October 12, 2011 stacys
Sun Come Up will have its broadcast premiere on HBO2 - October 12 at 8pm! Directed by Jennifer Redfearn, Sun Come Up is an ACADEMY AWARD® nominated film that shows the human face of climate change.
The film documents the relocation of the Carteret Islanders, a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean, and now, some of the world’s first environmental refugees.
When climate change threatens their survival, the islanders face a painful decision. They must leave their ancestral land in search of a new place to call home. Sun Come Up follows a group of young islanders as they search for land and build relationships in war-torn Bougainville, 50 miles across the open ocean.
Sun Come Up provokes discussion about climate change, displacement, and the rights of vulnerable communities around the globe.
Now Available from New Day Films: www.newday.com/films/suncomeup.html
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August 9, 2011 stacys
New Day member Linda Hoag
lund reports that ANPO: Art X War has been nominated by the Japanese government’s Agency of Cultural Affairs for its prestigious, annual Documentary Film Prize.
Results will be announced in October, 2011. Filmmaker, Linda Hoaglund, is especially honored by the nomination because it will help to highlight the oil paintings and artwork featured in her film.
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July 19, 2011 stacys
New Day Films is proud to announce that four films in the collection have been nominated for Emmy Awards in the 32nd Annual News & Documentary Categories. For Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story-Long Form, Rebecca Richman Cohen, Director/Producer of “War Don Don,” and S. Leo Chiang, Producer/Director of “A Village Called Versailles.” For Outstanding Informational Programming-Long Form, Stephanie Wang-Breal, Director/Producer of “Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy.” For New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming: Documentaries, Jen Gilomen and Sally Rubin Producer/Directors of “Deep Down??A Story From the Heart of Coal Country, The Virtual Mine.” “War Don Don” was also nominated for Outstanding Editing, and filmmaker member Rebecca Snedeker’s recent work was nominated in the Outstanding Historical Programming-Long Form category. Congratulations to these filmmakers!
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July 27, 2010 stacys
Special Circumstances, a documentary about a former Chilean political prisoner who returns to Chile 30 years later, camera in hand, to confront those responsible for his own torture and the death of his friends, has been nominated for a “Rockie” at the Banff World Television Festival in Canada next week. Wish us luck!
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June 8, 2010 stacys
Special Circumstances, a documentary about a former Chilean political prisoner who returns to Chile 30 years later, camera in hand, to confront those responsible for his own torture and the death of his friends, has been nominated for a “Rockie” at the Banff World Television Festival in Canada next week. Wish us luck!
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January 15, 2010 stacys
Alex Nicholson and Jarrod Chlapowski, two openly gay Army veterans who appear in ASK NOT.
Ask Not has been nominated for Outstanding Documentary at the 21st Annual Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards. The award-winning documentary, which aired on PBS’ Independent Lens in 2009, explores how the “don’t ask, don’t tell†policy affects the lives of gays and lesbians serving in the military.
Since its release, the film has been used extensively in university classrooms and community groups to spark discussion about current Congressional attempts to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell.â€
The GLAAD Media Awards aims to “recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.†The winners in each category, ranging from wide release film to newspaper coverage, will be announced at one of three ceremonies in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco in March, April, and June.
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