Duke Acquires New Day Films Collection; Groundbreaking Work Will Screen at Full Frame

Image from New Day Film "Growing Up Female" by Jim Klein and Julia Reichert

In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of New Day Films and the acquisition of the New Day Films Collection by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Duke University, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will screen the first films produced by New Day on Friday, April 13. Anything You Want to Be, Betty Tells Her Story, Growing Up Female, and It Happens to Us were the first films produced by New Day Films, the distribution and collective that broke ground by being the first to distribute feminist films in the early 1970s. Along with the screening of the films, there will be a panel discussion with the four founders of New Day on Saturday, April 14.

Friday, April 13, 4:50 p.m.—7:10 p.m.
Fortieth anniversary of New Day Films with screenings of  Anything You Want to Be, Betty Tells Her Story, Growing Up Female, and It Happens to Us
Cinema 1, Carolina Theatre
309 West Morgan Street, Durham, NC
Purchase advance tickets for the screening here.
NOTE: Advance tickets are on sale through April 11; tickets will then be on sale at the festival. Go to fullframefest.org/tickets.php for more information

Saturday, April 14, 9:30 a.m.
“New Day Films: How to Start a Distribution Company” panel discussion
A&E IndieFilms Speakeasy, Carolina Theatre Donor Lounge, 3rd Floor
309 West Morgan Street, Durham, NC
The event is free and open to the public. 

With 120 members and 250 films, New Day Films is a democratic filmmakers cooperative that started in 1971 when filmmakers Liane Brandon, Jim Klein, Julia Reichert, and Amalie R. Rothschild couldn’t find anyone to distribute their feminist films. The organization has grown into a collective with titles that have won an Academy Award and four Emmys, among other awards, and have been broadcast on PBS, HBO, and other outlets. The collection acquired by the Rubenstein Library includes the founding films and organizational records.

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POSTED: 04/4/12 11:02 AM
CATEGORIES: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival • Programs+Projects
TAGS: "Anything You Want to Be" Film • "Betty Tells Her Story" Film • "Growing Up Female" Film • "It Happens to Us" Film • Amalie R. Rothschild • David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library • Full Frame Documentary Film Festival • Jim Klein • Julia Reichert • Liane Brandon • New Day Films