Short Attention Span Cinema: Films from the New York Times’ Op-Docs 2015
Friday, March 13 - Thursday, July 2, 2015
A series of short documentaries from The Times’ acclaimed video initiative, playing before our regular features. Begun in November 2011, The New York Times’s Op-Docs series invites both renowned and emerging filmmakers to contribute new short opinion documentaries reflecting a wide range of styles and subject matter, including current affairs, contemporary life and historical subjects.
Mar 13-19 KABOOM! (dir. Brady Welch & Colin Sonner)
Mar 20-26 A CONVERSATION WITH MY BLACK SON (Dir. Geeta Gandbhir & Blair Foster)
Mar 27-Apr 2 VHS VS. COMMUNISM (dir. Ilinca Calugareanu)
Apr 3-9 PASS IT ON (dir. Jerome Thelia)
Apr 10-16 HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR BAND (dir. Josh Weinstein)
Apr 17-23 FIRST BITE (dir. Drew Christie)
Apr 24-30 THE LAST REEL (dir. Steven Bognar)
May 1-7 TOYS OF WAR (dir. Andrew Berends)
May 8-14 PASTOR WITH A PUNCH (dir. Daniel Junge & Bryan Storkel)
May 15-21 VERBATIM: WHAT IS A PHOTOCOPIER? (dir. Brett Weiner)
May 22-June 4 MY BROTHER, TEDDY (dir. Kelly O’Brien)
June 5-11 A SUSTAINABLE CHEF (dir. Brian McGinn)
June 12-25 SHOT IN THE NAME OF ART (dir. Eric Kutner)
June 26-July 2 A CONVERSATION ABOUT GROWING UP BLACK (dir. Joe Brewster & Perri Peltz)