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  JANUARY 2010              



 
Please join us for a FREE
New Orleans Community Cinema Screening!


GARBAGE DREAMS PHOTO
      GARBAGE DREAMS
         By MAI ISKANDER

      Saturday, January 23, 2010
      6:00 PM

      Dillard University
       Samuel DuBois Cook Fine Arts Center - MAP
       2601 Gentilly Boulevard
       New Orleans, LA 70112

       FREE Admission!

Welcome to the world's largest garbage village located on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. The Zaballeen (Arabic for garbage people) recycle 80 percent of the trash they collect-far more than other recycling initiatives. But now a multi-national corporation threatens their livelihood. Follow three teenage boys born into the business who are forced to make choices that will impact the survival of their community.  Watch the Official Film Trailer!

Guest Speakers:
Beth Stelson, The Green Project
Lonnie Schaffer, Strike it Green
Perry Booth, Phoenix Recycling, Inc.
Jerald L. White, Charitable Film Network
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Community Cinema is a free monthly screening series that pairs independently produced documentary films on timely and important social issues with leading organizations working on related issues in communities across the country. Screenings are followed by a panel discussion, featured speaker, or other presentation.  For more information visit: www.communitycinema.org or contact mail@chairtablefilmnetwork.org.

Sponsored By: 
CHARITABLE FILM NETWORK, New Orleans Office of Film & Television, Louisiana Office of Entertainment Industry Development, Public Broadcasting Service, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Endowment for the Arts, Independent Television Service, The Green Project, Strike it Green, Phoenix Recycling, and the Dillard University Theater Department.




SCRUB BRUSH PRODUCTIONS
Youth Media Fundraiser!

Wine Silouette

Saturday, January 9, 2010
8:00 PM

MOTHER-IN-LAW LOUNGE
1500 North Claiborne Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70116


Food, Music, Drinks, and a Raffle!
Have a Good Time for a Great Cause!

$5 donations welcome at the door.

Proceeds will benefit "Murder Through the Eyes of a Child," a youth documentary about coming of age in Post-Katrina New Orleans.  Directed by John Richie and Declan Ryan. 

For information about donating a raffle prize or additional event details contact: crescent.city.film@gmail.com.

Make a tax deductible donation here!




Call for Louisiana Films / Graphic
The Charitable Film Network is looking for great films by Louisiana Filmmakers to sell online and during community events.  We are currently accepting films under consignment and sale-or-return agreements. For more information contact (504) 896-7333 or mail@charitablefilmnetwork.org.