New York Women in Film & Television is excited to share that 13 of our members are involved in films that have been selected for the 2025 Hamptons Doc Fest.
This year’s Hamptons Doc Fest will take place December 4th – December 11th, 2025 in person at Sag Harbor Cinema, Bay Street Theater, and Southampton Playhouse.
Ticketing information can be found here.
See the full programming lineup here.
Steal This Story, Please!
Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Julie Cohen
Producer – NYWIFT Member Caren Spruch
Undeterred by armed soldiers, smooth-talking politicians, and riot police, journalist Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. Steal This Story, Please! is a gripping portrait of Amy, the trailblazer whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history.
Ask E. Jean
Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Ruth Ann Harnisch
Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Sheila Nevins
E. Jean Carroll was a minor celebrity for her Elle magazine advice column, but she catapulted into fame in 2019 when she accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman changing room in 1996. Ask E. Jean tackles the lawsuit, but also re-introduces us to Ms. Carroll in a surprising and enlightening way.
Monk in Pieces
Story Consultant – NYWIFT Member Melissa Hacker
Co-Producer, Editor – NYWIFT Member Sabine Krayenbühl
Producer – NYWIFT Member Susan Margolin
Meredith Monk – composer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist – is one of the great artistic pioneers of our time, yet her profound cultural influence is largely unrecognized. With Monk’s music at its center, and featuring interviews with Björk and David Byrne, among others, Monk in Pieces is a mosaic that mirrors the structure of Monk’s own work, and illuminates her wildly original vocabulary of sound and imagery.
Cutting Through Rocks
Directors – NYWIFT Members Sarah Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Sheila Nevins
Special Thanks – NYWIFT Member Jenni Wolfson
As the first elected councilwoman of her deeply conservative Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi aims to break long-held patriarchal traditions and stop child marriages by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles – teaching them self-worth along the way. When accusations arise questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil.
All the Empty Rooms
Production Accountant – NYWIFT Member Lizbett Perez
The film follows correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp as they embark on a cross-country journey to memorialize victims of school violence.
Women Laughing
Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Ruth Ann Harnisch
Longtime New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly explores her lifelong passion for humor and cartooning by speaking, laughing, and drawing with a diverse group of remarkable women who create cartoons for the iconic magazine.
My Underground Mother
Producer – NYWIFT Member Kelly Sheehan
My Underground Mother is a gripping story that explores the daring sisterhood and hidden trauma of survivors of Jewish women’s camps during the Holocaust. New York journalist Marisa Fox spent a decade searching for her mother’s undisclosed past, uncovering a secret history that her mother never revealed to her.
She Runs the World
Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Ruth Ann Harnisch
Allyson Felix is the most decorated track and field athlete in history. At the peak of her career, she faced a life-threatening pregnancy with her first child – and a nearly 70% pay cut from Nike – exposing a sports industry lacking maternal protections. But Felix turned her personal and professional battles into action, redefining what it means to be a champion and sparking a movement far beyond the track.
Speak.
Co-Producer, Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Lisa Hepner
Five top-ranked high school oratory students spend a year crafting spellbinding, spoken-word performances with the dream of winning one of the world’s largest and most intense public speaking competitions, the NSDA Nationals. As the world teeters on a razor’s edge, these teens rise with fire and heartfelt humanity over the course of a 9-month season, offering a masterclass in courage, conviction, and the kind of hope that refuses to be silenced.
State of Firsts
Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Ruth Ann Harnisch
The film follows Delaware Representative Sarah McBride’s historic run to become the first transgender member in the U.S. Congress. In a time of intensifying political backlash against the transgender community, McBride fights for dignity, equality and representation. On the night she wins, so too does Trump, sending Sarah to an increasingly hostile new workplace.
(All images courtesy of Hamptons Doc Fest)
