Events

New Day Films hosts regular events for the educational and filmmaking communities. Check out what’s happening next and please, come join us.

Upcoming events

Reframe & Refresh monthly webinar

Reframe and Refresh is New Day Film’s monthly series gathering educators, filmmakers, librarians and community leaders for refreshing conversations that reframe our perspectives.

Reframe & Refresh: New Perspectives on Asian and Muslim Identity in America
Online Event, Thursday, April 25 at 2pm ET

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Join us for this engaging conversation on "New Perspectives on Asian and Muslim Identity in America.” We'll hear from Sofian Khan, producer of "An Act of Worship," and Julie Mallozzi, director of "Monkey Dance" and "Once Removed". These filmmakers will discuss their work and how it examines different facets of Asian American and Muslim American identity. The conversation will be moderated by Larissa Lam, director of "Far East Deep South."

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Reframe and Refresh: "The Power of Advocacy in Film"
Online Event, Thursday, March 28 at 2pm ET

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Join us for this engaging conversation on “The Power of Advocacy in Film” with Melody C. Miller, director of California’s Forgotten Children, Maggie Burnette Stogner, director of Upstream Downriver, and Dr. Angela J. Aguayo, Associate Professor of Media & Cinema Studies; Acting Director of the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The conversation will be moderated by Chithra Jeyaram, director of Foreign Puzzle.

We'll learn from the filmmakers about how their documentary films have been used as tools in fighting child trafficking and advocating for water equity and climate justice. We'll also discuss why film is an effective medium for affecting policy change. How can you utilize films to influence policy makers and stakeholders? What are other strategies using film to make long-term impact? Auto-captions will be available.

REFRAME & REFRESH is a series for the education and filmmaking community to have refreshing conversations that reframe our perspectives.

Reframe and Refresh: "Examining Labor Movements, Then and Now"
Wednesday, December 6 at 2pm EST

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Join us for this engaging conversation on “Examining Labor Movements, Then and Now” with Yael Bridge, co-director of When We Fight, Adrian Prawica, director of Haymarket: The Bomb, The Anarchists, The Labor Struggle, and Dr. Kendrick B. Roberson, Lecturer at UCLA’s Institute for Research on Labor & Employment and Chair of the American Federation of Government Employees’s YOUNG Committee. The conversation will be moderated by Pam Sporn (dir. With a Stroke of the Chaveta and Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route).

We'll delve into the historical context for worker's rights, as seen in Haymarket, and gain a fresh perspective on modern day labor movements, as seen in When We Fight.

Reframe and Refresh: "Exploring Global Connections Through Korean Adoptees & Teaching in China"
Wednesday, October 25 at 2pm ET

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Join us for this engaging conversation on “Exploring Global Connections Through Korean Adoptees & Teaching in China” with Charles Abelmann, director of English Hustle, Glenn Morey, director of Side by Side: Out of a South Korean Orphanage and Into the World, and Dr. Joseph Ho, Associate Professor of History at Albion College. The conversation will be moderated by Deann Borshay Liem (Geographies of Kinship).

We'll discuss globalization and cross-cultural connection through the lens of globally-based English as a Foreign Language teachers remotely working in China (as seen in English Hustle) and Korean-born, inter-country adoptees questioning their identity (as seen in Side by Side).

Reframe and Refresh: Redefining Women’s Roles Through Film
Wednesday, Sept 27 at 2pm ET

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How have women’s roles changed at home & work in last 50 yrs? Join us to discuss stay-at-home moms, truck drivers & more. New Day Films co-founder, Liane Brandon (Sometimes I Wonder Who I Am, Anything You Want to Be) will be on the panel along with Dr. Shilyh Warren, Asst. Professor Arts & Film Studies University of Texas Dallas and Amy C. Reid, director of Long Haulers. The panel will be moderated by filmmaker Harleen Singh (Drawn Together: Comics, Diversity and Stereotypes).

