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2025 Festival
September 26-28
Our 21st year
Newburyport
Documentary
Film
Festival
NBPT DOCU FEST


THE WATCH CLUB
THE WATCH CLUB: FLY WITH ME
“They wanted to see the world and ended up changing it.” That’s the tag line for FLY WITH ME, the new documentary about the hidden history of flight attendants from Sarah Colt and Helen Dobrowski. At a time when single women couldn’t eat alone in a restaurant, get a credit card, or get access to birth control, generations of women signed on to become “stewardesses,” a new job that promised travel, adventure, and freedom.'
FLY WITH ME has just been nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Historical Documentary category.
Watch FLY WITH ME, now streaming on the PBS website and on Kanopy (the library-supported video platform). Watch the interview with co-directors Sarah Colt and Helen Dobrowski


Keep the conversation going throughout the year in THE WATCH CLUB. It's like a book club, but for documentaries. Each month we'll recommend a new documentary to stream, then invite you to join us on YouTube and Facebook for a live online Q&A with the filmmaker.

Under missile strikes and roaring fighter jets, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become.
Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.
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PORCELAIN WAR - Filmmaker Interview

Our 2024 Festival Winners






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Young Emerging Filmmakers: THE PAHLEVAN ON 5TH AVE


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