Filmmaker Jim Killeen is taking his documentary "Google Me" to the 2008 NGS Conference in Kansas City, MO. The conference will take place May 14-17, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center Hotel, 2345 McGee St., Kansas City, MO 64108. "Google Me" will be showing at booth 616 with Jim on-hand to answer questions and autograph DVDs. T-shirts and DVDs will be available for public purchase, with DVDs available at a special conference price of $20.00.
"Google Me," one of the first full-length films ever to premiere on YouTube.com and thus far racking up over 35,000 views in its first two weeks, has been featured in such publications as
The Washington Post, New York Post, Detroit Free Press, Documentary and Boxoffice, as well as on CNET, Leeza Gibbons Hollywood Confidential and KNBC's "News Raw."
About Google Me
"Google Me" is a feature-length documentary about Detroit native and LA resident Jim Killeen who, like so many of us, Googled his name one evening in a moment of curiosity. The difference
here that the filmmaker actually followed up on his findings by not only contacting the discovered namesakes, but also traveling to whatever remote location was called for to meet and
interview the subjects of his search. Jim Killeen the filmmaker found, among others, Jim Killeen the Roman Catholic priest in Cobh, Ireland, Jim Killeen the retired cop in New York, Jim
Killeen the CEO in Melbourne, Australia and Jim Killeen the sexual swinger in Denver. As a result of his genealogical journey, Killeen winds up forging life-long friendships with the
previously unknown Killeens, as well as documenting a provoking commentary on today's society and how technology has transformed all of our lives.
"Google Me" has been given the search engine's blessing and even features Google's VP of Engineering, Douglas Merrill, in an insightful and entertaining interview voicing his sentiments
on the subject.
The Washington Post calls Killeen "The Man Who Found Himself."
For more information on "Google Me," please visit: www.googlemethmovie.com.
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