This past Sunday I attended the Errol Morris gala and screening of his new movie, Tabloid, as part of the DocNYC film festival. As I arrived at the theater the star of the film, Joyce McKinney, was outside in a wheelchair with one of her dogs protesting the film. I wasn't really sure what exactly she took issue with but she had signs that said Errol Morris hides the truth and was only outside the theater for about ten minutes before she headed off down the road. Later on, during the film, she could be heard from the back row occasionally yelling "lies!"
After the screening Thom Powers, the festival organizer, had a Q&A with Errol Morris that was seeming to wrap up when documentary filmmaker Judith Helfand yelled out from the crowd "where is Joyce now," to which Joyce replied " Joyce is right here" and she was invited to come up on stage and answer questions. Fortunately, in a room full of documentary filmmakers, someone filmed it and so you can see for yourself what was the most interesting Q&A I have ever witnessed.
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