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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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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Betty Tells Her Story
A film by Liane Brandon
The classic film about beauty, identity and a dress.
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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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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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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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Every Mother's Son
A film by Kelly Anderson & Tami Gold
Three women - Kadiatou Diallo, Iris Baez and Doris Busch Boskey - lose sons to police brutality and unite to fight for reform and accountability in law enforcement.
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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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Frontier Youth
NEW! A film by John Kane
Growing up in neighboring towns divided by a steel border fence.
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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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Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
A film by Paco de Onis
Sometimes a film makes history; it doesn’t just document it. So it is with Granito: How to Nail a Dictator”, the astonishing new film by Pamela Yates. Part political thriller, part memoir, Yates transports us back in time through a riveting, haunting tale of genocide and returns to the present with a cast of characters joined by destiny and the quest to bring a malevolent dictator to justice.
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Homes & Hands—Community Land Trusts in Action
A film by Debra Chasnoff
Three communities of low-income residents find new ways to develop permanent affordable housing.
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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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Immigrant Nation!: The Battle for the Dream
NEW! A film by Esau Melendez
The story of the immigrant rights movement and the story of single mother and activist Elvira Arellano who is fighting against her deportation.
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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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It Happens To Us
A film by Amalie R. Rothschild
The classic film plea for women's right to choose
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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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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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Liberty: 3 Stories about Life & Death
A film by Pam Walton
An extraordinary celebration of life & lesbian community.
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Los Trabajadores/ The Workers
NEW! A film by Heather Courtney
The American paradox of immigrant labor
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