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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A Sentence Apart
NEW! A film by Theo Rigby
The United States imprisons more people, per capita, than any country in the world - A Sentence Apart follows three families as they cope with the infinite ripple effects of incarceration in the U.S.
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Another Side of Peace
A film by Ellen Frick
If we who've paid the highest price possible can talk to each other why can't our leaders do the same?
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Breaking Silence: The Story of the Sisters at Desales Heights
A film by Tommie Smith
An examination of social and cultural change, and the impact of such change upon individuals
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Children Of War
NEW! A film by Bryan Single
A group of former child soldiers undergo a remarkable journey of trauma therapy, emotional healing, and homecoming.
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Code of the West
NEW! A film by Rebecca Richman Cohen
Medical marijuana and the political process
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The Collector of Bedford Street
A film by Alice Elliott
An Academy Award nominated short documentary that follows Larry Selman, an intellectually disabled community activist and fundraiser who collects thousands of dollars for charities while living at the poverty line.
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A Day's Work, A Day's Pay
A film by Jonathan Skurnik
A Day's Work, A Day's Pay follows three welfare recipients in New York City from 1997 to 2000 as they participate in the largest welfare-to-work program in the nation.
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Finding Our Way
NEW! A film by Mark Lipman
Men talk about their sexuality
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Five Days to Change the World
A film by Robert Richter
Student activists at the largest world peace conference in history take charge of their own destiny.
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In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
A film by Deann Borshay Liem
A Korean adoptee returns to her native Korea to find her "double," the mysterious girl whose place she took in America.
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In Whose Honor?
A film by Jay Rosenstein
An award- winning and compelling documentary that takes a critical look at the long running practice of using American Indians as sports mascots.
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It's Still Elementary
A film by Debra Chasnoff
Ten years after the original "It's Elementary" the filmmakers investigate the impact on the original students who were filmed learning about LGBT people. A riveting story about the impact of documentary film and activism.
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The Key Of G
A film by Robert Arnold
An award-winning doc about disability, caregiving and interdependence.
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Mr. Cao Goes to Washington
NEW! A film by Leo Chiang
An idealistic rookie challenges politics polarized by race and partisanship.
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My Brooklyn
NEW! A film by Kelly Anderson and Allison Lirish Dean
Who has a right to live in cities and determine their future?
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My Perestroika
A film by Robin Hessman
Five former childhood classmates paint a complex picture of the dreams and disillusionment of those raised behind the Iron Curtain.
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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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Out At Work
A film by Kelly Anderson and Tami Gold
Can you be fired because of who you sleep with?
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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 Shrimp
A film by Keith Wilson
Tracing an environmentally threatened seafood from source to plate and back again.
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Silences
A film by Octavio Warnock-Graham
What happens when an interracial person's identity is completely ignored by his white family and friends? |
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Special Circumstances in English and Spanish with subtitles in English
A film by Marianne Teleki
This award- winning film follows ex-political prisoner, Hector Salgado to Chile 30 years later to confront those responsible for his own torture and the death of his friends.
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Special Circumstances In English and Spanish with subtitles in English
A film by Marianne Teleki
Special Circumstances follows former political prisoner, Hector Salgado, back to Chile to confront his perpetrators.
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Special Circumstances In English and Spanish with subtitles in Spanish
A film by Marianne Teleki
Special Circumstances follows former political prisoner, Hector Salgado, back to Chile to confront his perpetrators.
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State of Fear
A film by Paco de Onis
Based on the findings of the Peruvian Truth Commission, State of Fear blends personal testimony and history to tell the story of escalating violence in Peru, and how fear of terror undermined democracy.
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