A wonderful local and regional event. For ten years the Newburyport Documentary Film Festival has presented some of the best documentaries available.
They have shown hundreds of amazing and thought provoking films covering every topic imaginable.
Help Newburyport continue this tradition of sharing thoughtful filmmaking with the North Shore community by attending or volunteering at the Festival September 18 – 20, 2015
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Sample Films….
Angkor’s Children- is about three young women who are creating a new cultural identity through their artistic disciplines. Because of their strength, tenacity, and independence, they are putting a new face on women in a traditional society in Cambodia.
Archie’s Betty -Were Archie, Betty, Veronica, Moose and Jughead, characters in Archie comics, the influential teen comic strip based on actual students the original cartoonist had gone to high school in the 1930s in Haverhill
A Farmer’s Road- tells the story of how two PhD soil scientists trade the security of academic tenure for the relentless challenges and economic uncertainty of operating a goat dairy and farmstead creamery in central Illinois. The benefits of locally-sourced small farm-products is literally changing the American food system one meal at a time
Fishing for Unicorns- tells the story of Joe Everett, a surfboard maker whose passion for fishing has led to an obsession with catching the world record largemouth bass. His obsession has taken over his life.
Gutenberg in the Cyberstorm- What is the value of the book in the digital age? A film team visits Germany, where Gutenberg invented the printing press, and the US, the hub of digital innovation, as leading experts reflect on the future of the book, the current debate over the power of giant online companies and the future of digitalization
Human Nature-;Casey Atkins; 14 min; Coastal erosion on Plum Island, Massachusetts causes chaos and controversy as residents struggle to save their homes as they tumble into the ocean.
Love Between the Covers- is the fascinating story of five very different authors who invite us into a vast female community, running a powerhouse industry that’s on the cusp of an irreversible power shift
J Street- is on the frontlines of the world’s most “intractable” problem. An upstart lobby in Washington, D.C., J Street dares to assert what to many seems obvious: that a two-state solution is Israel’s only future, and any peace deal will require robust American participation
Dis(Honesty) – The Truth About Lies is a documentary feature film that explores the human tendency to be dishonest. Inspired by the work of behavioral economist, Dan Ariely, the film interweaves personal stories, expert opinions, behavioral experiments, and archival footage to reveal how and why people lie
The Way We Talk -Director Michael Turner struggles with one of medical science’s most baffling and enduring disabilities—he stutters. But as he illustrates in the film, stuttering is like an iceberg, with the major symptoms below the surface