Film Category: NEW DOCS

Audrie & Daisy
Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk

Through the stories of two teenage girls, this film examines the intersections of sexual assault and social media.

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The Ballad of Fred Hersch
Charlotte Lagarde, Carrie Lozano

This portrait of one of today’s greatest jazz pianists illuminates the creative process of a musical genius and the challenges of life as an AIDS survivor.

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Battles
Isabelle Tollenaere

An essay in four chapters, this mysterious exploration of the footprints of war reveals European landscapes in which military past and peaceful present converge.

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Black Belt
Margaret Brown

In 2015, Alabama closed 31 DMVs, wiping out access to identification cards. This short follows a mobile unit traveling county to county to help register voters.

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City of Trees
Brandon Kramer

A stimulus-funded ‘green jobs” training program in Washington, D.C., throws racial tensions and the messiness of nonprofit work into sharp focus.

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Clínica de Migrantes: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Maxim Pozdorovkin

This moving short focuses on the work of a volunteer-run clinic that provides medical services to the uninsurd Latino community of South Philadelphia.

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Figure
Katarzyna Gondek

This dreamlike meditation follows the creation of a massive sculpture from fabrication to transportation.

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Following Seas
Tyler J. Kelley, Araby Williams

This vivid firsthand account of years on the open seas brings a sailing family’s adventures to life through their own 16mm footage.

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NUTS!
Penny Lane

This wildly fantastic story of Dr. John Romulus Brinkley, whose goat testicale impotence cure and million-watt radio station brought him fame and fortune, spins together animation and an unreliable narrator.

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Golden Age
Maija Blåfield

This engimatic short recollects and reimagines over 116 hours of footage the filmmaker shot over several decades.

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