Date:
July 22, 2008
Time: 7:30PM
Location: Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall
Time: 7:30PM
Location: Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall
SCA Alumni Screening Series Presents: DARFUR NOW
The School of Cinematic Arts invites you to a screening and discussion about
DARFUR NOW
7:30PM on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall
USC School of Cinematic Arts
Immediately following the screening, there will be a discussion with writer/director Ted Braun (MFA '89), producer and USC Distinguished Professor Mark Jonathan Harris and executive producer Dean Schramm.
ABOUT DARFUR NOW
Written and directed by Writing Division Assistant Professor Ted Braun and produced by Distinguished Professor Mark Jonathan Harris, this critically acclaimed documentary explores the ongoing Sudanese conflict through the experiences of six individuals trying to stop the atrocities. Featuring unprecedented access to the people of Darfur, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, actor Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda) and others, the film is a story of hope in the midst of one of humanity’s darkest hours - an urgent call to action for people everywhere to end the catastrophe in Darfur.
Darfur Now was produced by the Academy Award winning producer of Crash, Cathy Schulman, Academy Award nominated actor Don Cheadle, and three-time Academy Award winning documentarian Mark Jonathan Harris. The film was financed by Participant Productions and Warner Independent Pictures, who also released the film theatrically worldwide.
Darfur Now won the NAACP Image Award for best documentary of 2007, was named one of 2007’s top five documentaries by the National Board of Review, and was nominated for best documentary by the Broadcast Critics (Critics Choice Awards), the Chicago Film Critics Society, the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, the International Press Academy and by Cinema for Peace. For his work writing and directing the picture, The International Documentary Association awarded Ted Braun their 2007 Emerging Filmmaker of the Year. In addition, the Winter 2008 issue of Movie Maker Magazine named Ted Braun, along with Errol Morris, Oliver Stone, Michael Moore and George Clooney as one of twenty-five filmmakers whose work has changed the world.
Director Ted Braun, producer Mark Jonathan Harris and executive producer Dean Schramm will answer questions after the screening.
ABOUT PARKING
To park on campus at USC, parking passes may be purchased for $8 at the USC Gate 5 entrance at McClintock & Jefferson. After purchasing your pass, drive past the gate, take a left onto 34th Street, and pull up to the stop sign in front of the George Lucas Building (past the construction). From there, make a left turn and park in either Lots M or V. If there are no parking spaces available, take 34th Street towards the far end of campus and park in Structure D (“PSD”). Please note that Parking Structure D is not SUV accessible and, therefore, all cars of that size are recommended to park in Lot M or V. Also, parking meters are available along Jefferson and Hoover and are free after 6PM.
The screening will take place in Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT). For a map of the USC campus, please access the following website: http://www.usc.edu/assets/maps/upc_map.pdf
Contact Information:
Alessandro Ago
213.740.2804
aago@cinema.usc.edu
| Associated Person: | Mark Harris Ted Braun |
