UnionDocs

UnionDocs UnionDocs is a Center For Documentary Art based in Ridgewood, Queens.

09/02/2026

๐Ÿ—ฝ๐ŸŽฅ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐— ๐—”๐—กโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ TONIGHT at Anthology Film Archives with ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—™๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ), screening at 6:30PM! A handful of tickets have been released for tonights SOLD OUT screening, grab em while you can!

Weโ€™re delighted to kick off our 11-day tour through Frederick Wisemanโ€™s New York and are so thankful to Erik Piepenburg [ Erik Piepenburg ] The New York Times for the shoutout as well as the brilliant David Schwartz [ David Schwartz ] for the wonderful interview he conducted with Genevieve Yue about this program!

Weโ€™re thrilled to say that ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง! ๐Ÿ’ซ But there are still plenty of ways to join us along the way. Individual tickets are still available for screenings and public panels throughout the series.

Over the next 11 days, weโ€™ll move across the city through Wisemanโ€™s films, from ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—™๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ and ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ to ๐—›๐—œ๐—š๐—› ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ ๐—œ๐—œ, ๐—–๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ž, ๐—•๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง, ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—›๐—˜๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง๐—ฆ, ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž and ๐—˜๐—ซ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ, with screenings at cinemas and spaces across NYC, alongside conversations that dig deeper into the institutions, people and public life his films observe.

It all begins today with ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—™๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜. Grab an individual ticket and meet us at Anthology Film Archives! ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ

๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ
Individual screening + panel tickets still available โ†’ LINK IN BIO

๐—ช๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐— ๐—”๐—กโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช! ๐Ÿ—ฝ๐ŸŽฅWe kick off our 11-day tour through Frederick Wisemanโ€™s New York with ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—™๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿณ...
09/01/2026

๐—ช๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐— ๐—”๐—กโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช! ๐Ÿ—ฝ๐ŸŽฅ

We kick off our 11-day tour through Frederick Wisemanโ€™s New York with ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—™๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ), screening tomorrow, ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฃ๐—  at Anthology Film Archives!

Joining Genevieve Yue for the introduction to WELFARE will be musician, composer, writer, and Saturday Night Live [ Saturday Night Live ] musical director Lenny Pickett, who worked with Wiseman on an operatic adaptation of WELFARE (among other projects).

Weโ€™re thrilled to say that ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง! ๐Ÿ’ซ But there are still plenty of ways to join us along the way. Individual tickets are still available for screenings and public panels throughout the series.

Over the next 11 days, weโ€™ll move across the city through Wisemanโ€™s films, from ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—™๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ and ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ to ๐—›๐—œ๐—š๐—› ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ ๐—œ๐—œ, ๐—–๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ž, ๐—•๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง, ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—›๐—˜๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง๐—ฆ, ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž and ๐—˜๐—ซ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ, with screenings at cinemas and spaces across NYC, alongside conversations that dig deeper into the institutions, people and public life his films observe.

It all begins tomorrow with ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—™๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜. Grab an individual ticket and meet us at Anthology Film Archives! ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ

๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ
Individual screening + panel tickets still available โ†’ LINK IN BIO

08/28/2026

๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ, New York City through the eyes of Frederick Wiseman. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ™๏ธ

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ONLY A COUPLE FULL PASSES REMAIN! If youโ€™ve been thinking about joining us for the complete ten-day experience, nowโ€™s the time to grab yours.

For ten days, ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐— ๐—”๐—กโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž takes us across New York City for screenings, conversations, field trips, and encounters with the places and institutions Wiseman returned to across nearly fifty years of filmmaking.

Led by film scholar ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐˜‚๐—ฒ [Genevieve Yue], weโ€™ll move through ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ, ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜, ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜Œ๐˜น ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด, ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต and ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ, watching New York transform across decades and asking what this extraordinary body of work can tell us about the city now.

And weโ€™ve assembled quite a crew to join us along the way!

๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—š๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€ [ Shawn Glinis ]
๐—”๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป [ Drunken Film Fest Oakland ]
๐—ž. ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€
๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—น๐˜‚๐˜‡ [ kluzkluz ]
๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟรฉ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ [ Andreฬ Robert Lee ]
๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ [ Courtney Stephens ]
๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป [ John Wilson ]
๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ
๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต
๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต [ Leo Goldsmith ]
๐—ก๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ[ Nilita Vachani ]
๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ [ Esther Rosenfield ]

These brilliant folks will be dropping in across the ten days to watch, talk, walk, and think with us.

