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PELÍCULA DE LA MISIÓN: MISSION MOVIE
FIRST PUBLIC SCREENING OF RECENTLY COMPLETED LOCAL FEATURE FILM: JUNE
4, 2004
AT MISSION VILLAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Event to Thank Community Will Also Feature Performers and Live Music
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Stephanie Lim– 415.533.8085
steph3280@hotmail.com
San Francisco May 20, 2004
Directed by award-winning Bay Area filmmaker Lise Swenson, Mission
Movie, the new independent feature film set in the Mission District,
will have its first public screening at an outdoor community celebration
on Friday, June 4, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. at Mission Village, 2949 18th Street
(at Alabama) in San Francisco. This one-time event featuring performers
and live music will be free to the public. Remember to dress warmly and
bring a late-night picnic!
Scheduled speakers for the event include Matt Gonzalez, president of the Board of Supervisors, Elizabeth 'Betita' Martinez, co-founder of the Institute for MultiRacial Justice; and Jonathan Youtt, co-founder of CELLspace.
Three local groups whose music is featured in Mission Movie, Deuce Eclipse, Loco Bloco, and Joshua Raoul Brody, will provide entertainment prior to the screening.
Mission Movie will be thanking a number of sponsoring organizations, including: Southern Exposure Gallery, CELLspace, the LAB, ATA, TILT, Starbucks, Citizens Housing, the Bay Area Video Coalition, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, and the Bike Kitchen.
Moviegoers are encouraged to bike to the event, as free valet bicycle parking will be provided.
Mission Movie is a passionate, soulful urban drama about the inner life of San Francisco's most diverse enclave tells five intersecting stories that take place over one summer. The cast is led by veteran Columbian actor Diego Vasquez and includes many Bay Area actors, including cameos by well-known artists and activists. In true form to the Mission District, the bilingual film will feature both Spanish and English subtitles.
This community screening and party will be a celebration of both the
film and the neighborhood that inspired its creation.
More about Mission Movie:
The concept for the film was born when Director Lise Swenson gathered
a group of San Francisco artists and media makers and real-life stories
of the Mission District. Swenson is an award-winning filmmaker who has
been deeply involved with media arts in the Bay Area since the early 1980s.
In 1999 she received the San Francisco Bay Guardian Goldie Award for outstanding
achievement in film and video. She also received a prestigious Creative
Work Fund grant to collaborate with Southern Exposure in the development
phase of the project, which led to the creation of the feature-length
film.
The Mission District: 74,633 Residents, 196 Nationalities, 2 Square Miles, One Movie
Contact Mission Movie at 415-364-3082
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