THE NEW MANA feature-length creative documentary by Josh Appignanesi & Devorah BaumA married couple (writer Devorah Baum & filmmaker Appignanesi) turn the camera on themselves as they undergo the sometimes hilarious ordeal of becoming parents in our era of IVF, late reproduction, and the crisis of masculinity. But when life-threatening complications hit, they’re tested to the brink. What emerges is an intimate, moving portrait of a generation going through a revolution that no-one’s talking about. En route we encounter the likes of Zadie Smith, John Berger, Antony Gormley, Slavoj Žižek, Hisham Matar, Darian Leader (20,000 Days on Earth) and David Schneider. It’s a film for anyone who has children, is thinking of having them, or still feels like a child themselves. UK Theatrical release Nov 2016 with Picturehouse All dates and VOD availability: www.thenewmanmovie.com |
Acclaim
“Lovely, personal and abjectly honest… Very funny and poignant.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian ★★★★
"Very, very moving and revealing.. told with great honesty and love" Mark Kermode, BBC5 Wittertainment, Top 5 Pick
“Moving, insightful and beautifully crafted.” David Calhoun, Time Out ★★★★
"Candid introspection and self-interrogation... profoundly moving." Wendy Ide, The Observer ★★★★
"Compelling and revealing" Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro ★★★★
"An entirely new kind of documentary... Challenging and rewarding" The Upcoming ★★★★
“The New Man is a film about maleness, parenthood, mortality, Jewishness and sex. If it had a bit about football, it might be my favourite ever.”
David Baddiel
"Unsparingly intimate... utterly compelling" Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education
"A lightness of touch, poetry even... Most unusual" The Arts Desk ★★★★
“Intimate, moving, painfully revealing - an extraordinary documentary and an exploration of what truly matters in a life and in a marriage.”
Kamila Shamsie
As featured on BBC2's Newsnight, Kermode and Mayo on BBC5Radio, Free Thinking on BBCRadio3, and BBCRadioLondon.
Associate Producers: Sarah Mosses, Mia Bays
Executive Producers: Charlie Phillips, David Baddiel
Funded by The Wellcome Trust
