Citizen Film

09/19/2025

🎬 What does death, dying, and grief look like through a global lens? Join us and our “PROGNOSIS - notes on living” outreach partner International End of Life Doula Association for Thanatology Around the World - a powerful conversation that challenges how we understand death care across cultures.
🔗 Register Here: https://inelda.org/webinar/september-webinar-thanatology-around-the-world/

INELDA educator Wilka Roig, Transpersonal Psychologist & Cole Imperi, founder of the School of American Thanatology will examine how different cultures approach end-of-life care - and what we can learn from each other. Get ready for eye-opening discussions!

💰 Free for International End of Life Doula Association (INELDA) members | $15 for non-members

Thanatology Around the World Wednesday, April 30th, 2025, 7pm – 8:30pm ET Our February webinar is open to all INELDA members as part of membership *September Webinar* Thanatology Around the World

09/18/2025

Teaching with great doc stories today is harder than ever, so check out our BACK TO SCHOOL SALE this Fall!

Here's to everyone who made these films possible: Debra Chasnoff, Helen S. Cohen, Johnny Symons, Mimi Kim Klausner, Katharine Meredith Stilley

CLICK LINKS BELOW TO GET 20% OFF all GroundSpark titles*:

It's Elementary - Talking About Gay Issues in School - by Debra Chasnoff & Helen S. Cohen
Film Link - https://www.newday.com/films/its-elementary-talking-about-gay-issues-in-school

It's STILL Elementary - The movie & movement addressing homophobia in schools - by Debra Chasnoff & Johnny Symons
Film Link - https://www.newday.com/films/its-still-elementary

That's a Family! - What kids want us to know about what "family" means today - by Debra Chasnoff & Helen S. Cohen
Film Link - https://www.newday.com/films/thats-a-family

Let's Get Real - Name-calling, bullying & bias among middle school aged students - by Debra Chasnoff & Helen S. Cohen
Film Link - https://www.newday.com/films/lets-get-real

Straightlaced - How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up
Film Link - https://www.newday.com/films/straightlaced-how-genders-got-us-all-tied-up

Choosing Children - The film that helped jumpstart the le***an baby boom - - by Debra Chasnoff & Mimi Klausner
Film Link - https://www.newday.com/films/choosing-children

Deadly Deception - General Electric, Nuclear Weapons, and Our Environment
Film Link - https://www.newday.com/films/deadly-deception-general-electric-nuclear-weapons-and-our-environment

Homes & Hands - Community Land Trusts in Action - - by Helen S. Cohen & Debra Chasnoff
Film Link - https://www.newday.com/films/homes-hands-community-land-trusts-in-action

One Wedding and a Revolution - Stories from the first gay marriage in America - by Debra Chasnoff & Kate Stilley Steiner
Film Link - https://www.newday.com/films/one-wedding-and-a-revolution

* Use discount code BACK2025 on checkout - offer good through September 20th! 😊

09/18/2025

🎬 Join us tomorrow for the 23rd Oakland International Film Festival at the historic Grand Lake Theater for a screening of If We Don’t Work, an iconic story straight out of Bayview Hunters Point!!

"If We Don't Work," directed by Kevin Epps and produced by Citizen Film, honors the legacy of James Richards, a lifelong activist & founder of Aboriginal Blackman United from Bayview Hunters Point whose fight for fair employment has reshaped his community and San Francisco as a whole. ❤️🖤💚

📅 September 18th, from 4pm - 6pm
📍3200 Grand Avenue Oakland, California 94610 United States, Oakland, CA

🎟️Spread the word and grab your tickets from the link below while supplies last!!!
https://www.oiff.org/.../day-9-thursday-september-18th.../

09/16/2025

🎬 Join us for the 23rd Oakland International Film Festival at the historic Grand Lake Theater for a screening of If We Don’t Work, an iconic story straight out of Bayview Hunters Point!

