DOC NYC 2020

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Big Vs Small (Country: Finland; Year: 2020; Director: Minna Dufton; Writer: Minna Dufton)
Profile of big-wave surfer Joana Andrade.
The Last Out (Country: US, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico; Year: 2020; Director: Michael Gassert, Sami Khan)
Follows three Cuban baseball players with Major League dreams who face difficult choices and embark on radically different paths when those dreams don’t pan out.
Lift Like A Girl (Country: Egypt, Denmark, Germany; Year: 2020; Director: Mayye Zayed)
In a dilapidated corner of Alexandria, an exceptional community of young female weightlifters is trained by the grumpy yet charismatic Captain Ramadan.
Off The Road (Fuera Del Camino) (Country: Mexico; Year: 2020; Director: José Permar; Stars: Armida Carballo Manríquez, Rigoberto Castro Cosío, Marco Guerrero Trasviña, Manuel Davis Yee, Daniela Gisselle Castro Carballo, Luis Fernando Olachea Osuna, Francisco Aguiar González, Damián Eduardo Avilés Avitia, Armida Carballo Manríquez, Rigoberto Castro Cosío, Marco Guerrero Trasviña, Manuel Davis Yee, Daniela Gisselle Castro Carballo, Luis Fernando Olachea Osuna, Francisco Aguiar González)
Each year, the slow-paced lifestyle on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula is given a turbo boost by the Baja 1000, the largest off-road motorsport race in the world.
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