Depot Docs

Depot Docs is a documentary showcase curated by Stephen Ives. Six times a year some of the nation’s leading film directors have come to show their films at the historic Depot Theater. The Depot occupies the site of the old train station, on the Hudson River, in Garrison, New York, 55 miles north of New York City.

Each screening includes by a Q&A with the director, followed by a reception. For information on the next Depot Docs screening, contact the Depot Theatre at www.philipstowndepottheatre.org, or call 845-424-3900.


Season Five

Street Fight – directed by Marshall Curry

Restrepo – directed by Sebastian Junger

Crude – directed by Joe Berlinger

For Once in My Life – directed by Jim Bigham

Buck – directed by Cindy Meehl


Season Four

The Cats of Mirikitani – directed by Linda Hattendorf

Sons of Cuba – directed by Andrew Lang

Food Inc. – directed by Robert Kenner

The Way We Get By – directed by Aron Gaudet

Don't Look Back – directed by D.A. Pennebaker

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe – directed by Sarah and Emily Kunstler


Season Three

Please Vote for Me! – directed by Weijun Chen , special guest Jean Tsien, editor.

In A Dream – directed by Jeremy Zagar

Trouble The Water – directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Man on Wire – directed by James Marsh, special guests Co-Producer Maureen Ryan and high wire aerialist, Philippe Petit

Gimmie Shelter – directed by Albert Maysles

The Real Dirt on Farmer John – directed by Taggart Siegel


Season Two

Run, Granny Run -- directed by Marlo Poras

Heir To An Execution -- directed by Ivy Meerpohl

Troublesome Creek - directed by Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan

My Country, My Country – directed by Laura Poitras

Autism: The Musical -- directed by Trisha Reagan

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song -- directed by Jim Brown, special guests Tao Rodriguez and Kitama Seeger.


Season One

Amato: a love affair with opera -- directed by Stephen Ives

The Boy in the Bubble -- directed by Barak Goodman and John Maggio

Hearts and Minds -- directed by Peter Davis

Al Franken: God Spoke -- directed by Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob

2 Square Miles -- directed by Barbara Ettinger