New Day film makers shoot fearless, relentlessly independent documentaries. They win awards, play in major film festivals and have wide influence through US and international broadcast. Below you will find a selection of our titles, listed alphabetically, for your immediate screening pleasure.
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Ask Not
A film by Johnny Symons
They went into the closet to serve their country. Now they're coming out to change it.
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Beauty Before Age
A film by Johnny Symons
Growing Older in Gay Culture
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Carved from the Heart
A film by Ellen Frankenstein
Carved from the Heart intertwines the process of carving and erecting the Healing Heart totem pole with the participants' stories of personal loss, grief, substance abuse, suicide and violence.
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City of Borders
A film by Yun Suh
Israelis and Palestinians find an island of peace at Jerusalem's only gay bar.
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Conversations with Willard Van Dyke
A film by Amalie R. Rothschild
A candid portrait of a filmmaker photographer who believed that film could change the world.
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Crossing Lines
A film by Indira Somani & Leena Jayaswal
"Crossing Lines" is about an Indian American woman's struggle to stay connected to India after the loss of her father. Like most second-generation ethnic Americans, Indira Somani has struggled with identity issues, since her parents migrated to the U.S.
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Domestic Violence and Law Enforcement
A film by Peter Cohn
Three Cities, Three Departments, One Common Goal.
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Eating Alaska
A film by Ellen Frankenstein
A wry search for the "right thing" to eat
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Finding Our Way
NEW! A film by Mark Lipman
Men talk about their sexuality
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Foo Foo Dust
A film by Gina Levy
The award-winning "Foo-Foo Dust" explores the relationship between a crack-addicted prostitute and her junkie son living together in one room in San Francisco's Tenderloin District.
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Gaining Ground: Building Community on Dudley Street
NEW! A film by Mark Lipman and Leah Mahan
An inside view of community organizing at its best.
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The Gillian Film
A film by Joanne Hershfield
The Gillian Film is a moving portrait of an exceptional young woman who works at a local veterinary clinic, rides horses, takes dance classes, and is developmentally disabled.
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Golden Venture
A film by Peter Cohn
The epic tale of 286 Chinese immigrants on a freighter that ran aground off New York in 1993. With immigration dominating political debate, the fate of the Golden Venture passengers is more relevant than ever.
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Home Economics: A Documentary of Suburbia
A film by Jenny Cool
As mortgage market "meltdowns" and the environmental crisis bespeak its wider consequences, HOME ECONOMICS bursts the bubble of the American Dream of homeownership and reveals the deep human costs of suburbanization and automobilization. |
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The Insular Empire: America in the Mariana Islands
A film by Vanessa Warheit
THE INSULAR EMPIRE is the first film to document the United States' historical – and ongoing – role as a colonial power.
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Kicking High in the Golden Years
A film by Grania Brolin
Managing the changes of advancing years
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Laramie Inside Out
A film by Bev Seckinger
Laramie Inside Out explores the aftermath of Matthew Shepard's 1998 gay-bashing murder in the filmmaker's Wyoming hometown.
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Liberty: 3 Stories about Life & Death
A film by Pam Walton
An extraordinary celebration of life & lesbian community.
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Mama C: Urban Warrior in the African Bush
NEW! A film by Joanne Hershfield
Born in Kansas City, living in Tanzania - artist, activist, citizen of the world.
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Nana, Mom and Me
A film by Amalie R. Rothschild
An absorbing portrait of three generations of women in one family
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The New Old Country
A film by Faye Lederman
American Jews flock from across the country to New York City's Lower East Side, revealing an intricate web of nostalgia, collective memory and the elusive nature of recorded history. |
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Power and Control
A film by Peter Cohn
"Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America" is a comprehensive and timely exploration of the shocking persistence of domestic violence in our society.
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The Red Pines
A film by Katie Jennings
A pioneering Japanese American community perseveres.
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The Self-Made Man
A film by Susan Stern
Nominated for two national Emmy Awards, The Self-Made Man explores issues of aging, the right to die, and family dynamics through the story of a sane "self-made man" who takes his own life.
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Sin País (Without Country)
A film by Theo Rigby
With intimate access and striking imagery, Sin País (Without Country) explores one family's journey as they are separated by deportation.
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