Wednesday, October 19, 2022

DUKE ARCHIVES! CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF NEW DAY FILMS OCT 19-22


NewYork Women in Film and Television 

DUKE ARCHIVE TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF NEW DAY FILMS OCT 19-22

In celebration of 50 years of groundbreaking documentaries by New Day Films filmmakers, Duke University’s Archive of Documentary Arts, which holds the New Day Films collection, Screen/Society and the Power Plant Gallery will be hosting four days of screenings and discussions October 19-22. The Founders Virtual Conversation will be on October 19 at 7:00pm. The screenings October 20-22 are in person at the Rubenstein Arts Center, Duke University, Durham, NC.

New Day Films, founded in 1971 as a filmmaker-owned co-op, has documented the history of a wide range of social movements, from the nascent womens movement to anti-war activism, labor struggles, the fight for LGBTQ and disability rights, racial equality and other issues confronting society in the U.S. and abroad.

The Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film & Television is proud to have preserved these early works of Liane Brandon, Julia Reichert and Jim Kleinfeatured in this discussion and programming. NYWIFT member, Amalie R. Rothschild’s film, It Happens to Us, among others, have been restored by IndieCollect.

It is easy to forget that archives are living things,” says Caitlin Margaret Kelly, curator of the Duke archive. Too often we see them as containing objects of the past, but what an archive really includes is the ability to revisit that past, to offer new insight, understanding, and reckoning…”

Wednesday, October 19 at 7:00pm ET – Founders’ Virtual Conversation
The first of four days of events will be an online discussion with the founders of New Day. Amalie R. Rothschild, Jim Klein, Liane Brandon and Julia Reichert will be featured with a Q & A to follow.

Thursday, October 20 at 7:00 pm ET – Founders’ in-Person Film Screening
Growing up Female (51 mins, 1971) by Julie Reichert and Jim Klein produced in 1971 was a trail blazing examination of the forces that shape womens socialization as shown in vignettes of six women ages 4 to 35. Preserved by the Women’s Film Preservation Fund.

Anything You Want to Be (8 mins, 1971) by Liane Brandon is a series of comical vignettes where a bright high school girl finds that, despite her parents’ assurance that she can be “anything she wants to be,” she is repeatedly foiled by social expectations and media stereotypes. Preserved by the Women’s Film Preservation Fund.

Betty Tells Her Story (20 mins, 1972) by Liane Brandon is the poignant tale of beauty, identity and a dress that explores the ways in which clothing and appearance affect a womans identity. Preserved by the Women’s Film Preservation Fund.

It Happens to Us (32 mins, 1972) by Amalie R. Rothschild is particularly timely in light of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe vs Wade, as we learn the personal stories of a wide range of women both rich and poor, young and old, black and white, married and unmarried, as to why ending a pregnancy must remain an available choice. Preserved by IndieCollect.

 

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