Lance Trumbull in NepalI’m a father! Kaden Kavi Trumbull – welcome to this wonderful world!
By Lance Trumbull | June 19, 2009
I’m a father! Kaden Kavi Trumbull - welcome to this wonderful world!
Lance, Kaden, and Tikky Trumbull
The greatest thing that I ever helped create was produced at 5:28am on June 18th, 2009. Kaden Kavi Trumbull was born 6 pounds 8 ounces to two very happy and proud parents: Lance and Tikky Trumbull.
His name: Kaden means fighter or “warrior” and Kavi means “poet” - and so we now have a Warrior-Poet in our lives!
I was little bit freaked out at the first viewing of my son: he was purple! I was thinking am I the father or is Barney?! (For those who do not know who Barney is click here). But then the doctor assured me that it is quite normal for the little guys to come out looking this way. Of course, being purple is one thing, but being an Alien is quite another! My son had an alien head! What’s going on here - I was thinking to myself, but the nurse also assured me that the head is made up of small plates and is malleable in order to fit thru the birth canal and that soon he would indeed have earthly dimensions! Of course, part of me remembered reading this in one of the stacks of baby books, but it is one thing to read about it and quite another thing to see it in Technicolor. After the initial shock of looking at this purple alien in front of me, I could not help but think “holy shit” we did it! But wait, quick count: 10 toes, 10 fingers, 2 eyes, a nose, a mouth, and oh my god - now that’s my son! His testicles were enormous! - I was feeling quite proud when the nurse told me that this swelling is also normal and that it would go way down in size within the next 24 hours. Damn…
Over the course of the next several hours I discovered all sorts of interesting things about babies: I had no idea that newborn babies could sneeze! The little guy must have sneezed about 15 times in an hour. I never thought sneezing could be cute - but it seems that everything he does is cute. I also had no idea that babies could dream so soon. I guess it makes sense…but what could he possibly be dreaming about?! - the good old days…? And then he started making all sorts of crazy sounds; it reminded me of my dog Joey when he has “chasing dreams” in which his body twitches, and he barks while his legs fray back in forth as if he was in a mailman chasing contest. Kaden was doing something similar and I was completely surprised.
Kaden awoke from his very brief sleep and I continued to study his face and all of his incredible expressions. At one moment he would be this holy crying terror - and the next his face would transform into Yoda - a wise and otherworldly being. And then even more strange and never seen before looks…after a while he gave me this expression that I could only describe as a naughty look - I did not quite understand what it meant. But I would find out a few minutes later when I went to change his diaper! I think I will have to remember this one.
Tikky and Kaden Trumbull
About 18 hours later when things started to fit back into correct proportion and color, I took a closer examination of this incredible bundle of joy that lay in front of me. And as I was changing his diaper once again, I noticed that Kaden had my wife Tikky’s nose, her eyes, her chin, her mouth, her smile and…so I yelled over to Tikky “it seems the only thing he got from me was my penis!” She responded “yes, except for the slight size difference!” - I said, thanks for throwing in the “slight” remark. Just then Kaden peed in the air spraying me, himself and everything else around him. Without missing a beat Tikky responded “well it looks like he also got that from his father!”
Kaden Trumbull’s first bath
Kaden could not - or would not sleep at all last night - and while Tikky was still recovering from the painful C Section that she had to have due to complications - I was trying to get him to stop crying. It was scary and I honestly felt so helpless. How can I get him to stop I kept wondering…At first I was quite afraid to hold him. It seemed too literal of an expression of a bold truth: his life is literally in my arms. As I looked at this tiny version of me and my wife I could not help but think - am I really the man that I need to be to raise this miracle to become a healthy, happy, well adjusted, and compassionate person? And do I have the patience, the love, the kindness, the intelligence, and the ability to give him all the love and caring in the world that he truly deserves…?
I decided not to answer those questions but instead I took a deep breath, kissed his forehead, and looking into his beautiful eyes proceeded to rock him back and forth for the next hour.
We both silently fell asleep together.
I awoke a bit later - Kaden in my arms, my wife next to us…all that was missing was our dog, Joey. We will see him once we get back home from the hospital and then our family will be complete - and it seems, so will my life…
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Huston Smith - Tales of Wonder and 90th Birthday Celebration
By Lance Trumbull | May 17, 2009
Phil Novak, Huston Smith, Lance Trumbull
It was a relatively quick flight from Portland to San Francisco - I was very much looking forward to getting back to the Bay Area, to briefly see my parents and to see my former professors from UC Berkeley Huston Smith and Phil Novak.
Huge book publishing firm Harper Collins (Harper One Division) was having a small private celebration for Huston Smith celebrating his just released autobiography “Tales of Wonder” - a gripping overview of his rich and wondrous life. The event was also to honor his 90th birthday.
The event was held in the library room of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco - one of the most impressive and moving Cathedrals in the United States. It was wonderful seeing my old professors. In attendance were world famous scholars, authors, filmmakers, old friends, and former students such as myself.
During part of the ceremony congratulation letters from all over the world were read; I was honored to be able to be called to say a few words about Huston in front of the audience:
“…It was 13 years ago and I remember as if it was yesterday. There I was in my Religion 90A Class at UC Berkeley and I was in utter awe of the man before me - not so much because of his amazing mind or his incredible breadth of work, but because at the moment he was in the middle of the class doing a perfect Yoga headstand! I remember thinking that (at the time) I was 28 and I could never dream of doing that and here is this “scholar” who was 50 years my senior standing on his head on the cement floor! - Amazing!
