FREEDOM RIDERS
OPENS FRIDAY!
NEW YORK CITY & LA!
IN PERSON!
PRODUCER LAURENS GRANT!
DIRECTOR STANLEY NELSON!
For Tickets & more info:
http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2010
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Help spread the word & pack all 28 screenings!
Freedom Riders is accepted into DocuWeeks!
DocuWeeks is a theatrical showcase that helps documentaries qualify for the Oscars!
"Freedom Riders" is a superb
piece of filmic journalism
- Variety
view the trailer:
http://freedomridersfilm.com/
SHOW TIMES - AUG. 13 TO AUG. 19, 2010:
Producer Laurens Grant & Director Stanley Nelson In Person!
NEW YORK CITY
IFC Theater
323 Avenue of the Americas @ West 4th
NY, NY 10014
SHOW TIMES
Fri. Aug. 13: 12PM & 5:30PM
Sat. Aug. 14: 1:45PM & 7:30PM - Q&A w/ Director Stanley Nelson after 7:30pm show!
Sun. Aug. 15: 3:30PM & 9:35PM - Q&A w/ Director Stanley Nelson after 9:35pm show!
Mon. Aug. 16: 12PM & 5:30PM
Tues. Aug. 17: 1:45PM & 7:30PM - Q&A w/ Producer Laurens Grant after 7:30pm show!
Wed. Aug. 18: 3:30PM & 9:35PM - Q&A w/ Producer Laurens Grant after 9:35pm show!
Thu. Aug. 19: 12PM & 5:30PM
LOS ANGELES
ArcLight Hollywood
6360 W Sunset Blvd @ Vine Street
LA, CA 90028
SHOW TIMES
Fri. Aug. 13: 3:40PM & 9:45PM - Q&A with Producer Laurens Grant after 9:45pm show!
Sat. Aug. 14: 1:40PM & 7:35PM - Q&A with Producer Laurens Grant after 7:35pm show!
With two special guests from the film, including a Freedom Rider!
Sun. Aug. 15: 5:20PM & 9:50PM - Q&A w/ Producer Laurens Grant after 9:50pm show!
Mon. Aug. 16: 1:40PM & 7:35PM
Tues. Aug. 17: 5:20PM & 9:50PM
Wed. Aug. 18: 1:40PM & 7:35PM
Thu. Aug. 19: 5:20PM & 9:50PM
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FREEDOM RIDERS screens as part of the International Documentary Association [IDA]'s 14th annual DocuWeeks™, a documentary theatrical showcase designed to qualify films for consideration for the Academy Awards. This year's selected films is a strong lineup of 17 features and 5 shorts to screen in New York City and Los Angeles.
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FREEDOM RIDERS is scheduled to air on PBS' acclaimed American Experience series in May 2011 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1961 freedom rides.
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FREEDOM RIDERS is the first feature-length documentary to tell the story of a courageous band of civil rights activists who risked death by daring to defy the laws of Jim Crow in the Deep South in 1961. They were America's first inter-racial and inter-religious mass movement to challenge segregation in bus and train facilities. Because of their efforts, the signs "whites only" and "colored only" were taken down forever.
Do you know if Raymond Arsenault was associated with this project? Or if it is based on his recent book?
ReplyDeleteJim --
ReplyDeleteRay was indeed associated with this project, and it is largely based on his book. I appear in the film as well on a number of occasions. It is really quite well done and hopefully after this weekend will generate Oscar buzz.
dcat