Five years ago, filmmaker Tom Quinn began videotaping interviews with close friends discussing their parents' divorces. Many of these friends shared common experience and fears -- some using the exact same phrases to describe situations -- but had never discussed them before. Even more troubling, many had found themselves making the same mistakes their parents had despite lifelong fears of doing so. These interviews became the foundation of The New Year Parade. The fictional characters of Kat and Jack McMonagle would allow Tom to explore the small moments so many of his friends had shared, with hopes of creating dialogue about divorce's effect on young people. Because the emphasis would be on quiet observation Tom searched for another component to give structure, which he found in Philadelphia's Mummery.
| Directed by | Tom Quinn |
| Written by | Tom Quinn |