"If We Don't Work," directed by Kevin Epps and produced by Citizen Film, honors the legacy of James Richards, a lifelong activist & founder of Aboriginal Blackman United from Bayview Hunters Point whose fight for fair employment has reshaped his community and San Francisco as a whole. ❤️🖤💚

📅 September 18th, from 4pm - 6pm
📍3200 Grand Avenue Oakland, California 94610 United States, Oakland, CA

🎟️Spread the word and grab your tickets from the link below while supplies last!!!
https://www.oiff.org/events/united-states/california/oakland/day-9-thursday-september-18th-400-p-m-600-p-m-making-waves-the-rise-of-asian-american-5730-we-cant-breathe-2045-if-we-dont-work-2005/

09/12/2025

BACK-2-SCHOOL SALE!: Power Up Your Classroom with GroundSpark docs at New Day Films. Use discount code BACK2025 on checkout - offer good through Sept 30!

CLICK HERE to see the collection: https://www.newday.com/filmmakers/debra-chasnoff

Here's to everyone who made these films possible: Debra Chasnoff, Helen S. Cohen, Symons, Klausner, Katharine Meredith Stilley and many many more!

09/10/2025

Viva La Revolucion! Catch Debra Chasnoff classic films - “One Wedding and a Revolution” and “Deadly Deception” - screening this Saturday on Governors Island in NYC. BIG PROPS to Filmshop & Kate Levy for presenting this landmark event that explores 50+ years of feminist & social justice filmmaking at New Day Films!

The retrospective includes films from Liane Brandon, Amalie Rothschild, Jezebel Productions, Viviane Silvera, Chithra Jeyaram, Deaf Jam and Charles Ablemann.

Saturday, 09/13 - 12:00-4:00 - FilmShop House at Governors Island

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-day-the-evolution-of-a-feminist-social-justice-film-collective-tickets-1664843835729?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/04/2025

SEE YOU TONIGHT for Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema’s Film Crawl on Mission and 9th 🍿
We’ll be screening some selections by Citizen Film at at 7, 8, and 9pm 🎥

Check out the rest of the lineup and register at https://bhoutdoorcine.org/outdoor-cinema-season/film-crawl-on-mission-2025/

08/28/2025

We’re so excited to partner with on their Film Crawl on Mission Street 🍿🎥 Come on out and join us to experience the incredible lineup of films we’ve curated!

📅 Thursday, September 4 – hourly screenings 🕖 7, 8, & 9 PM 📍at

Check out the other fantastic films and register at https://bhoutdoorcine.org/outdoor-cinema-season/film-crawl-on-mission-2025/

08/25/2025

Grieving the loss of artist and advocate Malcolm Margolin. We had the pleasure of profiling him in a short film when he won San Francisco Foundation’s 2008 Community Leadership Award. Like many, we were inspired by his 40+ years of work promoting California’s diverse cultures and bringing voice, visibility, and value to multicultural, multilingual communities.

08/18/2025

Voting is open until August 24th! https://bit.ly/4fJRVLw

Vote now to help launch American Creed project at SXSW EDU

Young people across the nation are making their voices heard about America's democratic ideals as they express their visions for the future of their communities. To bring this conversation to SXSW EDU 2026, the National Writing Project, Citizen Film, and KQED Education need your help! Vote for two opportunities to support content that develops civic skills and agency:

1) Shifting Gears: a NASCAR Racer on Autism and Mediamaking: https://bit.ly/4fJRVLw
2) PBS’ American Creed: a National Youth Media Challenge: https://bit.ly/3UrFNVD

Armani Williams

08/05/2025

🗳️ HELP GET AMERICAN CREED TO SXSW!

Citizen Film’s panel “PBS’ American Creed: a National Youth Media Challenge” is in consideration for SXSW, but we need your help! Vote now to bring two of the new American Creed PBS series young co-creators Sam Schimmel and Trinity Colón to SXSW 2026 with moderator KQED Education’s Almetria Vaba, and explore youth-driven approaches to building democracy.

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