Peter Cohn Peter Cohn is a New York film maker and writer. He makes social issue documentary films, looking for stories that explore such social and political issues as US immigration policy, domestic violence, and most recently the situation in Israel and the West Bank. Cohn also creates large scale web based resources to supplement his films, offering a wide array of videos and other materials that allow interested users to deeply explore the topics of his films.  Cohn has been a member of New Day since 2007, and has distributed his films widely to universities and community organizations. Cohn's modest recently completed film. "Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America," premiered in April, 2010 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival. His previous film, "Golden Venture," a documentary about the US immigration crisis,has been added to the collections of more than 600 universities, colleges and high schools. His first film (available from New Day, fall, 2011) "Drunks," was released in 1997. It premiered at Sundance and won the entertainment industry's Prism award for its realistic depiction of alcoholism and substance abuse.