
Honors Filmmakers Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson & Sidney Lumet with the Artists for Amnesty Excellence in Filmmaking Award
WHO: Amnesty International and Artists for Amnesty in conjunction with HBO Films, the City of West Hollywood with special support provided to the film festival by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
WHAT: A special screening of Sidney Lumet's film "Strip Search" and the presentation of the ARTISTS FOR AMNESTY EXCELLENCE IN FILMMAKING AWARD to: Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson and Sidney Lumet
WHERE: The Director's Guild of America- Theatre 1 at 7920 Sunset Blvd (FREE parking available)
WHEN: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 7:30PM
Q & A: To follow the screening along with a panel discussion on the War on
Terror with the filmmakers and guest speakers:
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Tom Fontana, filmmaker
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Farah Brelvi, Amnesty International Board of Directors
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Reed Brody, Human Rights Watch, Special Council for Prosecutions
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Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles City Council
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Bonnie Abaunza, Artists for Amnesty, Director
RSVP REQUIRED: 310 815-0450 EXT 107
About the film STRIP SEARCH:
The film explores the stories of two different suspects, an Arab man in the United States and an American in the People's Republic of China, who are questioned and then strip-searched by government officials, in an attempt to protect the public from an imminent terrorist attack.
For more information contact Ileana International:
For More Information Contact:
Mike Mena:
(310) 316-9892
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Ileana Landon
310 316-0612
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Opening Night of the Amnesty International Film Festival Presents a Special Screening of Strip Search a film by Sidney Lumet