Spotlight Documentary

Both onscreen and behind the camera, Spotlight Documentary films represent the biggest names in nonfiction premiering high profile new work.
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Andy Kaufman Is Me
Andy Kaufman Is Me
A rare window into the enigmatic mind of comedy legend Andy Kaufman through his never-before-heard audio diary recordings. As m...
06/06 @08:00PM
SVA Theatre
06/07 @12:00PM
Village East by Angelika
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Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything
Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything
Few American journalists have had a career as trailblazing and transformative as Barbara Walters, whose astonishing life and wo...
06/12 @05:00PM
SVA Theatre
06/13 @05:15PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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BLUE SCUTI: Tetris Crasher
BLUE SCUTI: Tetris Crasher
Thirteen-year-old Willis Gibson’s life changes overnight when he becomes the first person in human history to beat "Tetris." Th...
06/11 @06:00PM
Shorts Theater at Spring Studios
06/12 @05:45PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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Bodyguard of Lies
Bodyguard of Lies
Tribeca alum Dan Krauss (The Kill Team, TF ‘13, TF ‘19) exposes the tangled web of deception spun by the U.S. government during...
06/08 @08:30PM
SVA Theatre
06/10 @05:15PM
Village East by Angelika
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Boy George & Culture Club
Boy George & Culture Club
The style, the glam, the music, the hats! Culture Club burst onto the UK new romantic scene in 1981 and became one of the most ...
06/05 @08:00PM
OKX Theater at BMCC TPAC
06/06 @05:15PM
Village East by Angelika
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Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately?
Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately?
Catapulted into overnight fame by their massively successful debut album, San Francisco indie rock band Counting Crows and thei...
06/05 @08:00PM
The Indeed Theater at Spring Studios
06/07 @03:00PM
Village East by Angelika
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Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print
Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print
Three filmmakers dive deep into the storied and complex legacy of Ms. magazine through the lens of some of its most iconic cove...
06/10 @05:30PM
SVA Theatre
06/11 @05:15PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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Empire Skate
Empire Skate
Empire Skate chronicles the colorful rise and enduring influence of New York skateboarding culture in the 1990s, through the gl...
06/12 @08:30PM
Village East by Angelika
06/13 @09:00PM
Village East by Angelika
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Holding Liat
Holding Liat
On October 7th, during a raid by Hamas on her kibbutz, Israeli-American Liat Atzili was kidnapped, prompting an urgent and hear...
06/09 @05:30PM
Village East by Angelika
06/10 @05:45PM
Village East by Angelika
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The Inquisitor
The Inquisitor
In 1972, Congresswoman Barbara Jordan became the first Southern Black woman to join Congress, one of many firsts in her career ...
06/08 @02:30PM
Village East by Angelika
06/13 @08:00PM
Village East by Angelika
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It's Dorothy!
It's Dorothy!
Since her first adventure in L. Frank Baum’s classic “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy Gale has been on countless more jour...
06/07 @05:00PM
Village East by Angelika
06/08 @11:00AM
Village East by Angelika
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I Was Born This Way
I Was Born This Way
In 1977, Archbishop Carl Bean made history by recording his disco hit “I Was Born this Way,” celebrated as the world’s first ga...
06/05 @05:30PM
Village East by Angelika
06/06 @08:15PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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