From now through the end of February, purchase one copy of WHEN I CAME HOME and receive an additional (public performance) copy to share with your colleagues and local veterans groups.
Just write “2-for-1 DVD Deal” in the comments area on your order form. Contact dan@whenicamehome.com for an additional discount!
WHEN I CAME HOME is a film about homeless veterans in America: from those who served in Vietnam to those returning from the current war in Iraq. The film looks at the challenges faced by returning combat veterans and the battle many must fight for the benefits promised to them. Through the story of Herold Noel, an Iraq War veteran suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and living in his car in Brooklyn, WHEN I CAME HOME reveals a failing system and the veteran’s struggle to survive after returning from the war.
New Day film The Shrimp by Keith Wilson has won the Best Cinematography Award at the 2011-12 Nextframe Film Festival.
Sponsored by the University Film & Video Association, the touring festival is in it’s 18th year and just may visit your neck of the woods.
Congratulations to Keith and his crew on this prestigious award!
This September, six films and seven filmmakers from New Day Films garnered a total of seven Emmy nominations, an extraordinary total:
Kiran Deol’s gripping and powerful Woman Rebel, one soldier’s revolution from the jungles of Nepal to the halls of Parliament, was nominated for Outstanding Research. Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO) writes: “The provocative nature of the film is its subject matter. It personalizes the violence of this bloody conflict through the experiences of one woman.” An HBO Documentary.
Stephanie Wang-Breal’s tender and absorbing Wo Ai Ni Mommy (I Love You, Mommy), the story of how Fang Sui Yong became Faith Sadowski, was nominated for Outstanding Informational Programming. Library Journal writes: “This film is a no-holds-barred approach to foreign adoption,m a mixture of anxiety and hope.” A POV broadcast on PBS.
Rebecca Richman Cohen’s compelling and complex War Don Don, a nation facing its wartime past through the trial of a rebel leader in Sierra Leone, copped two Emmy nominations, for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story and for Outstanding Editing. Video Librarian comments: “War Don Don is a triumph of agenda-free nonfiction filmmaking &It’s among the year’s finest documentaries.” An HBO Documentary.
Leo Chiang’s stunning and poignant A Village Called Versailles, one community’s political awakening in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, was nominated for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story-Long Form. Video Librarian writes: “[Village] offers an important sociological examination of how Vietnamese immigrants have assimilated into the U.S. mainstream “Highly recommended.” An Independent Lens broadcast on PBS.
Sally Rubin’s and Jen Gilomen’s moving and insightful Deep Down, a story from the heart of coal country centering around mountaintop removal, was nominated for New Approaches to News and Documentary. Huffington Post comments: “Deep Down is a revelatory film, breathtakingly poignant and poetic, and goes beyond the politics of protest to look at the inexorably connected lives of Appalachian residents.” An Independent Lens broadcast on PBS.
The Primetime Emmy nominations included the latest film co-produced by this correspondent. Rick Goldsmith’s and Judith Ehrlich’s political thriller The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, was nominated for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking. New York Magazine opines: “Riveting! [The Most Dangerous Man is] a straight-ahead, enthralling story of moral courage.” The movie offers one revelatory interview after another. Critics’ pick!” A POV broadcast on PBS.
Congratulations to all of the New Day Films 2011 Emmy nominees, and may each of the films have a long and continuous life, especially in the educational arena, stimulating young minds to discussion, debate, and new ways of thinking about the world. -Rick Goldsmith
THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY, long-time member Jay Rosenstein’s newest film about the separation of church and state in public schools, has recently won several awards. The film won two Emmy Awards (out of three nominations), for Best Historical Documentary and Best Writing, both in the Mid-America region. It has also just been named as a winner of a CINE Golden Eagle in the History category of the Professional Telecast Non-Fiction Division. It is Jay’s third CINE Golden Eagle, the others awarded to his other New Day Films, IN WHOSE HONOR?, and THE AMASONG CHORUS SINGING OUT.
WINGS OF DEFEAT, recently broadcast on the PBS Independent Lens series, was awarded the 2009 OAH ERIK BARNOUW AWARD by the Organization of American Historians. The Erik Barnouw Award, first given in 1983, honors the late Erik Barnouw, a historian of the mass media. The award is given annually to a film concerned with American history. Wings of Defeat was directed by Linda Hoaglund.
American Documentary|POV Award and the Audience Award (determined by online voting) goes to “A Healing Art”. The audience has spoken! The 2009 International Documentary Challenge by Team Fly On The Wall from Seattle, Washington, USA. Directed by New Day filmmaker Ellen Frick. “A Healing Art” delves into the world of artificial eye makers as they rekindle hope for victims of tragedy. Congratulations to Team Fly On The Wall!
