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CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS which is in theaters and which played @DOCNYCfest is an Oscar hopeful. Honestly it is too good and too complicated for most Oscar voters, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't go out and see it - Do so
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CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS (2025) DOC NYC 2025 and in theaters
Sara Shahverdi is a motorcycle riding, divorced woman who is one of the leadersin her village in Iran. She is a no nonsense sort of person w...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I saw THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS for @DOCNYCfest
and which is now on @hbo.bsky.social .
Its a crushing look at how kids think about school shooting, while businesses make billions on preparedness we should never need except for stupidity.
It's a punch in the face
A review as soon as I find words
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
SALLIES ASHES is about a group of women fightinh to proect their community from coal ash. A solid short playing @DOCNYCfest www.unseenfilms.net/2025/11/sall...
Sallie's Ashes (2025) DOC NYC 2025
A timely film about a group of ladies, lead by the late Sallie, who decided to take on big business in the name of protecting the land they ...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
THIRD ACT is a portrait of Robert A. Nakamura, aka “The Godfather of Asian American film,” by his son, Tad.
A great film at @DOCNYCfest www.unseenfilms.net/2025/11/thir...
Third Act (2025) DOC NYC 2025
Portrait of Robert A. Nakamura, aka “The Godfather of Asian American film,” by his son, Tad. What a glorious film.  This is a celebration of...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
WE WERE SCENERY at @DOCNYCfest is a must. The story of two refugees from Vietnam who ended up as extras inAPOCALYPSE NOW says volumes about how Hollywood shapes what we think www.unseenfilms.net/2025/11/we-w...
We Were The Scenery (2025) DOC NYC 2025
Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Chen fled Vietnam at the end of the war. Ending up in the Phillipines they found them selves recruited as extras i...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
SHIFTING BASELINES plays like a black & white dystopian science fiction tale from the 1950's except it's true and about Elon Musk's Space X trying to shoot rockets into space and destroying a Texas community. See it at @DOCNYCfest www.unseenfilms.net/2025/11/shif...
Shifting Base Lines (2025) DOC NYC 2025
This is a dystopian black and white nightmare that seems more like an offbeat art house narrative but it's real.   SHIFTING BASE LINES is ab...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A pointer toward A Place of Absence which is about the loss of people migratingto a better place and disappear along the way. It is playing at @DOCNYCfest www.unseenfilms.net/2025/11/a-po...
A pointer toward A Place of Absence (2025) DOC NYC 2025
I'm going to do a shorter piece on A PLACE OF ABSENCE, because I am finding that in writing on the film I want to write about the film in te...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
BEYOND is a great film. Made by one of the stars of SING SING it is a look at an inmate group putting together TED Talk like talks. A must see at @DOCNYCfest www.unseenfilms.net/2025/11/beyo...
Beyond (2025) DOC NYC 2025
BEYOND is one of the great films at DOC NYC which makes it one of the great films of 2025. The film is from Clarence MAcklin, who was in ...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I want a longer version of IT'S OUR BALL which is playing at @DOCNYCfest. It is the story of a bunch of older women who find joy in playing backetball and pass it on to the audience.
Just Great
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It's Our Ball (2025) DOC NYC 2025
I don't have a great deal to say other that IT'S OUR BALL is a blast. This film is a look at three women around sixty who play basketball in...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
So excited to share my latest film, "Warren King: King of Cardboard" for @pbsamericanmasters @pbs @firelight_media. It premieres Sat, Nov 15 @docnycfest Tickets are almost sold out. Buy them here: www.docnyc.net/film/shorts-...
Warren King: King of Cardboard - DOC NYC
WORLD PREMIERE Warren King transforms cardboard into sculptural reflections of his Chinese-American family’s immigration and his path from engineer to
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November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Last two days to stream "The Quilters" via @docnycfest in the Human Spirit program. Virtual screenings through tomorrow December 1st. TICKTS: https://buff.ly/48dDXgZ
November 30, 2024 at 6:10 PM
@DOCNYCfest
Debut feature I, POPPY Director Vivek Chaudhary embeds 5 yrs w/poppy-growers NW India: 1 family embodies complex $, political, social pressures from risky product rife w/corruption vs idealist trying to change system 11/16 & 18 w/Q&As Streams 11/17-30
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I, POPPY - DOC NYC
US PREMIERE A complex power structure of casteism, oppression, and corruption governs the lives of Dalit poppy farmers. Vardibhai, older and traumatized
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November 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Sometimes you're at @DOCNYCfest and realize someone else made the doc you almost started working on! #docnyc
November 18, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Can't wait to screen AMANDA KNOX on the big screen again at @DOCNYCfest Friday Nov 11th and Wed Nov 16th. #docnyc
November 18, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Hey, I made another film and it's premiering next month @docnycfest! Warren King: King of Cardboard is part of the #InTheMaking series from @pbsamericanmasters and @firelight_media. Can't wait to share @wrnking journey! Learn more + get tickets: docnyc.net/film/shorts-in-the-making-2025
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
RIDERS ON THE STORM maybe the most beautiful film at
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its the story of a buzkashi (a game involving a goat carcass) in Afghanistan who has to deal with the return of the Taliban unseenfilms.net/2023/11/ride...
