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In this black and white still from the film, a young woman triumphantly holds up a sign that reads “Sandy For Class President.” The word ‘President’ is crossed out and underneath is written “Secretary”. She’s onstage at a lectern. Film title "Anything You Want To Be" and festival award laurels.

Anything You Want To Be by Liane Brandon

Featured Films

Honoring women’s contributions to shaping the future

Band of Sisters

A retro look at one the largest marches for women's lives in U.S. History.

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Remittance

Finding Freedom In Servitude

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Sometimes I Wonder Who I Am

In the early days of the Women's Movement, a young mother examines her limited choices.

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All of Us

Women, this film could save your life.

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Triptych: 3 Women Making Art

Three women in their '70's let us eavesdrop on their creative lives.

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Taking The Heat

The daring story of the first women firefighters of New York City

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Anything You Want To Be

A teenager's humorous collision with gender role stereotypes.

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Betty Tells Her Story

The classic film about beauty, identity and a dress.

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The Double Burden: Three Generations of Working Mothers

Three families, three generations of mothers who work outside the home

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Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America

One Woman's Desperate Journey; a Revolution at a Crossroads

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Still Doing It: The Intimate Lives of Women Over 65

Challenging ageist notions

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Raging Grannies: The Action League

Watch out for these women!

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Hippie Family Values

Three generations of life at a communal ranch in New Mexico

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New Releases

All New Releases

The Highest Standard

Can students from under-resourced public middle schools in greater Boston gain acceptance in New England’s most competitive private boarding schools?

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The Art of Exile

Three short films reveal the unbreakable spirit of artists defying censorship, imprisonment, and exile through creativity and courage.

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Growing Through COVID-19

A family fights to save their multi-generational business during COVID-19.

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Emergent City

Real estate confronts democracy on NYC's last industrial waterfront

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Thirteen

A determined mother fights tradition for her disabled daughter's right to a Bat Mitzvah.

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Expanding Sanctuary

An immigrant mother’s fight sparks a community’s battle against ICE

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Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World Is Changing)

As climate change affects a Yup'ik village in coastal Alaska, the community demonstrates resilience and pride.

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Farming While Black

"The film uplifts the rising generation of Black farmers reclaiming their rightful ownership to land and reconnecting with their ancestral roots. "

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Two Rivers

An inspirational knockout about a DACA Dreamer who became his American town's first pro boxer.

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The Fourth Partition

The History of Polish Immigrants at the Dawn of the 20th Century.

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Amma's Pride

With her mother’s support, a trans woman fights for legal and societal acceptance of her marriage in India.

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Band of Sisters

A retro look at one the largest marches for women's lives in U.S. History.

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Time Passages

A son struggles to connect with his mother living with dementia.

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Many Fires This Time: We the 100 Million

A poetic documentary about the one in three Americans living in economic insecurity.

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How To Power A City

We know Americans want to use solar and wind energy to power their homes and cities. What is stopping us? For some, nothing.

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Borderland | The Line Within

The United States border is not just a geographical location - the border is everywhere.

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Duties of My Heart

Deaf ASL poet Terrylene and dancers illuminate Barbara Barg's poem of resilience, "a revolutionary act in Barg's world."

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Whose Water?

Across the United States, millions of people lack access to safe, affordable water and sanitation.

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What I Want You To Know

A film about veterans, moral injury, and the post-9/11 wars

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Samurai in the Oregon Sky

A story of reconciliation between a Japanese pilot and American citizens, years after a little-known WWII attack.

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Subject Areas

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Human Rights

International Relations and Global Issues

Disabilities

Religion, Theology and Ethics

Anthropology

Law and Criminal Justice

Children, Youth and Families

Ethnic Studies

Gender and Sexuality

What’s New at New Day Films

Reclaiming the meaning of independence and documentary film

A still from the New Day film Sin Pais. The backs of three family members holding hands, a small child in the middle. They walk on a sandy path with tall grass on either side.

Honoring the Lives and Legacies of Bob Richter and Richard Cox

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Meet New Day: Joanne Hershfield

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