Across seminars, screenings, conversations, and excursions around the city, weโ€™ll get inside not only what Wiseman observed, but how he obs

08/27/2026

๐ŸŽงใ€ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‚๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฃ ๐Ÿด, weโ€™re welcoming UnionDocs founding partner ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† [JH Linsley] back to NYC for a very special evening celebrating the publication of ๐˜š๐˜–๐˜•๐˜๐˜Š ๐˜‹๐˜Œ๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜Š๐˜›๐˜๐˜–๐˜•, published by ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ [punctum books] and created with the late artist and researcher ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€!

Developed out of a decade-long collaboration between Collins and Linsley, ๐˜š๐˜–๐˜•๐˜๐˜Š ๐˜‹๐˜Œ๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜Š๐˜›๐˜๐˜–๐˜• travels up and down the UK coast through overheard fragments gathered from a faded seaside resort, a container shipping port, a former coal-mining town, and the Scottish headquarters of the North Sea oil industry.

Part sonic noir, part performance document, and part critical investigation, the project asks what happens when we treat eavesdropping, illicit listening-in, and the accidentally overheard as creative methods. What can we learn by listening at the margins? And what might it mean to become a sonic detective?

For the launch, Linsley will animate the book through a ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐— ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜, sounds from the accompanying album ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด001, and a conversation about the decade-long project and the possibilities of listening as artistic research.

We couldnโ€™t be happier to have Johanna back at UnionDocs to celebrate this brilliant project. Come through! ๐Ÿ’ซ

Tickets at the ๐Ÿ”— ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—•๐—œ๐—ข!

08/21/2026

๐—ง๐—ข๐—ก๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง, ๐—”๐—จ๐—š ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ! Join us at DCTV for ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—” ๐— ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—ง๐—”๐—œ๐—ก, Casey Carterโ€™s [ Casey Carter ] haunting and visually stunning documentary tracing Americaโ€™s decades-long search for somewhere to store its nuclear waste. A week long run starts at DCTV!

Moving through the six sites identified by the U.S. Department of Energy for long-term nuclear waste storage in 1982, To Use a Mountain brings physics, geology, politics, and intimate encounters with the people who live among these landscapes together in a gripping radioactive travelogue.

Weโ€™re especially thrilled to co-present this one because the film has deep roots at UnionDocs! Director ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and producer ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ [ Colleen Cassingham ] first met through the UnionDocs Collaborative Studio, alongside collaborator ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ [ ] who has been part of the project from the start and created the filmโ€™s animation. UnionDocs also served as the filmโ€™s fiscal sponsor, so itโ€™s incredibly exciting to see the project out in the world and meeting audiences!

Fresh from its premiere at Visions du Rรฉel, where it received a Special Jury Award, To Use a Mountain lands in NYC tonight.

๐Ÿ“ DCTV
๐Ÿ—“ AUG 21
โฐ 7PM

See you there!

๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ, Join us for ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐— ๐—”๐—กโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž!Meet visiting guest ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต! Mariana is a writer and historian of a...
08/20/2026

๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ, Join us for ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐— ๐—”๐—กโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž!

Meet visiting guest ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต! Mariana is a writer and historian of architecture and urbanism, editor in chief of and author of The Invention of Public Space: Designing for Inclusion in Lindsayโ€™s New York.

Mariana will join us for our closing conversation, ๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—– ๐—ฉ๐—ฆ. ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜, alongside ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐˜‚๐—ฒ and ๐—ž. ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€, to consider the public and private forces that shaped Wisemanโ€™s New York films, and the institutions, systems, and civic spaces they bring into view.

Her recent n+1 essay, ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜–๐˜’๐˜๐˜•๐˜Ž ๐˜“๐˜๐˜’๐˜Œ ๐˜ˆ ๐˜š๐˜›๐˜ˆ๐˜›๐˜Œ: ๐˜–๐˜• ๐˜๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜‹๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜๐˜Š๐˜’ ๐˜ž๐˜๐˜š๐˜Œ๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜•, offers a compelling way into these questions. Rather than approaching the people in Wisemanโ€™s films as protagonists moving through conventional personal journeys, Mariana considers how his films reveal individuals through the larger social structures in which they live, and how, as viewers, we become implicated in those structures too.

