Film series: Doc Spots

A person in a green hat and purple shirt holds a microphone in front of rusted metal barrels and debris.

Our ongoing Doc Spots series presents a dynamic range of non-fiction films around the world, foregrounding both powerful narratives and compelling storytelling techniques. 
Many events are cosponsored by Cornell departments and programs and will feature introductions by and post-screening discussions with faculty.

This fall, we are excited to present the Ithaca premieres of Elizabeth Sankey’s Witches, Sasha Wortzel’s River of Grass, Antonella Sudasassi Furniss’s Memories of a Burning Body, and Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss’s Middletown as well as a new 4K restoration of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, Eleanor Coppola’s celebrated documentary about the fateful making of Apocalypse Now.

Additional films will be announced throughout the semester!

Other film series this semester

Campus Collaborations
Cine Con Cultura
Cornellians in Hollywood — Willard Straight Hall at 100
Doc Spots
Jane Austen at 250
Off the Rails! Trains in Silent Cinema
Queer Classics
Restorations & Rediscoveries
Robby Müller: Light Work
Scale on Screen
Screwball Comedies from the ‘30s and ‘40s
Stories in Motion: A Migrations Film Series
Technicolor Musical Matinees
The American Nightmare
The Caribbean: Social Issues, Yesterday and Today
Worth a Watch

Related films

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Witches

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A movie set scene with a boat carrying crew and equipment in the water, surrounded by people in small boats or standing in water, many covered in white paint; an ancient stone structure with vegetation is in the background

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

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RBG

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Union

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YANUNI

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A large photo image of a group of people, some in helmets and uniforms, stand behind a barricade while a casually dressed individual stands in the foreground

Marwencol

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A person in a green hat and purple shirt holds a microphone in front of rusted metal barrels and debris.

Middletown

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Lynch/Oz

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A crocodile swimming in a river streaked with neon green algae.

River of Grass

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Courtesy of MTV Documentary Films.

Black Box Diaries

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