Co-founder @DOCNYCfest Curator @TIFF_net @MiamiFilmFest. Host @PureNonfiction, @WNYC Documentary of the Week. Made in Detroit.
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Joined April 2009
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The awards for the 2022 @DOCNYCfest festival were handed out on Friday, with "Casa Susanna" and "How to Save a Dead Friend" highlighting the grand jury prize winners.
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While We Watched premiered in New York City to a full house at @DOCNYCfest! Not a seat empty and the line of people waiting to get into the screening went around the block. There multiple standing ovations and long hugs after the film. To everybody who came out - thank you. 1/3
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🎥 Tomorrow @IFCCenter, NYC: U.S. premiere of @WhileWeWatched
The film is about @ravishndtv, an award-winning journalist who hosts one of #India’s leading prime-time news shows.
Monday, November 14, 7 p.m.
@DOCNYCfest @Bedatri
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Starting today, all of the #DOCNYC Shorts Programs are available to watch online across the U.S. Laugh, cry and make discoveries with these thought-provoking films with an Online Shorts Pass for only $49. Get the pass at 2022.docnyc.net/tickets
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Need some pointers for this year's @DOCNYCfest? @GlassmanMarc & @patmullen87 rounded-up 50 picks, from festival favourites, Canadian flicks, and must-see world premieres #DOCNYC povmagazine.com/50-docs-to-s…
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Congrats @SonyaChildress + @chihuiyang! The world is a better place because of you 2. #docnyc
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You never know who you'll run into at DOC NYC! Opening Night with MAYA AND THE WAVE was a success with Brazilian big-wave surfer @MayaGabeira and surprise guests – including Sam Waterston. #DOCNYC
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Come join us. No one will peek under your skirt. I promise.
CASA SUSANNA “feels like unearthing a glittering treasure,” says @jdry. See it Friday at #DOCNYC with @HarveyFierstein at q&a docnyc.net/film/casa-susanna…
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“While We Watched is a compelling, urgent film that collapses our differences”. Screening in New York! Followed by Q&A with Filmmaker Vinay Shukla & Journalist Ravish Kumar. Tickets: 2022.docnyc.net/WhileWeWatch…
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DOC NYC’s Voices of Canada, co-presented by @CanadaNY, showcases the Canadian titles that are represented throughout the festival's sections, including feature films and short films. Read on to learn more about these films. 2022.docnyc.net/3UIuYg3
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DOC NYC’s Artistic Expressions showcases stories of creativity. Read on to learn more about these films. 2022.docnyc.net/ArtisticExpr…
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"Clear through lines between the summer 2020 uprisings and COINTELPRO"
@aaron_con_choco and I investigated federal arrests of activists in Little Rock.
Police, FBI, DHS tracked them for months. Then some got charged w/ 30 year minimums.
An epic story:
thenation.com/article/societ…
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Let the countdown begin! As we enter the final week before #DOCNYC, we are holding a FLASH SALE on 5 hidden gems from this year’s slate. From now through noon ET tomorrow, 11/3, get tickets to any of these 5 films for just $5! 2022.docnyc.net/5For5Films
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‘All That Breathes’ Should Contend for Both Documentary and Cinematography Oscars indiewire.com/2022/10/all-th… via @indiewire – at Los Angeles, CA
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An adaptation of @colsonwhitehead’s THE NICKEL BOYS directed by RaMell Ross (HALE COUNTY) and cowritten with producer Josyln Barnes (ZAMA, MEMORIA) will star Aunjanue Ellis, Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, and Hamish Linklater.
@IndieWire — indiewire.com/2022/10/aunjan…
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I could not be prouder to be programming my first solo screening series @MovingImageNYC around Muslim + MENASA identity onscreen. INFINITE BEAUTY kicks off 10/30 with AN ACT OF WORSHIP, and director @naushero LIVE! movingimage.us/series/infini…
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BGDM congratulates our 8 members in the @DOCNYCfest 40 Under 40 Class of 2022! 🎉
We're constantly in awe of our members' success. To see BIPOC women/nonbinary people making moves and getting the recognition they deserve reminds us of why we do this work.
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Letting Malibu burn (literally or metaphorically) is sound climate and housing policy, but as I read it again, I realized there's a lot more that Mike Davis is proposing in that essay. His words — and his legacy — should be a mandate for a city in crisis curbed.com/2022/10/mike-davi…