RIDERS ON THE STORM (2023) DOC NYC
This is easily one of my favorite films of DOC NYC. It’s one of the most beautiful films I’ve seen in 2023 and it’s a film I am hoping to se...
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November 15, 2023 at 11:33 PM
CREEDE USA is a look at the small town in Colorado that has seen an influx of new people come in and the battles that have resulted. See it at @DOCNYCfest www.unseenfilms.net/2025/11/cree...
Creede USA (2025) DOC NYC 2025
This is a look at Creede Colorado, a former mining town that was revitalized when it started a theater in 1966. The trouble was that the  wh...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
THE BIG CHEESE at DOCNYCfest is a great deal of fun. Its a look at cheese mongers preparing for an international competition. Be prepared to want to go to a cheese shop when it's done
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The Big Cheese (2025) DOC NYC 2025
This film is a great deal of fun. Following a group of cheese mongers who want to be considered the best in the world, the film follows the ...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
When you see TRACES FROM HOME at @DOCNYCfest give it some time. This look at the filmmaker s family needs to set its table before it truly blossoms into something special www.unseenfilms.net/2025/11/trac...
Traces of Home (2025) DOC NYC 2025
Colette Ghunim looks at the history of her family. Her mom is from Mexico and left because of domestic violence. Her dad is from Palestine a...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
IF THESE WALLS COULD ROCK is a portrait of the Sunset Marquis Hotel which is a legendary home for rock stars and bad behavior. One the joys of @DOCNYCfest www.unseenfilms.net/2025/11/if-t...
If These Walls Could Rock (2025) DOC NYC 2025
Portrait of the Sunset Marquis in Los Angeles. The hotel is the place where the rich and famous can stay and no one will pay then no mind, e...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
BENITA at @DOCNYCfest has Alan Beliner taking the archive of the late Benita Raphan and turning it into a celebration of her life. www.unseenfilms.net/2025/11/beni...
Benita (2025) DOC NYC
Alan Berliner takes the archive of the late filmmaker Benita Raphan and presents us with a portrait of the artist, her life and death. Watch...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
DEATH BY NUMBERS at @DOCNYCfest is a look at the rash of school shootings from the standpoint of a survivor who got to confront the kid who shot her www.unseenfilms.net/2024/11/deat...
Death By Numbers (2024) DOC NYC 2024
Sam Fuentes prepares to face the school shooter who shot her in the leg and who killed 17 of her classmates with bullets and 3 by suicide af...
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November 20, 2024 at 12:02 PM
The @DOCNYCfest short SEAT 31: ZOOEY ZEPHYR is about a trans law maker who was banished from the House floor for defending trans rights and so set up her office just outside the chamber by the snack bar. www.unseenfilms.net/2024/11/seat...
SEAT 31: ZOOEY ZEPHYR (2024) DOC NYC 2024
This a is a portrait of trans Montana law maker Zooey Zephyr who was censured by the House because she opposed anti-trans legislation and sp...
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November 22, 2024 at 2:10 PM
"Even I don't have a mastery of the entire lineup." -- Thom Powers on the 100+ films at @DOCNYCfest | Reality Checks

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Reality Checks: DOC NYC Lifts Oscar Contenders, But Why So Many Films?
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November 29, 2024 at 7:18 PM
HARLEY FLANAGAN: WIRED FOR CHAOS is one of my favorite films at @DOCNYCfest. Its agreat portrait of an arc of a life that transcends what a music bio usually to be something deeply moving www.unseenfilms.net/2024/11/harl...
HARLEY FLANAGAN: WIRED FOR CHAOS (2024) DOC NYC 2024
One of the unexpected great films of DOC NYC and 2024, HARLEY FLANAGAN: WIRED FOR CHAOSis a look at Flanagan, the lead singer of the Cro-Mag...
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November 16, 2024 at 11:38 PM