Location: Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater
New Day Films 50th Anniversary Series
Duke University's Archive of Documentary Arts and Screen/Society, along with the Power Plant Gallery, are proud to present four days of screenings and discussions celebrating more than 50 years of New Day Films.
Day 3: Shorts Program (TRT: 121 min)
Deadly Deception - General Electric, Nuclear Weapons, and Our Environment
(Debra Chasnoff, 1991, 27min, USA, English, Digital)
The Academy Award-winning Deadly Deception juxtaposes GE's rosy "We Bring Good Things To Life" commercials with the true stories of workers and neighbors whose lives have been devastated by the company's involvement in building nuclear bombs.
A Cerebral Game
(Reid Davenport, 2017, 7min, USA, English, Digital)
Baseball was so much more than a game for Reid Davenport when he was growing up. It was about belonging and being a teammate, despite having cerebral palsy. In this intimately personal film, Reid explores the parallel between his adolescent loneliness and his ultimate rejection of the game he loved.
Bachelorette, 34
(Kara Herold, 2009, 30min, USA, English, Digital)
Kara's mother is obsessed with getting her daughter married. Kara, a single artist and filmmaker in San Francisco, has her doubts. Through the microcosm of her often hilarious interactions with her mom, Kara Herold's Bachelorette, 34 examines the pressure society puts on women to find "Mr. Right."
Cruisin’ J-Town
(Duane Kubo & Visual Communications, 1975, 24min, USA, English, Digital)
Cruisin' J-Town celebrates the music and influences of contemporary Asian American culture on Dan Kuramoto, June Okida Kuramoto, and Johnny Mori — three musicians who make up the core of the jazz fusion band Hiroshima. Directed by Duane Kubo, one of the founding members of the vanguard Asian American media arts organization, Visual Communications.
Becoming Johanna
(Jonathan Skurnik, 2016, 27min, USA, English, Digital)
When Johanna, a 16-year-old transgender Latina, begins her transition and gets kicked out of her home and school, she finds a foster family who loves her and a supportive school principal who helps her graduate and thrive.
Related event - Wed Oct 19, 7:00pm:
Virtual discussion with New Day Films founders Julia Reichert, Jim Klein, Liane Brandon, and Amalie R. Rothschild.
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As we welcome audiences back for in-person screening events, we are prioritizing the health and safety of our extended community. Keeping each other safe during events will require collaboration and we are grateful for your support. Screen/Society and the Rubenstein Arts Center will adhere to all university, local, and state regulations on and off campus, which are subject to change on short notice depending on public health conditions.
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Contact: Hank Okazaki
Email: hokazak@duke.edu
Sponsor: Duke University Archive of Documentary Arts
Co-Sponsors: Cinematic Arts, Power Plant Gallery, Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program, MFA Experimental and Documentary Arts Program, Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History & Culture
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