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An Evening with New York Times OpDocs

October 15, 2018 • 7:00 pm
(All times are in PDT)A curated collection of the most acclaimed documentary films of the year. We bring both films and the creators to industry insiders and film enthusiasts throughout the fall season. Synopsis: Watch a selection of five recent award-winning films from Op-Docs, the Oscar-nominated short documentary series from The New York Times. The program will include: Charlie Tyrell’s My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes; I am Bisha: The Rebel Puppeteers of Sudan by Roopa Gogineni, on a satirical puppet show mocking an authoritarian ruler ; We Became Fragments, by Luisa Conlon, Hanna Miller, and Lacy Jane Roberts about a Syrian refugee coming of age in Winnipeg; Dulce, by Guille Isa and Angello Faccini, a perspective on climate change through the story of a young girl in a Colombian coastal village; and a preview of Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee’s short Earthrise, on the first image of Earth taken from space, in 1968, as recalled by the Apollo 8 astronauts. The event will also feature a discussion with the filmmakers and Op-Docs Executive Producer Kathleen Lingo, moderated by Anne Thompson, Editor At Large for Indiewire.