My name is Sidney McGregor. I am a local filmmaker based here in the greater Denver area. On November 12-14th my production company Postmay is partnering with a local non-profit The 1010 Project in helping launch a new film festival here in Denver: The Poverty Matters Film Festival. The festival exists to use the art of film-making to raise awareness about the global poor.
We are featuring two films at the festival this year. "One+One: A Human Network" (2010 Official Selection KC FilmFest, 2009 First Place BEA Festival of Media Arts) which highlights some of the partners that The 1010 Project work with in Kenya. And “ICYIZERE:hope” (screened at the 2009 Rwanda Film Festival) A documentary about a gathering of 10 survivors and 10 perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, as they learn about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and and go through a series of exercises designed to build trust. A film about the power of, and the need for, forgiveness.
Our tag line is this “Small Festival. Big Purpose.” And with this being our first year, it will be exactly that. We are not seeking anything from you other than to pass the info along to local film makers who might want to show their films and help benefit some people along the way.
I would also love to invite you to attend the festival and set up a booth (or whatever it is that you would like to do). One of the aspects that we are trying to promote is local film-making right here in Colorado and further increase the network of film-makers living here. I know that you guys do this already on a much larger scale and we are just hoping to point some more people your way.
If you are interested please check us out on our website or on Facebook. www.Povertymattersfilmfestival.com
Thanks for your time and for what you do for Colorado Filmmakers.
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