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I.O.U.S.A.
One Night Premiere
Thursday, August 21st
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21st at 8 pm, Detroit-born editor Doug Blush
will host the premiere of "I.O.U.S.A", the United Artists Commerce
Stadium 14 in Walled Lake, on "Loop Road" just off of 14 mile,
between Haggerty and M5.
Theater phone : (248) 960-5801.
From the makers of "Wordplay" comes "I.O.U.S.A.",
a documentary about the national debt and the economic
crises facing the United States. The film played at Sundance in
January and has been well-received by critics and film festival audiences across the country. Kenneth Turan of the LA Times called "I.O.U.S.A."
"the most frightening film at Sundance".
Film Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/iousa/
On Thursday August 21 "I.O.U.S.A." for one night only will
play in over 350 theaters across the country. Immediately following the screening of the film there will be a live town hall meeting with Warren Buffett and several of the stars of the film. The forum will be hosted by CNBC's Becky Quick, co-anchor of the morning show "Squawk Box".
Here's where you can go to see this event in your neighborhood:
http://www.fathomevents.com/news/default.aspx?newsid=144
Here's some more information about this one night only event:
http://www.fathomevents.com/details.aspx?eventid=728
The next day, on Friday August 22, the film will begin its traditional theatrical rollout beginning with the Top Ten markets and rolling out across the country in the following weeks. Here's a list of those cities:
http://www.iousathemovie.com/events/calendar/?event=2&period=month
"I.O.U.S.A." profiles David Walker, head of the GAO (Government Accountability Office) and the nation's "accountant-in-chief", and also features interviews with leaders from Washington and the business community. A partial list of those in the film includes Warren Buffett,
Alan Greenspan, and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. The film looks at the country's financial health and examines the future challenges that lie ahead.
2008 Michigan Student Film & Video Festival
CLICK HERE
to view the 2008 Best of Show winners!
DAFT Announces 2008
Film/Video Educator of the Year
Kevin
Walsh is a 21-year veteran teacher of video production at West
Bloomfield.
He designed curriculum and help design the school’s
television
studio, editing suites and classroom. He is a 1987 graduate
of the University of Notre Dame where he received
his bachelors and in
1991
received his masters in English from Oakland University.
Prior to
teaching at West Bloomfield High School, Walsh taught for 13
years at
Royal Oak Dondero High School as a video production and
language
arts instructor (with past award recipients Maureen McCarthy
and Dick
Rockwell).
In 2006,
Walsh published Video Direct, through Teacher’s Discovery
(www.teachersdiscovery.com). The workbook
merges language arts analysis
skills
with hands-on projects for any district's video budget. In its
first
year, the book sold to districts in over forty states.
Kevin will
be honored along with Educators of the Year from other
arts
disciplines at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival in Kalamazoo.
NEW!
American
Film Institute Launches "Screen Nation" An Online
Video Posting and Sharing Community for Middle and High School
Students and Teachers
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
DAFT Screen Gems Film Series for 2007/2008
Click the link below for information
on the exciting
collaboration between DAFT and the
Farmington Community Library.
click here
DAFT featured on PBS
Detroit Public
Television produced a mini-documentary
about DAFT in conjunction with our group's recognition at the 2006
Governor's Awards for Arts & Culture.
You can view this video by clicking the link below.
The video is hosted by YouTube, a great online source for
independent video content.
Click
here to watch the video.
Exciting News:
DAFT wins in
the Small Cultural Organization Category at the
2006
ArtServe Michigan's Governor's Awards for Arts & Culture
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