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Sharing Little Pearls with the World:
Distribution and Uses
Television:
• WLOS-TV - Asheville,
NC - aired
initially in paid and donated spots, later as PSAs; Charlotte, NC; Cleveland, Ohio; public access stations in upstate New York and Asheville; cable Channel 10 as part of a twice-daily feature program
• ABC
- Channel 7 in New York City – "Child to Child" - PSA after September 11
• BBC
in England -"Farmer to Farmer" - for farmers quarantined on their
farms in 2001 by foot-and-mouth disease in livestock, and for
the general public
• “After the Storm” in Pass Along Concepts series “With Forgiveness”, October 2006
• Active grassroots sharing, encouraged by our Creative Commons copyright
Public
Screenings (individual Pearls or the whole sampler):
• Asheville International Children's Film Festivial 2010: community screenings so far
• Asheville International Children's Film Festivial 2009: gala, all festival screenings
• Several Pearls in Jubilee Singers concert and at Jubilee celebrations 2009
• "Wild and Free: a Screech Owl Named Pinkey" in the Asheville FF, Nov. 2007 and at Little Pearls event May 2008. The compilation won the Western North Carolina Achievement Award 2008 in the 14th annual Twin Rivers Media Festival, May 2008. Also in Lumen Eclipse Le:60 FF in Boston, fall 2008.
• “After
the Storm” in
the Asheville FF November 2006;
the reworked compilation in the Hazel Wolf Environmental FF in Seattle, March 2007 and
in KIDS FIRST! It was one of four films in competition nationally for the KIDS FIRST! Best 2007 Award nomination as Best Indie Short Short Age 12-18, Oct. 2007 in Los Angeles; Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival in northern California and at Kat Williams concert, Asheville, NC, Jan. 2008
• “Dr. Willie” in MY HERO 2006 Short FF awards night in Los Angeles, Dec. 2006 (both Dr. Willie and his Pearl won awards!)
• “After the Storm” in
Italy for an event on global warming (with Italian subtitles!)
Nov. 2006
• Opening
night gala of the first Asheville Film Festival, November 2003
• Events
at Blue Ridge Motion Pictures and Diana Wortham Theatre in
Asheville – spring 2003, fall 2004
• “KIDS
FIRST” FF in Santa Fe and in their museum programs
around the country; through them, in the spring 2005 "Peace
Jam" in SW United States and in the Texas "Go Wild - Read!" 2005 summer program in public libraries
• Media
that Matters conferences - Vancouver Island, British Columbia
in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
•
Open
Cinema in Victoria, BC in 2003
• Church
services in Asheville, Western NC, Oregon and Toronto, Canada
•
Public
gatherings/conferences in Asheville, Santa Fe, New York City, upstate
New York, Canada, Germany, Japan and more
•
Colleges/universities,
including UNC-Greensboro, Warren Wilson, Ithaca College, UNC-Charlotte and more
•
Classrooms
and assemblies for children at all levels, from pre-school to high
school, in Western NC and in many schools across the US and Canada
•
"Farmer
to Farmer" and its mini-doc were shown in English pubs and churches
•
Group
meetings, workshops, counselors' offices, mediation centers across
North America
•
Asheville
Pizza's movie theater
•
At
least three thousand individuals, sharing samplers with family,
friends, neighbors, colleagues
• Distribution
of “After the Storm” to regional and national media,
policy makers, opinion shapers
• “Child
to Child” Pearl and mini-documentary were used by the
American Red Cross for volunteers coming into New York City after
September 11, 2001
Wish
List for More Venues:
•
Mobile devices; cable
and broadcast stations at all levels; with
movies in theaters and on airplanes
•
More film
festivals and online streaming sites, national and international
•
Broader
grassroots distribution via DVD and viral
networking
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