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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
ABC - Channel 7 in New York City – "Child to Child" - PSA after September 11
Channel 10 - Asheville cable - part of a twice-daily feature program
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
Charlotte, NC - all-news/weather station via former WLOS weatherman
Cleveland, Ohio - ABC station where former GM at WLOS now works
Public access stations in upstate New York, and on URTV in Asheville

The Internet:    

           Each Little Pearl is in at least two video formats at littlepearls.org

Other websites and web TV, including YouTube, Green TV (international environmental web TV) and on MY HERO 2006 Short Film Festival site - more soon!

“After the Storm” in Pass Along Concepts series “With Forgiveness”, October 2006

Active grassroots sharing via e-mail, encouraged by our Creative Commons copyright
Public Screenings (individual Pearls or the whole sampler):

            “After the Storm” in the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival in                                 northern California and at Kat Williams concert, Asheville, NC, Jan. 2008

  "Wild and Free: a Screech Owl Named Pinkey" in the Asheville FF, Nov. 2007

“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

“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
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

Educational Settings:

Colleges/universities, including UNC-Greensboro, Warren Wilson, Ithaca College, UNC-Charlotte
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

Other:

"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:

Cable and broadcast stations at all levels, from local public access to national networks in the United States; in other English-language countries; and eventually in other languages
With movies in theaters and on airplanes
More film festivals and online postings, national and international
Broader grassroots distribution via CD, DVD, VHS, and viral networking

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