Calling all Paper people! There's a great film festival happening right here in New York City.
Documentary film festival DOC NYC is wrapping up tomorrow, and it's your last chance to see a grouping of 2013 docs that are shortlisted for the upcoming Oscars. There are also some new docs, both features and shorts, that are showing at both the IFC and SVA
theaters. many do not yet have distribution, and are showing for the first time here, including Finding Vivian Maier, Emptying the Skies, the Unknown Known and White Gold.
I was lucky to see a great film, American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, and got the chance to meet its incredible, inspiring subject. Boggs, a 98-year-old Chinese American, is an activist and writer who was heavily involved in the African American civil rights movement in Detroit. The film already screened Saturday, though it will also air on PBS. The film's website also has updates on screenings. Check out the trailer above and the remaining schedule for DOC NYC here.
Henny Garfunkel has been letting Paper post her fabulous celebrity portraits from various film festivals on our website for years. Her career has included editorial work, photojournalism and still photography for films by John Waters, Todd Solondz and Pedro Almodóvar.