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Minding The Gap and Three Identical Strangers
Bisbee '17
(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Robert Greene; Stars: Fernando Serrano, Laurie McKenna, Ray Family, Mike Anderson, Graeme Family, Richard Hodges)
An old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago. Locals collaborate to stage recreations of their controversial past.
World premiere
Crime + Punishment
(Year: 2018; Director: Stephen Maing)
World premiere
Over four years of unprecedented access, the story of a brave group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and one unrelenting private investigator who, amidst a landmark lawsuit, risk everything to expose illegal quota practices and their impact on young minorities.
Dark Money
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Kimberly Reed)
World premiere
"Dark money" contributions, made possible by the US Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, flood modern American elections – but Montana is showing Washington DC how to solve the problem of unlimited anonymous money in politics.
The Devil We Know
(Year: 2018; Director: Stephanie Soechtig)
World premiere
Unravelling one of the biggest environmental scandals of our time, a group of citizens in West Virginia take on a powerful corporation after they discover it has knowingly been dumping a toxic chemical - now found in the blood of 99.7 per cent of Americans - into the local drinking water supply.
Hal
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Amy Scott; Stars: Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Rosanna Arquette, Judd Apatow, Adam McKay, Alexander Payne, Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, David O Russell, Louis Gossett Jr., Hal Ashby, Norman Jewison, Caleb Deschanel)
Portrait of the director of Harold And Maude.
World premiere
On Her Shoulders and Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: RaMell Ross; Writer: Maya Krinsky)
An exploration of coming-of-age in the Black Belt of the American South.
World premiere
Inventing Tomorrow
(Country: US, India, Mexico, Indonesia; Year: 2018; Director: Laura Nix)
A documentary about young people showcasing their inventions at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
World premiere. The New Climate
Kailash (The Price Of Free)
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Derek Doneen)
Portrait of Kailash Satyarthi, who has made it his life's work to end child slavery and exploitation.
World premiere. Day One
Kusama - Infinity
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Heather Lenz; Writer: Heather Lenz; Stars: Yayoi Kusama)
World premiere
Now one of the world’s most celebrated artists, Yayoi Kusama broke free of the rigid society in which she was raised, and overcame sexism, racism, and mental illness to bring her artistic vision to the world stage. At 88 she lives in a mental hospital and continues to create art.
The Last Race
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Michael Dweck; Writer: Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw; Stars: Tim Mulqueen, George Muse, Larry Oxman, Jim Cromarty, Ed Mistretta, Bob Finan, Tommy Walkowiak, Mike Cappiello, Bob Woodford, Marty Berger, C.J. Zakowski, Charlie Zakowski, Tom Pickerell, Rick Todd, Mildy Thomas)
World premiere
A cinematic portrait of a small town stock car track and the tribe of drivers that call it home as they struggle to hold onto an American racing tradition. The avant-garde narrative explores the community and its conflicts through an intimate story that reveals the beauty, mystery and emotion of grassroots auto racing.
Kailash and Hal
Minding The Gap
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Bing Liu)
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
World premiere
On Her Shoulders
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Alexandria Bombach; Writer: Hishyar Abid, Nawaf Ashur, Deniz Ekici, Yousif Haskan, Shahnaz Osso; Stars: Nadia Murad, Murad Ismael, Amal Clooney, Ki-moon Ban, Nadia Murad, Murad Ismael, Amal Clooney, Ki-moon Ban)
A Yazidi genocide and ISIS sexual slavery survivor, 23-year-old Nadia Murad is determined to tell the world her story. As her journey leads down paths of advocacy and fame, she becomes the voice of her people and their best hope to spur the world to action.
International premiere
The Price Of Everything
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Nathaniel Kahn)
World premiere
With unprecedented access to pivotal artists and the white-hot market surrounding them, this film dives deep into the contemporary art world, holding a funhouse mirror up to our values and our times – where everything can be bought and sold.
Seeing Allred
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Sophie Sartain, Roberta Grossman)
World premiere
Gloria Allred overcame trauma and personal setbacks to become one of the nation’s most famous women’s rights attorneys. Now the feminist firebrand takes on two of the biggest adversaries of her career, Bill Cosby and Donald Trump, as sexual violence allegations grip the US and keep her in the spotlight.
The Sentence
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Rudy Valdez)
World premiere
Cindy Shank, mother of three, is serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison for her tangential involvement with a Michigan drug ring years earlier. This intimate portrait of mandatory minimum drug sentencing's devastating consequences, captured by Cindy's brother, follows her and her family over the course of ten years.
Bisbee '17 and Inventing Tomorrow
Three Identical Strangers
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Tim Wardle), Official Site, Trailer
The story of the reunion of three triplets, who discover a disturbing secret about why they were separated in the first place.
World premiere
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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