Documentaries by Abel Ferrara
3 Episodes
Abel Ferrara’s documentary filmmaking channels the same mix of raw immediacy and heightened expressionism that drives his narrative work. From the vanishing traces of New York City’s downtown culture (THE PROJECTIONIST) to the gritty urban reality of Naples, Italy (NAPOLI, NAPOLI, NAPOLI), to the war-torn landscape of Ukraine in the aftermath of the Russian invasion (TURN IN THE WOUND), his nonfiction films blur the lines between observation, drama, and performance to provocative, hypnotic effect.
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1:21:13Episode 1Turn in the Wound
Episode 1
Directed by Abel Ferrara • 2024 • United Kingdom, Germany, Italy
Starring Patti SmithAn intensely visceral, aesthetically bold personal response to the war in Ukraine that only the fearlessly iconoclastic director Abel Ferrara could make, this form-breaking documentary blends harrowing battlefi...
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1:22:33Episode 2The Projectionist
Episode 2
Directed by Abel Ferrara • 2019 • United States, Greece
Abel Ferrara traces the life and work of friend and fellow cinephile Nicolas “Nick” Nicolaou, a Cypriot immigrant who, as a teenager, began working in small neighborhood movie theaters around Manhattan, defying gentrification, changing view...
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1:46:28Episode 3Napoli, Napoli, Napoli
Episode 3
Directed by Abel Ferrara • 2009 • Italy
Starring Fabio Gargano, Shanyn Leigh, Peppe LanzettaAbel Ferrara takes his camera onto the streets of Naples, Italy, for this gritty journey through the city’s infamous underside. Combining interviews with women prisoners and local residents with scripted...