You will receive the link to join the discussion in your email after registration. Auto-captions will be available.

Reframe and Refresh: "Understanding Memory, Family Trauma and Divorce Through Film"
Thursday, June 1 at 2pm ET

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Join us for this important conversation on “Understanding Memory, Family Trauma and Divorce Through Film.” Hear from Ellen Bruno, director of Split and Split UP: The TEEN Years, Viviane Silvera, director of See Memory, R. John Williams, Associate Professor of English and Film & Media Studies at Yale University and Alan Oda, Professor of Psychology at Azusa Pacific University. The conversation will be moderated by Chithra Jeyaram (Foreign Puzzle).

Reframe and Refresh: "Disability in the Arts"
Thursday April 27 at 2pm ET

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Join us for this important conversation on “Disability in the Arts” with Nomy Lamm, Creative Director of Sins Invalid, a disability justice based performance project and filmmaker behind Loving With Three Hearts / Amar con tres corazones, Maria Palacios, a performer with Sins Invalid, Victor Ilyukhin, director of Two and Twenty Troubles about performers with disabilities trying to make it in New York City, and Alex Locust, community organizer, educator, and artist celebrating the work of disability justice activists. Moderated by Cheryl Green, (Who Am I To Stop It).

You will receive the link to join the discussion in your email after registration. Auto-captions will be available.

Reframe and Refresh: "Dismantling Myths About Race"
Thursday, March 23rd at 2pm ET

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Join us for this important conversation on “Dismantling Myths About Race” through film with filmmakers, T. Geronimo Johnson and Josh Aaseng (Manifest Destiny Jesus), Jon Osaki (Not Your Model Minority), and Dr. Candice Robinson, Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of North Carolina, Wilmington. We’ll examine myths about Blacks, Asians and a White Jesus as well as reflect on the societal impact of perpetuating false perceptions about race. We'll discuss the films Manifest Destiny Jesus , which examines how portraying Jesus as white has reinforced cultural divides and Not Your Model Minority, whichshows how the Asian model minority myth has been used to create a wedge between communities of color. The panel will be moderated by Larissa Lam (Far East Deep South).

You will receive the link to join this virtual discussion in your email after registration. Auto-captions will be available.

Reframe and Refresh: Examining Films on Resistance Movements
Thursday, Feb 23rd at 2pm EST

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Join us online for an insightful conversation on “Examining Films on Resistance Movements” as part of our ongoing Reframe & Refresh series. This discussion will explore different ways that filmmakers have documented resistance, protest and advocacy within social movements. Join Kelly Anderson, director of Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Copper Square, Lisa Molomot, director of Safe Haven and Betty Yu, multimedia artist, activist and co-founder of Chinatown Art Brigade for sneak peaks at these new films and an exciting conversation. Moderated by Pam Sporn, New Day Films, director of Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route.

Video Trust Conference "Diversity in Media Collections: Voices from Distributors and Librarians" Panel

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October 17, 2022 - 1:15pm ET

Join New Day Steering Committee members, Myles Matsuno (Acquisitions) and Larissa Lam (Marketing), alongside other distributors and librarians to discuss diversity, inclusion and accessibility. This virtual conference is free for Video Trust Members.

Reframe & Refresh monthly webinar

Reframe and Refresh is New Day Film’s monthly series gathering educators, filmmakers, librarians and community leaders for refreshing conversations that reframe our perspectives.

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October 26th, 2022 -2:00pm ET

Historical and Contemporary Latinx Political Narratives

Join us for our next Reframe and Refresh with filmmakers Catherine Murphy, director of Silvio Rodriguez: My First Calling, Kate Way, director of Stop Time, and David Hernández, Associate Professor of Latina/o studies at Mount Holyoke College exploring historical and contemporary political narratives from the Latinx community. The panel will be moderated by Brenda Ávila-Hanna, New Day Films and director of Vida Diferida (Life, Deferred).

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