DOC NYC Spring Showcase: Free Online Documentary Fest

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Published on Tuesday, 18 May 2021 19:59

Written by Brad Balfour

DOC NYC, one of the largest documentary festivals in the US, is initiating a new festival for the spring season. The DOC NYC Spring Showcase, an online screening series for documentary lovers, runs from May 24th – June 20th, 2021.  Spring Showcase gives viewers FREE ACCESS to 14 of this year’s most talked-about nonfiction films and series, paired with exclusive conversations featuring the creative teams behind them. Over the course of four weeks, hear from creators Padma Lakshmi, Steve James, Fran Lebowitz, Asif Kapadia, Dr. Orna Guralnik, Louis Theroux, and more, in Q&As moderated by DOC NYC’s programming team. The lineup spans a wide variety of nonfiction formats and subjects, from hosted series to biographies, vérité films, and multi-part cultural explorations, covering everything from culinary history to city politics, pop music, and the inner workings of intimate relationships.

Films and events include:

• Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge – Q&A with writer and presenter Louis Theroux
  Screening May 24 – 25

• The Infinite Race – Q&A with filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz and film editor Flavia de Souza
  Screening May 26 – 27

• High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America – Q&A with executive producers Fabienne Toback and Karis Jagger; and series producer Shoshana Guy
  Screening May 28 – 29

• The Year Earth Changed – Q&A with executive producer Alice Keens-Soper
  Screening May 30 – 31

• 76 Days – Q&A with director/producer Hao Wu
  Screening June 1 – 2

• City So Real – Q&A with director/producer/cinematographer/editor Steve James and producer/sound recordist Zak Piper
  Screening June 3 – June 4

• Couples Therapy – Q&A with director/executive producer Josh Kriegman, director Kim Roberts, executive producer Elyse Steinberg, psychoanalyst and psychologist Dr. Orna Guralnik
  Screening June 5 – 6

• Secrets of the Whales – Q&A with National Geographic explorer & photographer/producer Brian Skerry and composer Raphaelle Thibaut
  Screening June 7 – 8

• Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi – Q&A with host and executive producer Padma Lakshmi|
  Screening June 9 – 10

• The Social Dilemma – Q&A with director Jeff Orlowski and producer Larissa Rhodes
  Screening June 11 – 12

• Framing Britney Spears – Q&A with producer/director Samantha Stark, showrunner/executive producer Mary Robertson, and story editor Liz Day
  Screening June 13 – 14

• Pretend It’s a City – Q&A with series subject/executive producer Fran Lebowitz
  Screening June 15 – 16

• 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything – Q&A with executive producer/series director Asif Kapadia, executive producer James Gay-Rees, executive producer/editor Chris King, series producer/director Danielle Peck and director James Rogan
  Screening June 17 – 18

• Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry – Q&A with director/writer/producer R.J. Cutler, cinematographer Jenna Rosher, editor Greg Finton and editor Lindsay Utz
  Screening June 19 – 20

To learn more, go to: https://www.docnyc.net/spring-showcase-2021/

DOC NYC Spring Showcase
May 24 - June 20, 2021