The New Man
75 mins
A creative documentary about becoming a parent... and how to reconceive yourself. Fiction director Josh Appignanesi turns the camera on himself and his wife as they undergo the ordeal of becoming parents in the era of man-children and assisted reproduction. Faced with fatherhood, Josh spirals comically into an envious career funk. But life-threatening complications emerge- the couple are tested to the brink, confronting shattering losses. It's a portrait of our generation going through a revolution in reproduction- forced to find new ways to think about ourselves as creative beings. We hear from Slavoj Žižek, John Berger, Darian Leader (20,000 Days) and Zadie Smith. Universal yet still taboo, it's a film for everyone who has children, wants them, or still feels like a child themselves.
Adam Andrusier
Self
Lisa Appignanesi
Self
Chloe Aridjis
Self
Geoffrey Baum
Self
Josh Baum
Self
Shirley Baum
Self
Anna Colton
Self
Mark Greenfield
Self
Hannah Kuper
Self
Nick Laird
Self
Nikita Lalwani
Self
Darian Leader
Self
Yoni Magid
Self
Hisham Matar
Self
Adam Rosenthal
Self
Tom Shkolnik
Self
Devorah Baum
Self
Josh Appignanesi
Self
Josh Appignanesi
Director
Devorah Baum
Director
Devorah Baum
Writer
Josh Appignanesi
Writer
Josh Appignanesi
Producer
Devorah Baum
Producer
Cavan Ash
Executive Producer
Sarah Mosses
Associate Producer
Mia Bays
Associate Producer
Charlie Phillips
Executive Producer
Josh Appignanesi
Editor
Devorah Baum
Editor
Jonathan De Villiers
Camera Operator
Halldora Magnusdottir
Camera Operator
Michael Sugarman
Camera Operator
Ben Turner
Camera Operator
Mat Troughton
Color Timer
Rivkah Brown
Publicist
Vincent Watts
Supervising Sound Editor
Josh Appignanesi
Director of Photography