Our 17th annual season of SummerDocs wrapped up with a wonderful screening of MIDDLETOWN, Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine’s winning documentary about about a group of high school students in early 1990s Upstate New York who, with their unconventional teacher, uncovered and exposed a local conspiracy involving toxic waste and organized crime through a student […]
SummerDocs: ‘MIDDLETOWN’
May 21, 2025 by
Directed by Amanda McBaine + Jesse Moss Friday, August, 29, 7:00PM Guild Hall in East Hampton “A story of teenage tenacity but also one of adults grappling with the grit and hopes of their younger selves…” — Variety 1991. Upstate New York. A group of teenage misfits, inspired by a renegade English teacher, embark on a […]
2024 SummerDocs Series Announced
May 21, 2024 by
Our fan favorite SummerDocs series is back for a 16th season with a stellar selection of films, curated by Artistic Director David Nugent and Chairman Emeritus Alec Baldwin. Screening in East Hampton, these nonfiction gems will be followed by conversations with acclaimed filmmakers and guests. Tickets are on sale now, and members receive a discount. […]
VIDEO: ‘The Overnighters’ Q&A with Jesse Moss, Alec Baldwin & David Nugent
September 3, 2014 by
This past Friday, the 2014 HIFF SummerDocs season wound down with Jesse Moss‘s latest film The Overnighters, which explores the ramifications of the hydraulic fracturing boom in Williston, North Dakota: In the tiny town of Williston, North Dakota tens of thousands of unemployed hopefuls show up with dreams of honest work and a big paycheck when hydraulic fracturing in […]
Slideshow: SummerDocs Screening of ‘The Overnighters’
September 2, 2014 by
This past Friday, director Jesse Moss screened his latest film as the final entry in the 2014 SummerDocs season at Guild Hall of East Hampton. The Overnighters, which won the U. S. Documentary Special Jury award for Intuitive Filmmaking at Sundance this year, will be released theatrically by Drafthouse Films in Fall 2014. Following the screening, SummerDocs host Alec Baldwin moderated a conversation with Moss and HIFF Artistic Director David Nugent. […]
