Story Leads to Action: "The Campaign"
Chicken & Egg Pictures and Working Films
present the next installment of
STORY LEADS TO ACTION
a monthly screening and audience engagement series at the 92Y Tribeca
In May 2008, CA courts voted FOR same-sex marriage. In May 2009, CA courts voted AGAINST same-sex marriage...This May, 2010, Christie Herring will screen work-in-progress excerpts from one of the greatest LOVE CONQUERS ALL stories ever told!
THE CAMPAIGN
A feature documentary-in-progress that rides the daily emotional rollercoaster of the community of people-turned-activists who worked to defeat Proposition 8 - the 2008 initiative that outlawed same-sex marriage in California. Herring was granted exclusive access to the "No on 8" campaign headquarters in San Francisco.
Thursday, May 20th at 7:30 pm
Director Christie Herring will be flying in especially for this from San Francisco - to screen the work-in-progress for advocates, educators and activists who care about these issues in GOTHAM and the TRI-STATE AREA. Learn how the film relates, resonates, inspires and calls to action. Indeed - they'll be looking for feedback on balancing the needs of this compelling narrative WITH the needs of a movement that stands poised to defend their love, rights and equity at the BALLOT BOX, in the COURTS, and around the DINNER TABLE.
As always - STORY LEADS TO ACTION (and this is the last of the Spring series) will strive to make the process of designing a community engagement campaign, INTERACTIVE, TRANSPARENT and USEFUL, to the guest filmmaker, the activists/educators on the panel and to the audience. COME FOR THE BONES!
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Filmmaker: Christie Herring
Moderator: Judith Helfand, Co-founder, Chicken & Egg Pictures and Working Films
Panel: Activists/Advocates/Lawyers/Educators and/or Clergy who are deeply involved in the marriage equality battle in the New York Tri-State area -- TBA
SCREENING DETAILS:
Evening starts at 7.30PM
92YTribeca
200 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10013
Tickets are $12
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About the film: THE CAMPAIGN rides the daily emotional rollercoaster of the community of people who worked to defeat Proposition 8 - the 2008 initiative that outlawed same-sex marriage in California. Granted exclusive access to the "No on 8" campaign headquarters in San Francisco, filmmaker Christie Herring captures the essence of this emotional journey by blending in-depth observational footage with interviews of different stakeholders, from Executive Committee Members to first-time volunteers. Herring punctuates these stories by following the experiences of a local lesbian interfaith coordinator from her June marriage to her Election Day efforts and delving into the post-election community aftermath. As a whole, THE CAMPAIGN offers an intimate portrait of committed individuals inside a pressure cooker, compelled by both circumstance and their passionate beliefs to go far beyond their everyday selves.
BE A PART OF THE ACTION!
STORY LEADS TO ACTION is a monthly series at 92Y Tribeca featuring Chicken & Egg/Working Films' filmmakers and their films who come together to brainstorm and "design" on-the-spot community/audience engagement strategies with New York-based activists, educators, advocates, NGO's and the constituents and movements that need their movie most.
ACTIVELY CELEBRATE the Power of non-fiction film to Engage, Enrage, Entertain and Initiate LONG-term transformation.
Chicken & Egg Pictures is a hybrid film fund and non-profit production company dedicated to supporting women filmmakers who are as passionate about the craft of storytelling as they are about the environmental, human rights and social issues they're exploring on film.
Working Films advances social, economic, environmental and racial justice by linking non-fiction filmmaking to cutting-edge activism.
