PN 57: DOC NYC Preview
Eric Clapton, Susan Sarandon, Dan Rather are among over 300 special guests coming to the 8th annual DOC NYC festival, running from November 9-16. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers is the festival’s artistic director. On his episode, he interviews his colleagues Raphaela Neihausen and Basil Tsiokos to guide listeners through the bounty of films and guests. Even if you won’t be in New York City for the festival, this conversation is full of film tips and discoveries.
FILMS DISCUSSED IN THE INTRO HIGHLIGHTING SPECIAL GUESTS AT DOC NYC
Streetlight Harmonies (with Doo Wop singers from The Crystals, The Drifters, The Chantels)
Soufra (with Susan Sarandon)
Fail State (with Dan Rather)
Maddman: The Steve Madden Story (with Steve Madden)
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco (with Pat Cleveland)
Metropolis Competition (on New York stories)
Itzhak (with Itzhak Perlman)
Hello Hello Hello : Lee Ranaldo : Electric Trim (with Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (with Eric Clapton)
Short List section
Risk (with Laura Poitras)
Faces Places (with Agnès Varda)
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography (with Errol Morris)
Wormwood (with Errol Morris)
FILMS & FESTIVAL SECTIONS DISCUSSED
The Final Year (opening night)
New World Order section
Eurotrump (US premiere)
Sky & Ground (world premiere)
Fight the Power section
Sonic Cinema section
David Bowie: The Last Five Years (US premiere)
The Beatles, Hippies & Hell’s Angels (US premiere)
Father’s Kingdom (world premiere)
Repeat Attenders (world premiere)
Centerstage section
A Murder in Mansfield (world premiere)
True Crime section
VIEWFINDERS COMPETITION FILMS
Mole Man (world premiere)
The Stranger (US premiere)
Naila and the Uprising (world premiere)
The Judge (also discussed on PN 54)
Silas (also discussed on PN 54)
Love Means Zero (also discussed on PN 53)
Coming up on Pure Nonfiction ep 58: a discussion of DOC NYC PRO 8-day conference.
On Twitter: @Raphaellochka @1basil1 @DOCNYCfest @thompowers @PureNonfiction.
Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
This episode was recorded at SVA’s MFA SocDoc department.