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Data Docs
For the first time, Open Data Week featured a documentary film series “DataDocs: Open Data on Screen”that connected films about New York City with datasets on NYC Open Data. DataDocs was organized by Nathan Storey at the Office of Data Analytics in collaboration with Firehouse, DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film.
Birders: The Central Park Effect, directed by filmmaker Jeffrey Kimball, focuses on seven main characters who regularly visit the park to watch the millions of migratory birds who make a rest-stop in the park each year. This screening was followed by a panel with Macaulay Honors College and NYC Parks who discussed connections to data sources including the Tree Census and the iNaturalist app.
Three transportation focused films and shorts were paired in the second session of the day: Citizen Science: A Symphony of Human Power- Episode 1: Citi Bikes, directed by Azadeh Keivani of Digital Age Academy; The Map directed by filmmaker Gary Hustwit; and Changing Lanes, directed by Ben Wolf. The films were followed by a panel with two of the films’ directors, and representatives from Transportation Alternatives, the MTA, and NYC DOT, who discussed connections to data including motor vehicle crashes, CitiBike trips, and the MTA’s real-time feeds.
The third screening, Through The Night, directed by Loira Limbal, presented a portrait of three working mothers whose lives intersect at a 24-hour daycare center. The screening was followed by a panel including the director and Hopewell Care Collective discussing connections to public datasets about childcare.
The final screening of the day was Emergent City, directed by Jay Arthur Sterrenberg, which recounts the attempted rezoning of the Industry City site in Sunset Park. It was followed by a panel including the director and UPROSE.
