\n\tVariety is proud to announce the return of Doc Dreams NYC Live, its marquee event dedicated to honoring the art of documentary filmmaking, on Nov. 9 in New York City. Following a successful debut in 2024, Doc Dreams will once again bring together acclaimed filmmakers, storytellers and thought leaders for a day of conversations celebrating the power of nonfiction cinema.<\/p>\n
\n\tDoc Dreams spotlights the people and projects shaping culture through real stories. Last year\u2019s program featured the year\u2019s most powerful documentaries with filmmakers from \u201cBecoming Led Zeppelin,\u201d \u201cThe Age of Disclosure,\u201d \u201cCome See Me in the Good Light,\u201d \u201cSaving Superman\u201d and many more. Their discussions gave audiences an inside look into the creative processes, challenges and cultural significance behind their acclaimed films.<\/p>\n
\n\tThis year\u2019s 2026 edition of Doc Dreams will continue that tradition, convening some of the industry\u2019s most exciting documentary voices. Alex Gibney, director, writer, and producer of \u201cMusk,\u201d will discuss the documentary\u2019s unvarnished analysis of Elon Musk in a keynote conversation with Variety\u2019s Co-Editor-in-Chief and Co-President Ramin Setoodeh.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe panels will feature:<\/p>\n
Ben Kjar, subject, \u201cStandout: The Ben Kjar Story\u201d<\/p>\n
Mary Mazzio, writer, director, and producer, \u201cMighty Mary\u201d<\/p>\n
Jana Hojdov\u00e1 & Robert Richardson, director and cinematographer, \u201cRobert Richardson: The White Devil\u201d<\/p>\n
Shakiba Adil & Elina Hirvonen, directors, \u201cThe Secret Reading Club of Kabul\u201d<\/p>\n
Dana Nachman, director, \u201cThe Second Life of Freddie Nole\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe full program of speakers and panels will be announced in the coming weeks, but attendees can expect a dynamic day that celebrates creativity, truth-telling and the impact of nonfiction storytelling in today\u2019s media landscape. Request an invite here: variety.com\/docdreams26<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Variety is proud to announce the return of Doc Dreams NYC Live, its marquee event dedicated to honoring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56,22549],"class_list":["post-388051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-variety-doc-dreams-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}