Congratulations to the Production Assistance films selected for the 2026 Gotham Week Project Market, taking place September 27–October 3:
- BAD GIRL MARCIA TUCKER (dir. Simone Estrin, prod. Mafe Simonsen)
After being fired from NYC’s Whitney Museum for her radical exhibitions, feminist curator Marcia Tucker founded the New Museum in 1977 to champion marginalized artists. BAD GIRL MARCIA TUCKER traces her defiant legacy.
- BASKETBALL HEAVEN (dir. Resita Heavenly Cox, prod. Crystal Isaac)
Basketball Heaven follows filmmaker Resita Cox as she journeys through time to her hometown, Kinston, NC: the largest producer of NBA talent in the world.
- I LOVE BEDSTUY (dir. Sekiya Dorsett, prod. Afiya Williams and Okema T. Moore)
As Bedford-Stuyvesant rapidly gentrifies, residents’ fight to save a historic building intertwines with a budding fictional love story in this vibrant hybrid documentary about culture, community, and displacement.
- SISTER SENATORS (dir. Emily Harrold, prod. Emily Harrold and Robin Hessman)
In Ruby Red SC, the only five women in an overwhelmingly male and conservative State Senate defy party lines and display bipartisan unity to fight for women’s rights.
- TAXI DRIVER (dir./prod. Sara Chishti)
This vérité documentary follows five New York City cab drivers fighting for survival and economic justice in the wake of the predatory taxi medallion debt crisis.
- YOU DESERVE TO DIE (dir. Jo Honig, prod. Carol Klein and Emma Vossen)
Information about this title is currently embargoed.
Additionally, WMM filmmaker Nancy Kates (dir. REGARDING SUSAN SONTAG) will participate in the market with her new project AN EVERY DAY RIOT. And seven program alum have been selected to participate in the market with new projects: Beth Aala (dir./prod. THE SCRIPT); Sara Crow (dir./writer SATOSHI); Zachary Drucker (prod. AFTER WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LIBRARY); Ruth Johnson and Ted Richane (E.P.’s, 1000 FEET DOWN); Helena Sardinha (prod. VILLA ENCANTO); and Flor Tejada (prod. UNTITLED IDLEWILD PROJECT). Last but not least, Program Alum and WMM filmmaker, Geeta Gandbhir is serving as the Executive Producer on UNTITLED IDLEWILD PROJECT, YOU DESERVE TO DIE, and TAXI DRIVER!
