How does one deliver reliable, sincere news in an age where truth is distorted and the press is under attack by an ethically compromised administration? Steal This Story, Please!, the newest documentary from Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning directing duo Carl Deal […]

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It’s almost DOC NYC season again! The largest documentary film festival is returning to New York City this fall for its 16th edition. Taking place in person November 12-20, it will feature more than 115 feature-length documentaries, 30 world premieres, […]

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Having made a fall festival splash last year at Venice, TIFF, and DOC NYC, documentarian Elizabeth Lo’s Mistress Dispeller is finally headed for a stateside release. Set in modern-day China, the documentary observes a unique industry where professionals go undercover […]

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Documentarian David Osit (Mayor) examines the rise and fall of the sensational reality series “To Catch a Predator” in his newest documentary, Predators. The film, which premiered at Sundance, takes a closer look at the moral and ethical dilemmas that […]

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Rex Miller’s Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos, which premiered at last year’s DOC NYC, centers on the titular frontman of the NYC hardcore band Cro-Mags, who began his punk rock career at the unlikely (very unhealthy) age of 11, beating […]

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Following her 2019 Oscar-nominated documentary The Edge of Democracy, director Petra Costa continues to examine Brazil’s rocky politics in her newest film, Apocalypse in the Tropics. Having premiered on the festival circuit last year before America entered its second term […]

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(DOC NYC, the USA’s largest documentary film festival, runs November 13 through December 1 (in-person and online) for its 15th edition. Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of My Sweet Land. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) […]

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(DOC NYC, the USA’s largest documentary film festival, runs November 13 through December 1 (in-person and online) for its 15th edition. Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Yalla Parkour. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) […]

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DOC NYC, the United States’ largest documentary film festival, is making its return to NYC from November 13 through December 1 (in-person and online) for its 15th edition. It will screen more than 200 films, 110 of which are feature-length. […]

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Life in a lost country comes into focus in one of DOC NYC’s most acclaimed selections, There Was, There Was Not. Emily Mkrtichian makes her directorial debut with this documentary that follows the lives of four women in Artsakh, a […]

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