Screening

SVA MFA Social Documentary Film's annual showcase of student work: "DOC NYC U: SVA" includes six new films from current students and recent graduates. The screening is a part of DOC NYC, America's largest documentary festival.

The films screen online November 10-18 (available only in the U.S.), and in-person, on Friday, November 12, at 4:30pm at the Cinepolis Chelsea theater. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with several members of the filmmaking teams. Tickets are required.

DOC NYC U: SVA

Calling | Director: Sunny Liu

An animated essay about a long-distance love story. (USA, 4 MIN)

Helen With The Gold Teeth  | Director: Jabu Ndlovu

Helen Harris, former systems engineer, epitomizes unabashed self expression and the radical act of self-acceptance through her journey to become NYC’s premiere grillz jeweler. (USA, 10 MIN)

Home Is The Story | Director: Sofia Lili Zhang

The director searches for the meaning of home, and what she gains as she moves from place to place. (China, 15 MIN) 

Playground | Director: Sonja Moses

A life of creativity in a day spent with a five-year-old girl in a low-income family in Barbados. (Barbados, 8 MIN)

Whisper | Director: Yijia Zeng

Meet Maria Isabel Santiviago, the leader of Deaf Ministry at Holyrood Church. Although she is hearing, she has worked with the church’s deaf community since her arrival in NYC in 1963. (CHINA, 11 MIN)

Who Was There And What Went On | Director: Lydia Erickson

After Frances’ death, Sally – Frances’ daughter and closest companion – moves through their shared breakfast routine. In being present to these everyday activities, we remember our loved ones most intimately. (USA, 7 MIN)