Film Category: NEW DOCS

Sari’s Mother
James Longley

The word “pastoral” hardly comes to mind when one thinks of Iraq, but Sari’s Mother begins with a series of beautifully composed images, shot with…

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A Son’s Sacrifice
Yoni Brook

Weary of the high-pressured Manhattan advertising world, a young Queens man returns to the family business, a halal meat market where meat is butchered according…

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South of Ten
Liza Johnson

A young girl rides her bicycle through a littered landscape; two teenage boys arrive at a beach house with only three walls; a woman searches…

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Specky
Anne-Claire Pilley

Ever wonder how nearsighted cave men survived without glasses? A quirky Brit decides to spend a month without her specs, endeavoring to improve her eyesight…

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Sam Green

Filmmaker Sam Green recalls the Zeitgeist of the early 1970s through clips and archival footage of an outdoor Rolling Stones concert in the Altamont, California;…

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Alice Sees The Light
Ariana Gerstein

The ever-increasing use of artificial lights has chased the darkness from our world. Alice laments the loss of her view of the universe, one of…

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Cross Your Eyes Keep Them Wide
Ben Wu

With a casual pace and manner, filmmaker Ben Wu invites us into the thoughts and personalities found at San Francisco’s “Creativity Explored,” a work space…

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The Dentist From New Jersey
John Knapich

Before 9/11, nearly everyone could agree on one thing about the Twin Towers: they were flat out ugly, a blight on the New York skyline.…

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Freeheld
Cynthia Wade

This heart-wrenching tale takes us through the struggles of a highly respected police lieutenant who, while battling terminal cancer, must take on the city council…

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The Guarantee
Jesse Erica Epstein

Pinocchio, Schnozola, Sir Nose… Charles grows up to be clearly self-conscious of his prominent Italian nose. Still, he was shocked when one of the teachers…

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