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| Sundance Film Has Hudson Valley Premiere at Poughkeepsie Day School | |
March 1, 2007
Contact: Sandra Moore, Director
of Development and Communications (845-462-7600, ext. 110)
Poughkeepsie, NY- Everything's
Cool, the documentary by Poughkeepsie Day School alumnus, Daniel B. Gold
'78, which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival, will have its Hudson
Valley premiere at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, March 28th, in the James Earl Jones
Theater, Gilkesen Center at Poughkeepsie Day School, 260 Boardman Road, Poughkeepsie.
In their signature upbeat
comedic style, Daniel Gold and Judith Helfand weave an entertaining, character-driven,
behind-the-scenes tale about the mother of all problems: global warming. A group
of global-warming messengers/prophets fervently searches for the right language
and strategy to propel a reluctant, disaster-fatigued citizenry and its elected
officials into action. Among this cast of characters are a Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist who repeatedly tries to retire but can't, the Weather Channel's first
climatologist with a "global-warming beat" who must pack her Ph.D.
into 30-second sound bites, two "bad boys" who aim a radical critique
at the environmental movement, and a public servant "whistle-blower."
Inter-cut throughout this strikingly shot journey are the trials and tribulations
of a snow groomer turned biodiesel entrepreneur working on a solution, and the
story of an Inuit Alaskan community that must decide whether to stay and risk
being washed into the sea or move their entire village. For more information
about the film, click here.
Gold won the 2002 Sundance "Excellence in Cinematography Award" for his work on Blue Vinyl, which he co-directed and co-produced. Blue Vinyl was shown on HBO's "American Undercover" and earned him two Emmy nominations. Films on which he was the director of photography have been shown on PBS, HBO, and A&E, with New Orleans, a two-hour American Experience PBS special, and Coma, an HBO special appearing in 2007.
Tickets to the evening screening are $4/person and can be purchased at the door that evening. An informal reception with the filmmaker will follow the screening in Gilkeson Center.
Founded in 1934, Poughkeepsie Day School enrolls 325 students in grades pre-kindergarten through grade 12 from 48 communities in the mid-Hudson Valley. It is distinguished by its interactive and interdisciplinary approach to learning and emphasis on the development of creative and critical thinking skills. For more information, contact Sandra Moore, office of development and communications at 845-462-7600, extension 110.
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