WELCOME TO NEW DEAL FILMS, INC.
We produce and distribute award-winning independent documentary films, from feature-length documentaries to video installations. Our programs have been broadcast in the U.S. and abroad and have won numerous awards at international film festivals. Our films are available as DVDs and Blu-ray discs. We also offer online streaming. Explore the projects below.
FILMS
library stories: books on the backroads
Rural libraries are the educational and social centers of their communities and they have wonderful stories to tell.
BLUE ALCHEMY: STORIES OF INDIGO
A feature-length documentary about indigo, a blue dye that has captured the human imagination for millennia.
AGNES MARTIN: WITH MY BACK TO THE WORLD
A moving documentary on the internationally renowned painter, her work, her life as an artist, and her views about the creative process.
DIEGO RIVERA: I PAINT WHAT I SEE
A biographical film about Diego Rivera. Explores his life and work, including his stormy relationship with Frida Kahlo and the destruction of his famous mural at Rockefeller Center.
DENIM STORIES
A video for installation projection created from archival film shot in a Southern cotton mill in 1922.
ARTISTS AT WORK: A FILM ON THE NEW DEAL ART PROJECTS
Under the WPA and other programs, thousands of artists were able to earn a living while devoting themselves full-time to their art.
CROWVILLE
A short film on the winter roost of American Crows along the Rio Grande in Central New Mexico and the filmmakers’ quest to record it.
order our Films
You can also stream many of our films online by visiting the individual film pages.
