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New Day Newsletter November Edition

The November E-Newsletter is up and ready for viewing. Learn about new titles and filmmaker news!

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Read this wonderful article on New Day’s 40th

http://www.documentary.org/magazine/it%E2%80%99s-new-day-collective-distribution

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Broadcast Premiere for Sun Come Up

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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New Day Films featured on documentary.org

documentary.org features New Day Films: Read it here!

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New Day Films Invades the Emmys

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

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40th Anniversary Event Sept. 9 & 10

Dear Bandits,

I want to extend an invitation to each of you to attend any or all of the screenings that are scheduled for a special 40th Anniversary event that is to occur at SFState Universally this coming weekend. It is a  class that will bring back to campus New Day members who graduated from SFSU - many, but not all, from the Cinema department. All the local Bay Area folks will be there for a Q&A.

The screenings will be in the Coppola Theater in the basement of the Fine Arts Building and

are without charge to New Day guests. This is a class and it is full (160 students) so kindly rsvp so we can make sure to accommodate anyone who would like to attend. Directions and campus maps are available on the SFSU website.

Hope to see some of you there and it would be helpful to have you rsvp - attendance only.

Pat

Schedule:

Friday, September 9th

4:00 – 4:15	Intro/Orientation
4:15 – 5:30	Going on 13 (dirs. Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Dawn Valadez, 73 min)
5:30 – 6:00	Q & A with Kristy Guevara Flanagan and Dawn Valdez
6:00 – 6:30	Dinner break
6:30 – 7:30	Special Circumstances (dir. Marianne Teleki, 73 min)
7:30 – 7:50	Q & A with filmmaker Marianne Teleki and Hector Salgado
7:50	Short break (5 min)
8:00 – 9:00	Girl Trouble (dirs. Lidia Szajko and Lexi Leban, 60 min)
9:00 – 9:30	Q & A with Lidia Szajko and Lexi Leban

Saturday, September 10th

9:00 – 10:25	Rabbit in the Moon (dir. Emiko Omori, 85 min)
10:25 – 10:50	Q & A with Emiko Omori and Chizu Omori
10:50	Short break (5 min)
11:00 – 11:40	When the Fire Dims (dir. Daniel Golding, 20 min) La Caminata (dir. Jamie Meltzer, 20 min)
11:40 – 12:00	Q & A with Jamie Meltzer
12:00 – 12:30	Lunch break
12:30 – 1:25	Writ Writer (dir. Susanne Mason, 54 min)
1:25 – 1:35	Short break (5 min)
1:35 – 2:35	Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World (dir. Pat Ferrero, 60 min)
2:35 – 3:00	Q & A with Pat Ferrero
3:00	Short break (5 min)
3:10 – 3:50	Bachelorette at 34 (dir. Kara Herold, 40 min)
3:50 – 4:15	Q & A with Kara Herold
4:15 – 4:45	Final discussion and wrap up

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New Day Filmmaker Nominated for Prestigious Documentary Film Prize

New Day member Linda Hoaglund 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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“Granito: How To Nail A Dictator” Gets Founder’s Award At TCFF

Pamela Yates receives the Founder’s Award for our film “Granito: How To Nail A Dictator” at the Traverse City Film Festival (I’m behind the iPhone). The TCFF is an amazing film festival started by Michael Moore that I’m sure all New Day members would love. It is run by 850 volunteers from the community with only 2 paid positions, and is the most organized, filmmaker friendly festival I have ever attended. A truly exemplary community effort!

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PBS ITVS Presents Free Online Film Festival

Greetings New Day Film-lovers!

PBS’s Independent Television Service (ITVS) is commemorating its 20th anniversary with a free online film festival featuring 20 compelling documentaries from July 25-September 23.

Two of them are New Day Films favorites: Johnny Symons’ “Daddy and Papa,” and Rick Goldsmith’s “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers.”

We like to point out that New Day Films distributes more than three dozen ITVS-funded films… and that ITVS came about because of the pioneering work of independent filmmakers and visionary programmers. We’re proud to be part of that legacy and thrilled that ITVS is sharing some of this great work with audiences this summer.

Link here to New Day’s Johnny Symons on his experience with ITVS

Link here to the ITVS free online film festival

By the way… what’s your favorite independent documentary film this summer?  Leave us a comment and let us know~

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Congratulations to New Day Filmmakers nominated for Emmy Awards!

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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