SWIPE through to read some excerpts from Mariana on Wisemanโ€™s way of seeing!

Across ten days, ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐— ๐—”๐—กโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž will bring together screenings of all nine of Wisemanโ€™s New York films, seminars, conversations, and field trips that move between the films and the city they document. Led by acclaimed film scholar ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐˜‚๐—ฒ, weโ€™ll ask: Who gets to shape a city? How do institutions structure everyday life? Where does the public end and the private begin?

Mariana joins an incredible group of visiting filmmakers, critics, writers, scholars, and community members including ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒฬ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—น๐˜‚๐˜‡, ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—š๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€, ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ, ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ, ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ and more.

Join us for this singular opportunity to watch together, talk together, and look again at New York through Wisemanโ€™s films. ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—š๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿ”— ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—•๐—œ๐—ข

๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ, ๐—ข๐—–๐—ง ๐Ÿฎ โ€” ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฝ๐—บJoin us for a special screening and conversation with essay filmmaker ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป [Charlie Sha...
08/18/2026

๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ, ๐—ข๐—–๐—ง ๐Ÿฎ โ€” ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฝ๐—บ

Join us for a special screening and conversation with essay filmmaker ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป [Charlie Shackleton], kicking off our upcoming workshop weekend!

Weโ€™ll be screening two of Shackletonโ€™s recent films: ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ๐˜”๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜ˆ ๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜š๐˜› (๐˜’๐˜๐˜•๐˜Ž ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ๐˜‹๐˜‰๐˜œ๐˜™๐˜ ), a documentary readymade that turns a routine camera test into an investigation of a mysterious mid-century Cadburyโ€™s commercial preserved in family lore, alongside ๐˜ก๐˜–๐˜‹๐˜๐˜ˆ๐˜Š ๐˜’๐˜๐˜“๐˜“๐˜Œ๐˜™ ๐˜—๐˜™๐˜–๐˜‘๐˜Œ๐˜Š๐˜›, his ingenious account of the true crime documentary he tried and failed to make.

Winner of the NEXT Innovator Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, ๐˜ก๐˜–๐˜‹๐˜๐˜ˆ๐˜Š ๐˜’๐˜๐˜“๐˜“๐˜Œ๐˜™ ๐˜—๐˜™๐˜–๐˜‘๐˜Œ๐˜Š๐˜› reconstructs Shackletonโ€™s unrealized film beat by beat, using vacant Bay Area landscapes, stylized re-enactments and his own wry narration to turn an abandoned project into a playful critique of true crime and its familiar conventions.

Following the screening, Shackleton will join us for a conversation about first-person filmmaking, documentary persona, and what becomes possible when a filmmakerโ€™s own perspective and personality become part of the method.

Plus, join us for the full three-day workshop, ๐—ข๐—–๐—ง ๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿฐ: ๐—ง๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—กโ€™๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช: ๐—”๐——๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—™๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ง-๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—™๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐— ๐— ๐—”๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š

Led by ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, the workshop turns the old documentary mantra โ€œshow donโ€™t tellโ€ on its head to ask how a filmmakerโ€™s personality, perspective, positionality and biases can become creative tools. Across screenings, discussion and experimentation, weโ€™ll explore the possibilities of first-person cinema and what an unmistakable authorial voice can bring to nonfiction filmmaking.

Shackleton will be joined by an incredible lineup of guest filmmakers: ๐—”๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ [Joanna Arnow]!

Catch the Early Bird Registration by SEP 22 and get $55 off! ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—š๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿ”— ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—•๐—œ๐—ข

08/17/2026

New workshop alert! ๐—ง๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—กโ€™๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช: ๐—”๐——๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—™๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ง-๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—™๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐— ๐— ๐—”๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š

๐—ข๐—–๐—ง ๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿฐ, join essay filmmaker ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป [ Charlie Shackleton ] for a three-day workshop turning the old documentary mantra โ€œshow donโ€™t tellโ€ on its head, and exploring what happens when filmmakers embrace their own personality, perspective, positionality and biases as creative tools.

How might a subjective point of view complicate a film rather than close it down? What can a filmmakerโ€™s sense of humor, cadence of speech, on-screen persona, or performance of the filmmaking process itself reveal about the reality being portrayed?

