Ava DuVernay's 14th to Open 12th Doc Stories on November 5
SFFILM's four-day Doc Stories festival runs November 5-8 at the Vogue Theatre, with 10 Oscar-contending feature documentaries in the lineup.
Ava DuVernay's 14th will open the 12th Doc Stories festival on November 5, SFFILM announced. The Netflix film premiered at the New York Film Festival earlier this month.
The four-day festival runs November 5-8 at the Vogue Theatre. It is put on by SFFILM, according to Variety.
The lineup includes 10 Oscar-contending feature documentaries, among them J.M. Harper's Soul Patrol, Sam Pollard's Tutu and James Marcus Haney's Black Sunflowers. Sean Penn is an executive producer of Black Sunflowers. The festival also features 11 short documentaries, including Joshua Oppenheimer's The Revolution Against Death and Laura Poitras' They're Here.
Doc Stories includes three Doc Talks, among them a 60-minute conversation with Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller about They're Here. SFFILM's artist development team will convene Doc Congress, including a discussion on AI use in documentaries with Srđan Keča and Rachel Antell.
SFFILM's Education team hosts Schools at Doc Stories from November 2-10 with free screenings at SFMOMA. Filmmakers attending include Ava DuVernay, Sam Pollard, Laura Poitras, Luke Lorentzen and Ben Proudfoot.
Quick answers
When is Doc Stories?
The 12th Doc Stories runs November 5-8 at the Vogue Theatre.
What film opens Doc Stories?
Ava DuVernay's 14th opens the festival on November 5.
Who puts on Doc Stories?
SFFILM organizes the festival.