This week: DOC NYC returns for its 15th edition the illusive film of Sergei Parajanov, and more.
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Film & Documentary • November 11, 2024

US’s Biggest Documentary Festival Comes to NYC This Month

The trials of late-in-life romance and a photographer’s chronicle of Black life under South African apartheid anchor the 15th edition of DOC NYC. | Maya Pontone

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LATEST PREVIEWS

The Illusive Films of Sergei Parajanov

Each of the director’s films adapts a folktale, short story, or novel, or pays tribute to a historical figure — but never in a straightforward way. | Dan Schindel 

New Documentary Gives a Voice to Benin’s Looted Treasures

Mati Diop’s Dahomey centers on the repatriation of 26 stolen Beninese objects and how it could shape the African country’s future. | Rhea Nayyar

FILM & VIDEO EXHIBITIONS

The Nimble Porosity of Chantal Akerman

She was one of the first filmmakers to make the leap from cinema to museum spaces, which allowed her greater freedom and the pleasure of demanding more viewer participation. | Eurídice Arratia

Maura Brewer Pulls Back the Curtain on Art Investors

The Los Angeles artist examines the contemporary phenomenon of art as asset class by focusing on the financial dealings of a billionaire investor and MoMA trustee. | Matt Stromberg 

FROM THE ARCHIVE

The Filmmaking Collective That Let Women Talk Over Men

The documentary Delphine et Carole: Insoumuses looks at Les Insoumuses, the ’70s group founded by director Carole Roussopoulos, iconic actress Delphine Seyrig, and Simone de Beauvoir. | Justine Smith 

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