By Symi Rom-Rymer Every documentary filmmaker fortunate enough to have a close relationship with his mother should include her in a film about his life.  Or at least bring her to his premiere so that during the Question and Answer period, she can set the record straight about the her son.  Josh Freed, the director and star of Five Weddings and a Felony, a film which recently premiered as part of the documentary film festival DOC NYC, was lucky to have both. In a movie that focuses on the confused fumblings of the twenty-something year old Freed as he navigates his way through modern dating, the injection of some maternal sanity was deeply appreciated.    Early in the film, Josh tells his mother, a psychologist, that he is thinking about moving in with his girlfriend of six months.  She responds...

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