DOC NYC 2016

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Circus Kid (Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Lorenzo Pisoni)
Documenting what it's like to grow up in a circus family.
NYC premiere
Following Seas (Year: 2016; Director: Tyler J Kelley, Araby Williams )
Bob and Nancy Griffith made 20 ocean voyages over two decades, fulfilling a dream of freedom and adventure in their 53-foot sailboat.
NYC premiere
The Guys Next Door (Country: US, Italy; Year: 2016; Director: Amy Geller Allie Humenuk, Amy Geller, Allie Humenuk)
A married woman in her 40s, with a husband and three children, is also the surrogate mother for her married gay friends' children.
NYC premiere
The Joneses (Country: UK, US; Year: 2016; Director: Moby Longinotto)
Jheri Jones, a lively 74-year-old transgender divorcée, works hard to keep her family together in a trailer park home in the Bible Belt of Mississippi.
NYC premiere
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