Fwd: Divided We Fall screening announcement
Debbie Shew
Thanks!
Debbie Shew
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From: Nan Ross <nr...@episcopalatlanta.org>
Date: Feb 8, 2008 4:11 PM
Subject: Fwd: Divided We Fall screening announcement
To: Debbie Shew <ds...@episcopalatlanta.org>
Want you to know about this film screening. Working on it is the communications coordinator for HTP, Tracy Wells.
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From: Tracy Wells <we...@htparish.com>
Date: Feb 8, 2008 4:03 PM
Subject: Divided We Fall screening announcement
To: Nan Ross <nr...@episcopalatlanta.org>
Hi Nan,
Good to chat with you today! Here's an email "flyer" about the Divided We Fall screening at Emory, for "Connecting" and any other place you see fit! This is a lot of info; obviously you can edit at your discretion!
If you wind up posting this to the website, here is a link to one of our trailers on YouTube that you could embed in the page if you like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j2dnowi8sE
Also, see our online press kit for images and headshots of the filmmakers, etc – anything you might want to use for visuals with the blurb in Connecting:
http://www.dwf-film.com/presskit/index.html
THANKS!
Tracy
Tracy J. Wells
Communications Coordinator
515 E Ponce de Leon Ave
Decatur, GA 30030
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Free public screening of
Divided We Fall: Americans in the
Aftermath
A powerful award-winning documentary film on hate violence
in the aftermath of 9/11
www.dwf-film.com
Tuesday, February 26 at 7 p.m.
Emory University
Harland Cinema (in the Dobbs University Center)
Atlanta, GA
Filmmaker Valarie Kaur present for Q&A
Open to the public
Free admission
About the Movie
Driven to action by the murder of a turbaned man in her religious community,
a college student drives across America in the
aftermath of 9/11 to discover stories that did not make the evening news. From
the still-shocked streets of Ground Zero to the desert towns of the American
West, Valarie Kaur's
inspiring journey uncovers remarkable stories of hate violence, fear, and
unspeakable loss – until she finds the heart of America halfway
around the world, in the words of widow. Five years in the making, Divided We Fall deftly explores race,
religion, and identity in times of national crisis.
Watch film clips, get the latest news, and read reviews from across the country
at www.dwf-film.com
About the Filmmakers
VALARIE KAUR, writer/producer, is a third-generation Sikh American
born and raised in Clovis, California, and a graduate of Stanford University
and Harvard Divinity School. She began the five-year journey to make this film
in 2001 when she was an undergraduate at Stanford. The world premiere
of Divided We Fall in September
2006 sent Valarie on a packed international speaking
and screening tour which continues today. She has been invited as an authority
on the subject at more than one hundred universities, colleges, and religious
centers across the country. She has been featured in print, radio and
television media including CNN, NPR, the BBC, and Frances Moore Lappe's book You
Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear. The State of California recently
presented Valarie with an official commendation
recognizing her work as a scholar, activist, and storyteller. Valarie presently serves as founding director of the
Discrimination and National Security Initiative at the Harvard Pluralism Project.
TRACY WELLS, communications director, is an Atlanta resident and an Episcopalian. She has been involved in interfaith relations and communications work for six years. She graduated from Furman University with a bachelor's degree in English and religion and holds a master of theological studies degree from Harvard Divinity School. While at HDS, she worked with Harvard's Pluralism Project, researching the interfaith movement and religious diversity issues in the news. In 2002, she worked on the South Carolina Educational Television documentary, Religious Tolerance After 9/11: South Carolina Perspectives, which aired statewide on the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. In addition to her work with Divided We Fall, Tracy works part-time as communications coordinator for Holy Trinity Parish in Decatur and part-time as website coordinator for All Saints Episcopal Church in downtown Atlanta. She is a parishioner at Church of the Epiphany in Atlanta.
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