Ellen Unher Frick

Ellen has two film in the New Day collection. Patriot Guard Riders, introduces a 500,000-strong motorcycle group who attend military funerals to honor the fallen, and to protect grieving families from harassment by a hate group. The film has received numerous festival awards, and has been screened at community events, and in college and university classrooms around the world. Her one-hour public television documentary, Another Side of Peace follows a combined Israeli-Palestinian support group of parents who have lost children in the conflict. It is about grief, reconciliation and hope, and it's message is simple: No More Death. The film was presented to the United Nations Subcommittee on Reconciliation, and has been broadcast in the United States and internationally. Ellen has been on the production team for several projects broadcast on PBS. These include: PERFECT ILLUSIONS: EATING DISORDERS AND THE FAMILY, a one-hour PBS documentary exploring the role of the family in the development of eating disorders in teenage girls; PIKE PLACE MARKET: THE SOUL OF A CITY, an HDTV documentary about the rich history, community and culture of Seattle's world-famous public market; and THE RHONA DISASTER, a one-hour documentary for PBS and The History Channel, about the sinking of a troop ship in WWII. She also made short documentaries in Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda as well as short films that include domestic violence, disaster recovery and employing disabled workers. Some of her short films can be streamed at ellenfrick.com. Ellen founded the Seattle Documentary Association