Events

Introduction

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.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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).

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

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PAST EVENTS

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).

Learn About New Day monthly webinar

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 11am EDT

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