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 Hard Straight
NEW! A film by Goto Toshima
A gang member, a mother, and a small-time dealer. They served their sentences, they're on parole. Now they're about to discover that walking out the prison gates is just the beginning.
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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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Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy
A film by Alice Elliott
Two remarkable advocates for people with disabilities - Diana Braun, who has Down Syndrome, and Kathy Conour, who has cerebral palsy - met four decades ago and vowed to fight for independent lives.
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Bonecrusher
A film by Michael Fountain
An intimate journey inside the lives and work of coal miners.
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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 in No Man's Land
NEW! A film by Anayansi Prado
A documentary that uncovers the plight of unaccompanied immigrant minors entering the United States.
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The Choice of a Lifetime: Returning From the Brink of Suicide
A film by Nila Bogue
Transforming suicidal despair into the will to live
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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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Daddy & Papa
A film by Johnny Symons
A story of gay fathers in America
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Embracing Our Sexuality
NEW! A film by Mark Lipman
Women talk about their sexuality
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Father's Day
A film by Mark Lipman
A son searches for the meaning of his father's death
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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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Freedom Machines
A film by Richard Cox, Janet Cole, and Jamie Stobie
This award- winning PBS special dramatically redefines "disability" through personal stories of technology. A riveting reflection on America's largest minority: 55 million people with disabilities.
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Girl Trouble
A film by Lexi Leban & Lidia Szajko
The compelling stories of three girls entangled in San Francisco's juvenile justice system. The film documents the girls' successes and setbacks and exposes a failing juvenile justice system.
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If the Mango Tree Could Speak
A film by Patricia Goudvis
Ten children ages 12 to 15 share their experiences growing up in the midst of war in Guatemala and El Salvador.
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Jamsie King of Scratch
A film by Andrea Leland
A spirited musical journey from the U. S. Virgin Islands. 79-year old James Brewster is an uncompromising, humorous, and provocative musician known for his playful compositions and lively performances. |
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The Last to Know
A film by Bonnie Friedman
The ground breaking film on alcoholism, prescription drug abuse and women.
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Leona's Sister Gerri
A film by Jane Gillooly
A provocative film about abortion
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Letters from the Other Side
A film by Heather Courtney
Post-NAFTA immigration stories from the Mexican women left behind.
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Maid in America
NEW! A film by Anayansi Prado
Award-winning PBS documentary about the Latinas who clean your homes and help raise your children.
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Maybe Baby
A film by Shannon ORourke
A ground- breaking film and one of the first of its kind to deal with brand new technologies and ideas of family and birth.
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The Most Distant Places
A film by Mike Seely
Dr. Edgar Rodas has dedicated his life to improving the health conditions for underprivileged communities in his native Ecuador, and Cinterandes is his visionary mobile hospital and rural health care project.
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No Loitering
A film by Ellen Frankenstein
Teens searching for a place
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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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