EchoChamber // BUDRUS

Dear Friends,

EchoChamber is proud to present a screening of the award-winning documentary Budrus, a film by Julia Bacha, next Monday, October 11, at 8:10 PM at the Quad Cinema in New York City. A Q&A with the filmmakers will follow the screening.

Please see the invite below for details. If you can make it, please RSVP to rsvp@startanecho.org

Smriti Mundhra
Shruti Rya Ganguly
Co-Founders
EchoChamber
www.startanecho.org


The New York Times calls Budrus "this year's must-see documentary"

Winner Audience Award, 2nd Prize, Berlin International Film Festival 2010
Winner Audience Award, San Francisco Film Festival
Winner Special Jury Mention, Tribeca Film Festival 2010
Winner Special Jury Mention, Jerusalem Film Festival 2010
Winner Special Jury Mention, Documenta Madrid 2010
Winner Witness Award, SilverDocs Film Festival 2010
Winner Amnesty Award Italia, Film Festival 2010
Winner, Best of Fest, Traverse City Film Festival 2010

Budrus' Opening at the Quad Cinema in NYC on October 8th

Just Vision is pleased to announce the New York theatrical launch of its new film Budrus. Hailed in the New York Times as "this year's must-see documentary," and featured in major international news outlets, including Newsweek and the Economist, Budrus tells the story of a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites members of all factions along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel's Separation Barrier. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter, Iltezam, launches a women’s contingent that quickly moves to the front lines. A trailer of the film as well as full press reviews are available at: http://www.justvision.org/budrus.

Winner of the Audience Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Special Jury Mention at the Tribeca Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival's Panorama Audience Award Second Prize, Founder's Prize at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival, Special Mention at the Jerusalem International Film Festival and the WITNESS Award at Silverdocs, Budrus is produced by an Israeli, Palestinian and North American team of filmmakers, including the writer/editor of the celebrated film, Control Room, and the directors of Encounter Point.

Budrus will be playing from October 8th to 14th at the Quad Cinema, located at 34 W. 13th St. in Manhattan. Daily screenings at: 1:05, 2:50, 4:35, 6:25, 8:10* and 10pm.

To purchase tickets please click here.

*Daily Q&A with filmmakers and\or subjects after the 8:10pm screening.

EchoChamber // NIGERIA

Dear Friends,

EchoChamber in conjunction with HBO Documentary Films would like to invite you to a private screening of the International Emmy award-winning documentary Saving Africa's Witch Children, a film by Mags Gavan and Joost Van Der Valk (with narration by Sophie Okonedo), this Monday, May 24, at 6PM at the HBO Theater in New York City. A Q&A with the filmmakers will follow the screening. Please see the invite below for details. If you can make it, please RSVP to rsvp@startanecho.org as soon as possible, as space is limited.


ABOUT THE FILM
In the poorest parts of Nigeria, where an extreme form of Pentecostal Christianity has combined with deep-rooted belief in black magic, thousands of children are branded as witches, blamed for disease and death, and often abandoned. SAVING AFRICA’S WITCH CHILDREN follows Gary Foxcroft, a 29-year old Briton who works to help these vulnerable children through his charity, Stepping Stones Nigeria, which raises funds to aid children living in the Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) shelter. Sam Itauma, a Nigerian, runs the shelter and cares for over 150 orphans. Though Nigeria has passed a Child rights Act, the Akwa Ibom region had not enacted the law. After Gary organizes a demonstration, the law is passed, but children still arrive at CRARN daily.