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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
•
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
•
"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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