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American Symphony
American Symphony
In 2022, musician Jon Batiste finds himself the most celebrated artist of the year and embarks on composing an original symphony. The year grows more complicated when his life partner, best-selling author Suleika Jaouad, learns that her long-dormant cancer has returned.
Four Daughters
Four Daughters
A creative documentary following ten years in the life of a fortysomething Tunisian mother, a cleaning lady from a poor environment, who sees her two teenage daughters become radicalised, run away and join the terrorist organisation Daesh in Libya.
The Barber Of Little Rock
The Barber Of Little Rock
The story of the racial wealth gap in the US, and one man's efforts to bring about change.
20 Days In Mariupol
20 Days In Mariupol
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war’s atrocities.
Apolonia, Apolonia
Apolonia, Apolonia
Portrait of larger-than-life visual artist Apolonia Sokol.
The Mother Of All Lies
The Mother Of All Lies
The filmmaker doesn’t have any pictures of herself as a child. This is the starting point of a documentary investigation that unfolds the secrets of a Casablanca family.
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
A documentary about how Ugandan opposition leader, activist and musical star Bobi Wine took on the regime led by Yoweri Museveni, the person who led the country for 35 years.
Caterpillar
Caterpillar
David, a gay man in his fifties who has long struggled with his appearance, becomes enthralled with the idea of changing his eye colour.
Last Song From Kabul
Last Song From Kabul
The story of music students and members of Afghanistan's only all-female orchestra, and what happened to them after the return of the Taliban.
Al Djanat - The Original Paradise
Al Djanat - The Original Paradise
A Burkinabè documentarist returns to her homeland to grapple with the consequences of her influential uncle's passing.
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DOC NYC Features

Out of the silent land
Kevin Macdonald on Afghan music, an extraordinary orchestra and Last Song From Kabul
A bygone era
Jeff Zimbalist on Germaine Greer, Betty Friedan, Susan Sontag, Gloria Steinem, Gore Vidal and How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer
You see it and feel it
Liv Ullmann on Ingmar Bergman, Tove Ditlevsen, Laurence Olivier and Faithless
Bridging the divide
Amy Nicholson on DOC NYC highlight Happy Campers
Owning it
Claire Jeffreys and Ed Bahlman on Garland Jeffreys: The King Of In Between
Stories of hope
Beth Lane on DOC NYC highlight UnBroken
Where my heart is
Liv Ullmann on Ingmar Bergman, Henrik Ibsen, Bertolt Brecht, fairy tales and Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
The roller-coaster life of a man
Jeff Zimbalist on Invisible Beauty and How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer
The past looking to the future
Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum on Loïe Fuller and Obsessed With Light
Summoning and questioning the past
Kaouther Ben Hania on Tunisia’s Oscar submission Four Daughters
Cinema as a means of resurrection
Maite Alberdi on Pablo Larrain, Raul Ruiz and The Eternal Memory
Jumping to it
Daniel McCabe on capturing a world of insects and commerce for Grasshopper Republic
Disembodied
Reuben Hamlyn on non-consensual deepfake pornography and Another Body
Heat and light
Anna Hints on capturing the soul of the Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
'It became so much more personal than I was expecting'
Ella Glendining chats about Sundance doc Is There Anybody Out There?

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