A Program of Recent Acquisitions and Seminal Older Works Celebrating the
Distribution Cooperative's Silver Anniversary
October 6–13, 1996
Founded in 1971 as a distribution cooperative of independent producers whose
works addressed timely social issues, New Day Films now distributes
approximately 100 works that inform and inspire, by some sixty film– and
videomakers from every region of the United States.
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the cooperative, The Museum of Modern Art
presents a selection of New Day's most recent acquisitions and a retrospective
of eleven works by some of its most acclaimed members. New Day Films:
Twenty-Five Years, which also features some of New Day's earliest films, now in
MoMA's film archive, runs from October 6 through October 13.
Founded during the early years of the women's liberation movement, New Day was
first known for distributing feminist films, including Joyce at 34
(1972) by Joyce Chopra and Union Maids (1976) by Julia Reichert. Still
strong in works dealing with gender and socialization, New Day films explore a
wide range of social issues, from mental and physical health to the practice of
American business and the concerns of Native Americans.
