NEW DAY FILMS BY
Kelly Anderson:

Every Mother's Son

Producer's Web Site:
www.andersongoldfilms.com

Kelly Anderson is an award-winning independent producer and director of documentary and narrative films/videos. Her most recent production is EVERY MOTHER'S SON, a documentary for ITVS about mothers whose children have been killed by police officers and who have become national spokespeople on the issue of police brutality, which she produced and directed (with Tami Gold) and edited. EVERY MOTHER'S SON premiered at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the prestigious Audience Award, and aired on PBS' national P.O.V. series, which garnered it a nomination for an Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Individual Achivement in a Craft: Directing." It is distributed by New Day Films.

In 2004, Kelly also produced, directed and edited OVERCOMING THE ODDS, a short documentary about the groundbreaking Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which will set global standards on the promotion and marketing of tobacco. OVERCOMING THE ODDS premiered at the World Social Forum in Mumbai, India, and has more than 2,500 copies in distribution as part of a successful international campaign to ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the first global public health treaty. This film is a follow-up to MAKING A KILLING, a half-hour documentary she produced and directed (with Tami Gold) and edited that addresses the marketing practices of the tobacco industry in the developing world. MAKING A KILLING won a Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, was screened for delegates at the World Health Organization and has been aired on television in Nigeria, Serbia, Lagos and Vietnam. In 2000, Kelly completed SHIFT, a one-hour drama for ITVS about the volatile relationship between a North Carolina waitress and a telemarketing prison inmate, which premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival and aired on PBS stations across the United States. Kelly's past documentaries include OUT AT WORK (with Tami Gold), which was screened at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast on the HBO series America Undercover. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Film Institute (NEA), and the New York State Council on the Arts and has received production grants from ITVS and the Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media. She is currently also working on GREAT UNKNOWNS, a feature-length drama based on the life of legendary song poem musician Rodd Keith and FAVORITE THINGS, a documentary about clutter, collecting, hoarding and Americans' relationships with their "stuff.".

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