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DOC NYC is scheduled to run across New York City from Nov. 11 through Nov. 29, 2026, and a Hyperallergic preview selected 13 art-focused documentaries from the festival’s 17th edition. The featured films include works on Frida Kahlo’s commercial image and Indigenous artist Sara Flores; the source also lists screenings for both films.
DOC NYC is scheduled to return Nov. 11–29, 2026, with screenings at venues across New York City, and a new Hyperallergic preview has selected 13 art-focused documentaries from the festival’s 17th edition. The films highlighted include director Trisha Ziff’s examination of Frida Kahlo’s enduring public image and a documentary about Indigenous artist Sara Flores and her Shipibo-Konibo artistic practice.
Hyperallergic frames the selections around documentaries that look at artists’ legacies, communities facing threats, and unusual art histories. Its preview includes films to see in person or online, though the supplied listing provides specific venue and date information for only some of the titles. The selection is editorial: it identifies films the publication’s writer is looking forward to seeing, not a festival award or official ranking.
Frida: The Girl Just Doesn’t Go Away, directed by Trisha Ziff, is listed for screenings at Village East by Angelika on Nov. 14 and Nov. 16. The film considers how Kahlo’s face and identity circulate on products such as mugs, T-shirts and tapestries, and how that commercial image relates to her artistic motivations and political life. Hyperallergic describes Kahlo as simultaneously a political icon, feminist celebrity and global brand.
The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs, directed by Èlia Gasull Balada and Matteo Norzi, is scheduled at SVA Theatre on Nov. 11. The documentary follows Sara Flores, a Shipibo-Konibo artist from the Peruvian Amazon. According to the preview, the filmmakers’ work grew from a decade-long collaboration, during which Flores began receiving international recognition. She uses natural dyes from her home region to create geometric paintings connected to the matrilineal visual language of Kené.
Art, Legacy and Indigenous Practice
The two detailed selections point to different questions about how art is seen and understood. Ziff’s film takes up the gap between Kahlo’s work and the commercial circulation of her likeness, a familiar image that can be separated from the politics and life behind it. The documentary’s subject is not simply Kahlo’s popularity, but the way an artist’s public identity can keep changing after her death.
The Flores documentary brings attention to a contemporary artist whose work is rooted in Shipibo-Konibo knowledge and materials. Hyperallergic characterizes her painting as a form of resistance to environmental, political and social harms. Together, the films show how documentary can examine both the afterlife of a famous artist’s image and the circumstances shaping an Indigenous artist’s practice today. For festivalgoers, the preview offers a guide to films that connect visual art with questions of identity, community and power.
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Two Films in the Festival Lineup
DOC NYC’s 2026 event is identified in the source as its 17th edition, running for 19 days at venues throughout the city. The preview is focused on art-related films within a broader documentary program; it does not claim that the 13 selections represent the full festival lineup or provide a complete schedule.
For the two films with screening details in the supplied material, the dates and venues are specific: The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs is listed at SVA Theatre on Nov. 11, while Frida: The Girl Just Doesn’t Go Away is listed at Village East by Angelika on Nov. 14 and 16. The preview also says the selected films can be watched in person or online, but gives no online dates or access details for these titles.
“The lineup at this year’s DOC NYC … offers many reflections on documentary’s capacity to sensitively portray communities currently under threat, examine artists’ legacies, and narrate some of art’s most idiosyncratic stories.”
— Hyperallergic’s DOC NYC preview
Screening and Online Access Details
The source gives a festival date range and screening information for two films, but does not provide the full schedule for all 13 selections. It is also unclear from the supplied material which films will be available online, when online screenings would occur, or how viewers can access them. The source does not include comments from the filmmakers or festival organizers, nor does it establish whether any schedule details have changed since the preview was published.
Festival Screenings Begin November 11
DOC NYC is scheduled to begin on Nov. 11, 2026, with the listed screening of The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs at SVA Theatre. Frida: The Girl Just Doesn’t Go Away is listed for Nov. 14 and 16 at Village East by Angelika. Readers planning to attend should consult the festival’s current schedule for ticketing, any updates to screening times, and details about online availability. The supplied preview does not state whether further program or access information has been announced.
Key Questions
When does DOC NYC 2026 take place?
The festival is scheduled to run Nov. 11–29, 2026, at venues throughout New York City.
Which art documentaries does the preview highlight?
Hyperallergic selected 13 films. The supplied material gives details on Frida: The Girl Just Doesn’t Go Away and The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs.
When and where can I see the film about Frida Kahlo?
Frida: The Girl Just Doesn’t Go Away is listed at Village East by Angelika on Nov. 14 and Nov. 16, 2026.
What is The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs about?
Directed by Èlia Gasull Balada and Matteo Norzi, the documentary focuses on Sara Flores, a Shipibo-Konibo artist who paints geometric works using natural dyes sourced from her home in the Peruvian Amazon.
Are the selected films available online?
The preview says its selections can be watched in person or online, but the supplied information does not specify which titles have online screenings or give access dates.
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