DOC NYC 2019

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Kifaru (Country: US, Kenya; Year: 2019; Director: David Hambridge)
Film focusing on the final days of the last male northern white rhino on the planet.
Mossville: When Great Trees Fall (Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Alexander Glustrom; Stars: Stacey Ryan, Stacey Ryan)
The fight for the environment in a town in the face of the march of petrochemical companies.
Mr Toilet: The World's (Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Lily Zepeda; Writer: Tchavdar Georgiev, Hee-Jae Park, Monique Zavistovski, Lily Zepeda; Stars: Jack Sim, Jack Sim)
A man who began a campaign for sanitation across the world.
The Seer And The Unseen (Country: Iceland, US; Year: 2019; Director: Sara Dosa; Writer: Bryndis Ingvarsdóttir; Stars: Ragnhildur Jonsdottir, Ragnhildur Jonsdottir)
Magic realist documentary about elves, financial collapse and "a real life Lorax".
The Story Of Plastic (Country: US, Belgium, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines; Year: 2019; Director: Deia Schlosberg; Writer: Tony Hale, Deia Schlosberg, Brian Wilson, Stiv Wilson)
Considering the cost of the plastics industry.
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