Production
A legendary Village Voice photojournalist recounts the stories behind iconic images taken over the course of a five-decade career. A visual chronicle of New York City and a window into the heyday of alternative print media.
Filmed over the course of ten years, On The Line explores the careers of three professional fighters - Will ‘Power’ Rosinsky, Danny ‘The Miracle Man’ Jacobs and Patrick ‘All’ Day - as they strive to become world champions in one of the most unforgiving of all sports. Set against the gritty backdrop of New York City, with its fabled boxing history and culture, the film follows Danny, Will and Patrick from their early days as standouts on the amateur scene all the way through their unrelenting climb up the professional ranks. With many documentaries concentrating on the glamor of the fight game and the million dollar purses battled over by the top 1% of fighters, On The Line tells a more sobering story, focusing instead on the realities of professional boxing and the price athletes pay to pursue their dreams and reach the highest level of the sport. Ultimately the film isn’t just a boxing documentary; it’s a study of human nature, and human limits.
Pretty Soon But Not Yet follows the lead character, Vincent, a man struggling with depression and a sense of detachment from the world around him. Navigating the streets of Brooklyn, he encounters an eclectic cast of characters, each reflecting different facets of his internal turmoil. As he seeks treatment, including a controversial medical procedure, Vincent wrestles with moments of dark humor, existential frustration, and feeling fleeting human connection. His journey is one of survival, in a city that moves too fast for him to keep up.
A FAVOR FOR JERRY follows Khan (Khan Baykal, ALWAYS SHINE, THE HAPPY HOUSE) as he crosses NYC filling in for a pot-dealing friend on election day. Shot in real time on November 8 2016, the film freely mixes documentary and narrative elements. As events unfold, the actors directly incorporate the moment into their performances and what begins as backdrop increasingly takes center stage.
Intimate conversations take place with some of the most celebrated and groundbreaking women-identified cartoonists at The New Yorker magazine, who laugh, draw and reflect on the essential work of women cartoonists today and over the last century.
