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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Beauty Before Age
A film by Johnny Symons
Growing Older in Gay Culture
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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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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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Drunks
A film by Peter Cohn
The groundbreaking feature film about Alcoholics Anonymous.
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Everyday Heroes
A film by Rick Goldsmith
Youth, race and national service: AmeriCorps behind-the-headlines
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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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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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Gay Youth
A film by Pam Walton
Breaking the silence surrounding gay and lesbian teens.
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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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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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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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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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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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Men are Human, Women are Buffalo
A film by Joanne Hershfield
Interviews and shadow puppetry tell five moving stories about violence against women in Thailand.
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No Loitering
A film by Ellen Frankenstein
Teens searching for a place
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Patriot Guard Riders
NEW! A film by Ellen Frick
Soldier Down, Kickstands Up
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Scout's Honor
A film by Tom Shepard
"To be physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight," is the Boy Scout Oath. Millions of boys have joined. But today, if you are gay, you can't. Witness how one young boy changes the course of Scouting forever. |
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Sun Come Up
NEW! A film by Jennifer Redfearn
An Oscar(R) nominated film about some of the world's first environmental refugees.
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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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That's a Family!
A film by Debra Chasnoff
A poignant, funny, and crucial documentary in which children were asked what they would like other kids to know about their diverse family structures.
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The Long Road Home
A film by Andrea Leland
The odyssey of a young Guatemalan Maya refugee.
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The Lord Is Not On Trial Here Today
NEW! A film by Jay Rosenstein
The Peabody Award-winning story of how separation of church and state began in American public schools, and the courageous woman who made it happen.
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There Once Was An Island:Te Henua e Nnoho
A film by Briar March
The Human Face to Climate Change
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