WHEN:
Thursday, February 22
SCHEDULE :
7:15pm Screening
9:15pm Panel Discussion with filmmakers
10:00pm Mix-n-Mingle
WHERE:
The Westwood Crest Theatre
1262 Westwood Blvd.
Metered parking is available and is free after 7pm, or park in the AMPCO lot at 10866 Glendon, 1 block east of Westwood. $2 with validation.
TICKETS:
THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT. All tickets previously reserved (before 8:00pm, Wed. Feb 21) will be available for pickup at Will Call.
We are pleased to announce that your ticket purchase will count toward opening weekend box office.
ALLOW YOURSELF AMPLE TIME FOR PARKING, CHECK-IN
AND CONCESSION STAND.
24-hour Information Line 323-462-8486 ext. 333
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ABOUT THE FILM -
www.amazinggracemovie.com
Directed by Michael Apted (Coal Miner's Daughter), AMAZING GRACE is based on the life of antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd - Fantastic Four, Justice League, King Arthur), who, elected to the House of Commons at the age of 21, navigated the world of 18th Century backroom politics to end the slave trade in the British Empire. Albert Finney plays John Newton, a confidante of Wilberforce who inspires him to pursue a life of service to humanity..
Producers on the film are Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line) and Ed Pressman under their Sunflower Productions banner, Patricia Heaton and David Hunt for FourBoys Films, and Ken Wales .
PANELISTS
 KEN WALES
During his 15 year association with director Blake Edwards, Ken produced many films including The Tamarind Seed & Wild Rovers and associate/line-produced numerous films including Darling Lili, starring Julie Andrews and Rock Hudson; The Great Race, with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, and The Party, and Revenge of the Pink Panther, both starring Peter Sellers. In TV, Wales co-produced the Emmy and Golden Globe winner, John Steinbeck's East of Eden, associate-produced the first season of Cagney and Lacy, and was executive producer on Christy.
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 DAVID HUNT & PATRICIA HEATON
Well known for her break-out role as Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, Patricia Heaton won two Emmy Awards for the role. She will soon be starring in 20th Century Fox's newest television comedy Action News. Heaton also starred in the TNT/Neil Simon production of The Goodbye Girl and ABC's The Path to 9/11. Her feature film credits include Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Beethoven and Space Jam.
 Soon to appear in The Deal with Bill Macy and Meg Ryan, David Hunt has also appeared in such films as Eyes Wide Shut and Bobby Jones. Hunt's television movies include Murder on the Orient Express for CBS, The Dancer's Touch for ABC and The Grid for TNT/BBC. He has been a series regular on shows including Beck (BBC) and Falcon Crest, and has appeared in the TV series Monk, Numbers, and Everybody Loves Raymond. Hunt is currently appearing in the series 24.
In 2001, Heaton and Hunt co-founded the production company FourBoys Films (http://www.fourboysfilms.com). Their past productions include The Engagement Ring for TNT and the award winning documentary feature film The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania. FourBoys Films also produced Amazing Grace, in conjunction with Bristol Bay Productions. |
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|  MARSHALL MITCHELL
Marshall is Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Wilberforce University. Established before the Civil War, the nation's oldest private Black college was a powerful focal point in the struggle for equality and served as a destination point on the Ohio Underground Railroad. In 1863, Wilberforce became the first Black college to be owned and operated by African-Americans. Wilberforce has played host to some of the most famous and influential African-Americans of the 19th and 20th centuries. Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, the pre-eminent Black scholar and co-founder of the NAACP, taught there for two years. Other notables, including Leontyne Price, earned their undergraduate degrees at Wilberforce. Wilberforce celebrated its 150th anniversary last year.
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 SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK
Dubbed by The Economist as "The Wilberforce Republican," Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) was elected to the U.S. Senate seat held by Bob Dole in 1996. Sam serves on the Judiciary and Joint Economic Committees of the Senate. He also co-chairs the Human Rights Caucus, chairs the Senate Values Action Team, and is a founding member of the Senate Fiscal Watch Team. Sam recently returned from a trip to Africa including meetings with the Deputy President to the African Union, representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Committee for the Red Cross, and the Ethiopian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister Meles. The New York Times declared Sam as "one of the most conservative, religious, fascinating - and, in many ways, admirable - politicians in America today." Sam declared his Presidential candidacy on January 20. |
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Brownback on Wilberforce:
"Two hundred years ago this year, a little known British Parliamentarian by the name of William Wilberforce finally achieved success after a lifetime of effort to end the slave trade in the British Empire. A committed Christian who believed his faith should be a force for good in Britain and around the world, Wilberforce had two great passions: ending the slave trade and renewing the culture. Although his goals appeared impossibly lofty, both were achieved.
He used Britain's greatness for goodness.
Our mandate today has a similar feel. If William Wilberforce were alive today, I believe he would be passionately fighting for the dignity of every human life everywhere, without regard to race, wealth, or status." |
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 CRAIG DETWEILER - MODERATOR
Craig is a recognized author, screenplay writer, film professor and the former chair of the mass communication department at Biola University. He recently left this position to accept a full time position heading the new film studies department at Fuller Theological Seminary. Craig was the screenwriter for Disney's film The Duke as well as Extreme Days. Along with Barry Taylor, Craig co-authored the book A Matrix Of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture which has been used as a textbook by many Christian media students and by others seeking to find religion within the entertainment industry. He is currently in production on a new documentary investigating the clash between the secular and the Christian world entitled Wayfaring Strangers. |
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