Across the weekend, weโ€™ll dig into the rich possibilities of first-person cinema, looking beyond films that simply center the filmmaker as subject to consider how personal presence can become part of a filmโ€™s methodology. Through screenings, discussion and experimentation, participants will explore subjectivity as a framework for nonfiction, and consider how an unmistakable authorial voice can invite audiences to actively question a filmโ€™s authority.

Shackleton will be joined by an incredible lineup of guest filmmakers, each with their own distinctive approach to putting the personal to work on screen: ๐—”๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ will discuss the deep entanglement of his personal life and creative practice, and ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ [ Joanna Arnow ] will share how she draws on personal experience to shape her fictional works.

Participants will also have the opportunity to experiment with bringing more of themselves into their own filmmaking, and to share a work-in-progress for constructive group discussion.

Early Bird Registration ends on ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ โ€” register early to get $55 off! ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—š๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿ”— ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—•๐—œ๐—ข

08/14/2026

Join us in Lisbon this October! ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ for the doclisboa iff ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ! Apply by SEP 10!

Weโ€™re delighted to come together once again with our friends at doclisboa iff for the 8th edition, co-designing a four-day engagement that invites participants to dive deep into this yearโ€™s festival program.

Running OCT 16 โ€” 20, weโ€™ll explore radical filmmaking practices, share insights, raise questions, and build a thoughtful community around documentary art.

The seminar brings together eight artists and writers who are soon to be announced for The UNDO Fellowship to share the questions, methods, and provocations shaping their current work.ย The sessions unfold as a collective space for research, discussion, and exchange, inviting participants to think alongside the fellows as they explore radical approaches to nonfiction practice.

Hear from a 2025 Seminar Participant! โ€”

โ€œWhat a valuable space for sensitive and rigorous discussion. Our group had participants from different backgrounds and expertise, from filmmakers to film enthusiasts, and each persons contributions were heard, valued, and challenged at times, with a level of skill and respect that is rare.โ€

With only 30 spots available, donโ€™t miss this chance to join an intimate and inspiring exchange of perspectives.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ก ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ + ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ through the ๐Ÿ”— in bio!

08/13/2026

Weโ€™ve assembled quite a crew to take on ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐— ๐—”๐—กโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž. ๐Ÿ‘€

For our 10-day immersion into Frederick Wisemanโ€™s extraordinary New York films, weโ€™ve invited an amazing group of filmmakers, writers, critics, scholars and fellow observers to help us look closely at the work and the city he returned to again and again.

Led by film scholar ๐—š๐—˜๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—จ๐—˜ [Genevieve Yue], weโ€™ll be joined across ten days by ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ช๐—ก ๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ฆ [Shawn Glinis], ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—š๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐——๐—˜๐—ก [Drunken Film Fest Oakland], ๐—ž. ๐—”๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ, ๐—ก๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—˜ ๐—ž๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—ญ [ kluzkluz ], ๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—ฅ๐—˜ฬ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—˜ [ Andreฬ Robert Lee ], ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—›๐—˜๐—ก๐—ฆ [ Courtney Stephens ], ๐—๐—ข๐—›๐—ก ๐—ช๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก [John Wilson], ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—ž ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข, ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก๐—” ๐— ๐—ข๐—š๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—–๐—›, ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ข ๐—š๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐——๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—ง๐—› [ Leo Goldsmith ], ๐—ก๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—œ [ Nilita Vachani ] & ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—™๐—œ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—— [ Esther Rosenfield ].

Theyโ€™re bringing some pretty special relationships to the work too. Weโ€™ll hear from the hosts of a podcast dedicated to watching every Wiseman film, a filmmaker who worked at the very school Wiseman documented in ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜, filmmakers whose own practices have been deeply influenced and inspired by Wisemanโ€™s work, and writers and scholars thinking deeply about Wiseman, documentary, institutions and New Yorkโ€™s public life.

Across seminars, conversations and excursions around the city, this crew will help us dig into not only what Wiseman observed, but how he observed it, what his methods make possible, and what nearly fifty years of these films can tell us about New York.

Come spend ten days watching, walking, talking & thinking with us!

๐—ช๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐— ๐—”๐—กโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž
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๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—š๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿ”— ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—•๐—œ๐—ข

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