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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34x25x36
A film by Jesse Epstein
Part 3) BODY TYPED: 34 x 25 x 36 is the third installment in a trilogy of films (including "The Guarantee" and the Sundance award-winning "Wet Dreams and False Images") examining issues of body image from quirky and revealing angles. This time, we are t
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Barbie Nation
A film by Susan Stern
The new Barbie Nation Collector's Edition DVD plumbs the cult of the Barbie doll, revealing attitudes about sexuality, body image, gender roles and creativity. Starring Barbie creator Ruth Handler.
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Becoming American
A film by Ken Levine
A Hmong refugee family resettles in the United States: Culture shock, prejudice and gradual adaptation.
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Concrete, Steel, & Paint
A film by Cindy Burstein and Tony Heriza
Men in prison. Victims of crime. A daring idea...
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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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Daddy & Papa
A film by Johnny Symons
A story of gay fathers in America
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Deadly Deception - General Electric, Nuclear Weapons, and Our Environment
A film by Debra Chasnoff
Grassroots activists successfully expose a corporate giant's environmental record and push GE out of the deadliest business of all.
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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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Going On 13
A film by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Dawn Valadez
Four girls. Four years. The change of a lifetime.
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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 Elementary - Talking About Gay Issues in School (Educational Training Version)
NEW! A film by Debra Chasnoff
All kids are affected by anti-gay prejudice, and all adults have the ability and responsibility to address it. This Educational Training version of the film, in partnership with the partner 136 page curriculum guide, serves as a guide to community organizing, professional development, and K-8 curriculum.
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It's Elementary—Talking About Gay Issues In School
A film by Debra Chasnoff
The ground- breaking documentary that has inspired thousands of schools to pro-actively address anti-gay prejudice by by incorporating age-appropriate lessons into K-12 curricula.
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Leona's Sister Gerri
A film by Jane Gillooly
A provocative film about abortion
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Let's Get Real
A film by Debra Chasnoff
An in-depth look at name-calling and bullying in middle schools today, told entirely from a youth perspective.
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Los Trabajadores/ The Workers
NEW! A film by Heather Courtney
The American paradox of immigrant labor
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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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No Loitering
A film by Ellen Frankenstein
Teens searching for a place
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Out At Work
A film by Kelly Anderson & 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 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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Tales from Arab Detroit
A film by Joan Mandell
What does it mean to be Arab American? TALES FROM ARAB DETROIT is an intimate community portrait. A visiting Egyptian storyteller/bard provokes an inquiry into issues of Arab heritage and tradition in a quintessential American immigrant community. American born children-- a "7-11 girl", hiphop dancer and rapper among them-- reconcile social and cultural differences with Arab immigrant parents. Through music, poetry and the ironies of everyday life, young people face up to racial discrimination and other socio-political challenges that are simultaneously similar and different than those of youth in other ethnic communities.
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Third Ward TX
A film by Andrew Garrison
Third Ward TX introduces Project Row Houses--the nation's most impressive public art project and a bold experiment in how to build communities.
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To Have and To Hold
A film by Mark Lipman
Men who batter women
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View from a Grain of Sand
A film by Meena Nanji
Three Afghan women tell how international interventions, war, and the rise of political Islam has stripped Afghan women of rights and freedom over the last 30 years.
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