the iconic James Baldwin (1924-1987), in his Oscar-nominated documentary I am Not Your Negro (2016), he wanted the writer himself to tell the story, not by a narrator like in a regular biography. Samuel L. Jackson read Baldwin’s profound words like he was him and…

DOC-NYC: ‘Gaucho Gaucho’ Directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw (Video Interview)

Filmmakers Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw received a lot of attention for their 2020 documentary, The Truffle Hunters, which took a look at a number of men in their 70s and 80s in Piedmont, Italy, who (as the title implies) spend their time trying to find rare and valuable white truffles. It premiered at that…

MEDIHA – OFFICIAL TRAILER : Starring Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad

Together films has dropped a new trailer for a highly anticipated documentary, Mediha which won the Grand Jury Prize in Doc NYC. The film is a powerful testament to the human spirit, Mediha follows the remarkable journey of one girl’s fight to find her missing family members, revealing the strength of a young survivor.Directed by…

“The Trials of Alan Dershowitz” : Q&A with Lawyer Alan Dershowitz and Director John Curtin

The Trials of Alan Dershowitz : Alan Dershowitz is a fierce criminal defense 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 notable victories and lesser-known losses, as well as his court battles…

‘Nathan-ism’ DOC NYC Film Review – An Inviting Look at a Man and His Unique Art

People develop coping mechanisms when they experience something that can’t be easily processed. It’s often something internal that doesn’t get shown to others, but it can also be presented in a way that might not initially – or ever – make sense to those who perceive it. In the case of Nathan Hilu, who, at…

‘Every Body’ DOC NYC Film Review – An Eye-Opening Look at Intersexuality

Much of society embraces the idea of binary definitions of what a person is. A recent push in liberal communities to recognize new gender identities, sexual orientations, and a variety of other descriptors has been met with intense pushback from traditionalists who feel that the recognition of something that hasn’t been historically acknowledged is somehow…

“Mediha” : The Story of How Terror Effects a Person / A Review of Doc NYC’s Winning Film

@Courtesy: Loveworld Media “Mediha” is about a young Yazidi girl who was a prisoner of ISIS after they attacked the Yazidi people back in 2014. The story shows her life after she and two of her brothers were freed from enslavement. The three live with their uncle as he tries to find their parents and youngest…

‘The Trials of Alan Dershowitz’ DOC NYC Film Review – A Principled and Controversial Man

Alan Dershowitz is a lawyer about whom many have complicated feelings. Throughout his career, he has defended a number of clients who were considered to be pariahs in society and few lawyers would have wanted to be associated with in any way. Three decades after being portrayed in the Oscar-winning film Reversal of Fortune by…