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08-21-2007, 07:00 AM
Urban documentary features D.C. youth addressing the effects of language in our community
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Posted: 8/19/07
One Common Unity in association with Straight, No Chaser Productions presents "A Weigh With Words," the first documentary film which calls upon the community to reflect on how language has been and could be used as a tool for conflict or compassion. Featured in the film is a diverse collection of locally and internationally known activists, artists, academics and politicians. Contributors include civil rights icon Dorothy Height, D.C. Rep. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, recording artist Raheem DeVaughn, author Michael Eric Dyson, scholar and poet E. Ethelbert Miller, and hip-hop legend Darryl "DMC" McDaniels.
They will screen for one night only at the Regal Cinema-Gallery Place in Chinatown at 7 on Wednesday, August 22. There will be a panel discussion with the filmmakers as well as a screening of the critically-acclaimed documentary "Invisible Children."
Six DC high school students were selected to shadow the filmmakers during the production, including conducting all of the interviews. Each student was required to complete an essay detailing memorable production experiences, as well as reflections on the power of words.
"This film has potential to have a profound effect on the hearts, minds and actions of those who see it," says producer Charneice Fox of Straight, No Chaser. "The youth group has had a chance to meet and interact in depth with prominent community leaders and celebrities, not to mention the fact they've contributed to the production of a film that will be seen by their peers, elders and one day their children."
The film's focus on how words are used is timely in light of recent controversial gaffes on the part of several high-profile figures, including radio personality Don Imus, retired star athlete Tim Hardaway, university administrator Ralph Papitto, and actors Michael "Kramer" Richards and Isaiah Washington.
Tickets are available at Busboys and Poets, Java Green, and online at www.onecommonunity.org. For more information contact Charneice Fox, program director for A Nu View, at (202) 390-1081.
<HR SIZE=1>© Copyright 2007 The District Chronicles
By:
Posted: 8/19/07
One Common Unity in association with Straight, No Chaser Productions presents "A Weigh With Words," the first documentary film which calls upon the community to reflect on how language has been and could be used as a tool for conflict or compassion. Featured in the film is a diverse collection of locally and internationally known activists, artists, academics and politicians. Contributors include civil rights icon Dorothy Height, D.C. Rep. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, recording artist Raheem DeVaughn, author Michael Eric Dyson, scholar and poet E. Ethelbert Miller, and hip-hop legend Darryl "DMC" McDaniels.
They will screen for one night only at the Regal Cinema-Gallery Place in Chinatown at 7 on Wednesday, August 22. There will be a panel discussion with the filmmakers as well as a screening of the critically-acclaimed documentary "Invisible Children."
Six DC high school students were selected to shadow the filmmakers during the production, including conducting all of the interviews. Each student was required to complete an essay detailing memorable production experiences, as well as reflections on the power of words.
"This film has potential to have a profound effect on the hearts, minds and actions of those who see it," says producer Charneice Fox of Straight, No Chaser. "The youth group has had a chance to meet and interact in depth with prominent community leaders and celebrities, not to mention the fact they've contributed to the production of a film that will be seen by their peers, elders and one day their children."
The film's focus on how words are used is timely in light of recent controversial gaffes on the part of several high-profile figures, including radio personality Don Imus, retired star athlete Tim Hardaway, university administrator Ralph Papitto, and actors Michael "Kramer" Richards and Isaiah Washington.
Tickets are available at Busboys and Poets, Java Green, and online at www.onecommonunity.org. For more information contact Charneice Fox, program director for A Nu View, at (202) 390-1081.
<HR SIZE=1>© Copyright 2007 The District Chronicles