>> ACTIVIST AND MEDIA ADVISORY UPDATE: >> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >> Contact: Jerry Rubin >> 310-399-1000 >> jerrypeaceactivistru...@earthlink.net >> >> "PAUL CONRAD: DRAWING FIRE" DOCUMENTARY PBS FILM TO BE SHOWN >> AT APRIL 1 FREE PUBLIC SCREENING BY GROUP WORKING TO SAVE, >> RESTORE, AND STRENGTHEN CONRAD'S "CHAIN REACTION" 26-FOOT >> TALL NUCLEAR MUSHROOM CLOUD PUBLIC ART PEACE SCULPTURE >> THAT HE DONATED AND WHICH HAS BEEN STANDING IN >> SANTA MONICA'S CIVIC CENTER SINCE 1991. >> >> FREE PUBLIC SCREENING, FOLLOWED BY GUEST SPEAKERS >> AND DISCUSSION, TO TAKE PLACE AT VIDIOTS IN SANTA MONICA. >> >> Date: Sunday, April 1, 2012 >> Time: 3:00PM >> Location: Vidiots >> 302 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, 90405 >> >> The one hour PBS Independent Lens documentary film is by Barbara >> Multer- Wellin and Jeffrey Abelson, who will both be at the screening >> to introduce the film. The film is narrated by Tom Brokaw. >> >> The following is from the film's 2006 PBS Home Video DVD liner notes: >> >> "The film celebrates the career of this legendary 3-time >> Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist. Over his remarkable >> 50-year career, Conrad has drawn and quartered eleven >> American presidents- from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush- >> and fearlessly tackled every major social and political issue. >> During his 30-year reign at the Los Angeles Times, Conrad's work >> was controversial and often shocking, but always thought provoking. >> An extraordinary artist and journalist, Conrad epitomizes the fiercely >> independent voice that has been vanishing from American news >> media in recent years." >> The following quote is also from the DVD liner notes: >> "Whether loved or hated, agreed with or scoffed at, whether subject >> of glowing awards or winning an honored spot on the White House >> enemies list, it's broadly agreed that Paul Conrad is, in his field of >> editorial cartooning, a genius" >> - Shelby Coffey III, former Editor and Executive Vice President >> of the Los Angeles Times >> >> For further information: >> Call "Save Our Sculpture' (S.O.S.) at 310-399-1000 (Att. Jerry Rubin) >> Or E-mail to: jerrypeaceactivistru...@earthlink.net >> >> Paul Conrad died on September, 4, 2010 of natural causes, surrounded >> by his family at his home in Rancho Palos Verdes. >> The message Mr Conrad inscribed at the base of "Chain Reaction" reads: >> "This is a statement of peace. May it never become an epitaph." >> >> #### >
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