Hello to all... Do check out this website www.fatsalmoncinema.com ...this film looks wonderful! The email below explains how they are looking for potential hosts for the film (see below)
Cheers...Vicki -----Original Message----- From: Caitlin Hicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2002 7:43 AM Subject: FILM ON BIRTH * WORLD RELEASE FILM ON MIDWIFERY EARNS EXCELLENT REVIEWS AT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS MULTI-CITY SCREENING PLANNED FOR INTERNATIONAL MIDWIVES DAY 2002 Dear friends of safe, respectful birth, January 15, 2002 I am writing you with news of SINGING THE BONES the feature length motion picture which follows a twin pregnancy from three women's perspectives: the mother, her midwife and a consulting obstetrician. Many of you have seen the play which was adapted into this film -- as it toured 35 cities in Sweden, England, Canada and the U.S. to standing ovations in the late nineties. (For more info, please see below as well as my website: www.fatsalmoncinema.com). We have presented the motion picture at four international film festivals: MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL, TAHOE, MILL VALLEY AND OJAI INTERNATIONAL FF. Here the feature length motion picture received excellent reviews. It has been screened to full houses in Sechelt, British Columbia, and received a standing ovation at the Calgary Planet Birth 2001 conference in October, 2001. AGain, please see our website for reviews and news of its reception in the world. We are planning an international release of the film for International Midwives Day of 2001. We have received replys from potential hosts in 18 cities in four countries: SWEDEN: Goteborg and Stockholm AUSTRALIA: Perth and Queensland U.K. Glagow Scotland, Manchester, England CANADA: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan TORONTO & Ottawa, Ontario Edmonton & Calgary, Alberta MONTREAL, Quebec UNITED STATES: Fayetteville, Arkansas Phoenix, Arizona Santa Cruz, California Green Bay, Wisconsin New Haven, Connecticut Boston, Mass New York, New York Our aim is to begin with an audience already knowledgable of birth and its issues in today's world, and using these screenings as a way to expand awareness to a more general public. We are using a theatrical model for distribution -- and need hosts willing to bring the film in, get an audience, arrange for a theatre and DVD projection and interface with local media. WE ARE LOOKING FOR INTERESTED HOSTS OF THESE EVENTS in cities around the world. If you would like to bring this powerful film to your community, please respond to this email and we can begin to talk about how this might happen. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you! Below is further description of the film: S I N G I N G T H E B O N E S This is the story of three generations of women: Meg, the midwife, who practices illegally in rural west coast Canada, is visited by strange dreams just as she takes on a new client. Nicole, the artist /mother, a feisty French Canadian, scarred by past traumas at the hands of modern medicine, �absolutely wants a home birth�. Dr. Sara, the compassionate obstetrician from Europe whose �secrets are leaking from every pocket,� warns of dangerous complications. When Nicole�s vulnerability in hospital becomes apparent, all three women must discover: Is one woman�s choice worth the chance that her babies may die? As the risk to Meg�s career escalates over the mother�s determination to birth at home, Meg�s dreams are haunted by images of another life. On the night of the birth, the mother�s choice, Dr. Sara�s secret, and Meg�s dreams collide. In this window between the worlds of life and death, Doctor Sara is compelled to reveal and find wisdom in the memories of her violent past. Controversial, thought provoking and inspirational, SINGING THE BONES weaves childhood trauma, the scars of war and the mystery of birth into a rich tapestry of transformation and redemption. www.fatsalmoncinema.com *If you wish to unsubscribe, please reply to this email, leaving the title of his email in the Subject space. "Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark." - Agnes de Mille Caitlin Hicks Playwright/Performer/Producer web page at (604) 886-3634 www.fatsalmoncinema.com ______________________________________________________________ SINGING THE BONES, feature-length motion picture *World premiere at FESTIVAL DES FILMS DU MONDE, Montreal, August *U.S. premiere at TAHOE FILM FESTIVAL September 28 & 30 *MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL October 6 & 7 *PLANET BIRTH Conference, 2001, Calgary, October 27 *SUNSHINE COAST PREMIERE Raven's Cry Theatre * November 7 & 8 *OJAI FILM FESTIVAL Nov. 9 & 11 _________________________________________________________________ -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
