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UNA PELÍCULA DE LA MISIÓN: MISSION MOVIE
VICTORIA THEATER BENEFIT SCREENING TO FOLLOW WILDLY SUCESSFUL COMMUNITY GALA  EVENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Stephanie Lim– 415.533.8085
steph3280@hotmail.com

San Francisco June 9, 2004

Directed by award-winning Bay Area filmmaker Lise Swenson, Mission Movie, the new independent feature film set in the Mission District, will follow its standing room only community screening at a one-night only benefit screening June 25 at the Victoria Theater in San Francisco at 7 and 9 pm.  Mission Movie played to an enthusiastic overflow crowd of close to 2000 at Mission Village on June 4 and thousands more are excited to see it.

The screenings at the Victoria Theater will be San Francisco's final chance to view the film before its premiere at the New York International Latino Film Festival July 27th-August 4th. Mission Movie is one of five domestic feature films selected to screen at this high profile festival, sponsored by HBO.

Mission Move 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. 

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