Stranger Than Fiction
STF Fall 2012
Thursday, September 27 - Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The hit documentary series celebrates its 21st season at IFC Center, boasting a lineup of sneak previews, tributes and rediscovered classics, with filmmakers in person for post-screening discussions. Organized by Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen. Filmmakers in person at all shows. See below for film details or visit STFdocs.com.
Brooklyn Castle
Thursday, September 27, 2012STF Fall 2012 opening night -- director in person! Intermediate School 318 in Brooklyn, New York, is housed in a squat concrete building on a dingy inner-city block. The school’s... more...
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Tuesday, October 2, 2012Directors in person! Directed by Matthew Heineman and Academy Award-nominee Susan Froemke, ESCAPE FIRE looks at a U.S. healthcare system designed to profit on disease not health, reward... more...
Herb & Dorothy
Tuesday, October 9, 2012Director & subject in person! HERB & DOROTHY tells the extraordinary story of Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who managed to build one of the... more...
Brothers on the Line
Tuesday, October 16, 2012Director in person! This acclaimed documentary feature explores the extraordinary journey of the Reuther brothers – prolific labor statesman whose crusade for social justice, under... more...
The Atomic States of America
Tuesday, October 23, 2012Directors in person! For New Yorkers living near nuclear reactors, this is a story that hits close to home. In 2010, the United States announced the first new nuclear power plant... more...
As Goes Janesville
Thursday, October 25, 2012Filmmakers in person! AS GOES JANESVILLE reports from ground zero of America’s recession-ridden heartland — the city of Janesville, Wisconsin. When bankrupt GM shuts down the community’s... more...
Bearing Witness
Tuesday, October 30, 2012Director in person! Two-time Academy Award® winner Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA, Wild Man Blues, The Hamptons), three-time Emmy Award winner Bob Eisenhardt... more...
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hills
Thursday, November 1, 2012One of the most influential documentaries in recent years, the Sundance favorite PARADISE LOST is an emotionally raw, must-see crime doc from two of today’s most exciting filmmakers – Joe Berlinger... more...
Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No
Tuesday, November 6, 2012Election Night Special! In 1982, Gore Vidal, one of America’s greatest writers, challenged the American political establishment, and Jerry Brown, in his campaign for the California United... more...
Walk Away Renee
Friday, November 30 - Thursday, December 6, 2012Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation) embarks on a road trip to move his mentally ill mother Renee across the country. As they encounter roadblocks in the present, their story flashes back to... more...
