The 60th edition of the New York Film Festival presented many powerful, timely and innovative documentaries. The majority came from abroad—France, Germany, Italy, Austria, the UK, Lebanon, and India. Documentary directors from the US included Martin Scorsese, Laura Poitras, Chris Smith, Elvis Mitchell, Margaret Brown, Elisabeth Suren, and Daniel Eisenberg.

The festival’s Centerpiece Selection was Laura Poitras’ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (pictured), about the photographer Nan Goldin and her battle against the Sackler family, makers of OxyContin. This is a case where the personal is political. […]

Published on October 26, 2022 online in Documentary magazine.