DOC NYC documentary film festival returns. Check out this year's lineup.
DOC NYC, America's largest festival for documentary films, returns to New York City and streaming for the 17th year, with screenings in Manhattan beginning Wednesday through Nov.19, and continuing online through Nov.
29.The festival includes more than 115 feature-length documentaries — many making their world, U.S.
or New York City premieres — as well as short film programs, while the DOC NYC Pro Conference offers panel discussions and workshops in a variety of areas of nonfiction filmmaking and distribution.The festival's opening-night feature is the American premiere of "The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs," about an Indigenous artist in the Peruvian Amazon who uses her art to advocate for her people and their land.
The film won best international documentary at the São Paulo International Film Festival.Barbara Kopple's "Union Town," the festival's centerpiece, tells three stories of workers fighting for better conditions in the U.S.Kopple won two Academy Awards for her films "Harlan County, U.S.A." and "American Dream."The closing-night feature explores our fascination with solar eclipses.
In "Totality," 21 film crews across the U.S.captured how the public embraced the 2024 total eclipse of the Sun.
See below for more highlights of some of the films screening at DOC NYC.There are also screenings of some of 2026's most notable nonfiction releases, including "You Can See Everything," "Once Upon a Time in Harlem," "NAZA," "Musk," "American Doctor," "Everybody to Kenmure Street," "Nuisance Bear," and "One In a Million."Check out the festival's website for more program details, schedules, ticket and day pass information, and online screening availability.ProfilesAmong the personalities who are profiled in documentaries at the festival are:Singer Darlene Love ("Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been")Film director David Cronenberg ("The Flesh And The Soul")Rock star Chrissie Hynde ("Pretenders")Women's soccer star Megan Rapinoe ("Rapinoe") Vet...