NEW DAY FILMS BY
Alexandria Levitt:

Tell Them Who We Are

When The News Went To New Orleans

Alexandria Levitt-Muzquiz has been making documentaries since 1988 when she went to the Republican National Convention and spent a hot, sweaty week following the press and politicians around. Out of that came her political documentary When The News Went To New Orleans, a candid, honest, and often funny look at the craziness surrounding this bizarre national event.

Her next documentary was based in Los Angeles and looks at the difficult circumstances faced by an African-American drill team and drum squad. This film, Tell Them Who We Are, is an insight into a community that is much talked about but rarely given the opportunity to speak for itself.

She most enjoys making films about communities, whether they are in a press trailer with three satellite dishes in New Orleans or a crumbling Parks and Recreation building in South Central Los Angeles.

Alexandria Levitt-Muzquiz is a native Californian. She received her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College where she graduated cum laude and with Honors in History. She received her M.F.A from the University of Southern California, School of Cinema-Television. In addition to her independent films, she has worked for PBS on a number of projects, a ten-part series on Asia called The Pacific Century, and she worked as Associate Producer and Avid Editor on The Great War, a six-part series on World War I, co-produced with the BBC. She has been with New Day Films since 1993.

She lives in California with her husband and two children.