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Join us for a special advanced screening of the award winning film, Fly By Light. This will be the first time Fly By Light is being shown in the Bay Area. We anticipate an official release of the movie by the end of 2014.
Fly By Light is an inspiring true story of a group of teenagers who board a bus for West Virginia, leaving the streets of Washington, DC to participate in an ambitious peace education program. For the first time in their lives Mark, Asha, Martha, and Corey play in mountain streams, sing under the stars, and confront the entrenched abuse, violence, and neglect cycles of their past. But as they return to DC, each young person faces an unforgiving series of hurdles and roadblocks that challenge their efforts to build a better life. Through breathtaking visuals from street corners to mountaintops, Fly By Light is an intimate exploration of the chaotic, confusing, and emotional journey to rewrite a young person's future.
The film is in the final editing stages and has been accepted into a number of film festivals: Bahamas International Film Festival, Albuquerque Film and Media Experience, Capital City Black Film Festival, and recently won the Audience Choice Award at the Bolder Life Film Festival.
AGENDA
7:00PM Welcome and introductory remarks
7:10PM Film screening
8:30PM Post-film Q&A with Executive Producer, Steve Ma.
9:00PM Program ends
PRAISE FOR THE FILM
"Fly By Light was brilliant! The film was beautifully shot, the decisions well-made, the editing superb, the music beautiful. Most of all, [the film goes] in close and reaches the heart, letting what is most human in us all find connection."
- Nina Shapiro-Perl, PhD Filmmaker in Residence, American University
"I felt some of the kids in the film had their light extinguished by pain and fear and [OCU] was able to ignite their spark almost like bringing them back to life. It was a joy to witness this process through the film."
- Roberta Oster Sachs, Emmy Award-winning producer
COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
Impact Hub Bay Area
Generation Waking Up
S.H.E. Living
Breakthrough San Francisco at SF Day School
Victory Garden Foundation
Be Well Integral Healing Space
Downtown TAY
NOTE: This film is also being shown on Thursday, Oct 9 at the Berkeley Impact Hub. For information, visit: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/863947
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LocationImpact Hub - San Francisco (View)
901 Mission Street Suite 105
San Francisco, CA 94103
United States
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| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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