I was always impressed with Huston as a teacher, as a scholar, and eventually as a friend. It turned out that several months later Huston and Kendra moved just a few houses down from where I was living in North Berkeley. Although Huston had mastered the knowledge of all the numerous gods and goddesses of the various faith traditions of the world - he had still yet to master the realm of the computer gods! - And so I became his personal computer helper and later his personal book dealer. It was a pleasure and honor doing both and I look back with great fondness of all my encounters and time spent with Huston…”
It was a very nice event - and Huston who is now almost 90 years young, still is able to move people with his elegant words and friendly and smiling presence. As always he was gracious, humble and engaging. I feel honored knowing him.
…After the party I had a great time hanging out with my former professor and friend Phil Novak. We went to downtown San Francisco to a nice Italian restaurant and had some traditional Italian pizza; surrounding us were bars, scantily clad women, and strip clubs… our night cap was getting ice cream in Marin! Yes, I am getting old…!
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Lance Trumbull and Everest: A Climb for Peace at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
By Lance Trumbull | April 22, 2009
I know this may sound strange, but I was actually really looking forward to going to Milwaukee; Wisconsin: Woo hoo! But seriously, I have been to more countries (about 35 or so) than states and I was glad to be able to visit another location on our great map.
Coming from Green Portland, it was weird flying into the Milwaukee airport where everything was brown and gloomy. Looking down from the plane I could not see one green thing below. I kept asking myself, isn’t this spring, where’s the green? I guess spending most of my life in the SF Bay Area where it is eternally spring, and then spending the last 3 years in Portland, where everyday seems like St. Patrick’s Day! - I was in a slight shock seeing so much brown…
Nevetheless, the weather was great and Milwaukee seemed like a very interesting and somewhat happening place. Unfortunately, I did not have a lot of time for festivities or touring about as my screening of the film was in just a few hours….
The screening started at 7pm at the Union Fireside Lounge - a medium sized room with really cool, oversized lounge chairs and love seats for the audience. It was a real intimate affair. We had a decent sized and enthusiastic crowd - which is always great to have! And most stayed around after the screening as we had a 45 minute Q & A.
All in all it was a great time in Milwaukee!
Thanks to Becca Grassi and Evan Koon for making this happen.
Lance Trumbull
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Everest: A Climb for Peace Wins EMPixx Platinum Award
By Lance Trumbull | March 24, 2009
Everest Wins EMPixx Award
I am proud to announce that our film - Everest: A Climb for Peace has won the prestigious and new Platinum EMPixx Award for its Documentary Film Category. We are of course, honored to win another great award and it just speaks again about the excellence of our history-making and culturally important documentary film.
Narrated by Orlando Bloom and hailed as a “tremendous achievement” by the Dalai Lama. Everest: A Climb for Peace is not just a typical Everest film, but a socially relevant documentary about peace, war, and the human spirit - an inspirational film, which also has some of the most incredible Everest footage ever shot, including a dramatic rescue from near the summit of Everest.
www.EverestPeaceProject.org
About the EMPixx Awards and Competition:
The EMPixx competition was created by David E. Carter, a multiple Emmy® and Clio® winner with a long history of innovation for the creative world. Carter founded American Corporate Identity, edits the Creativity Annual, and founded the Telly® Awards. Now, he has created an innovative award for the era of Moving Pixels — The EMPixx Awards.
www.empixxawards.org
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Update on Everest: A Climb for Peace
By Lance Trumbull | March 11, 2009
Hi Everyone ,
It may seem like things are a bit slow these days - but there are always things that are going on in the background! APT (www.aptww.org) - our television sales rep is getting ready to go to France to actively try to sell the film to the international world market. This happens in April. Closer to home, our North American DVD rep - Beyond Words Distribution (www.beyondword.com) is actively getting the film out to various locations, including stores in Canada. We are hoping that soon the film will be available via iTunes and Netflix. I will keep you posted on this as it develops.
On the film festival front: Our film recently was accepted to the “Seventh International Festival of Sports Films ‘Krasnogorski’” in Moscow, Russia. This film festival was recently postponed and should be happening sometime in September…hopefully an update on this will be coming forth soon. For more info about the festival, you can go to: www.sportsfilm.ru
That’s about it for now…
Lance Trumbull
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Santa Barbara International Film Festival - Everest: A Climb for Peace
By Lance Trumbull | January 26, 2009
It seemed by all indication that I had brought Portland’s wet and wintry weather with me on Friday. Just a few hours before I was telling my wife how I was looking forward to wearing shorts and having a nice hour or two at the beach…no such luck. I arrived at the Harbor Inn hotel in Santa Barbara around 4pm after being picked up in a very nice limo. My room was overlooking the ocean and my jaw dropped when I saw that the normal room price was $425 a night! Thank God I was not paying for it! I was thinking to myself…yeah, I could get used to living like this. This was all courtesy of the great people at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.
But on to more important things…later that night I went to see a tribute to Kate Winslett - the incredible actress from Titanic and most recently, The Reader. The event was held in the Arlington Theater a really wonderful place to hold a screening or an event.
The following morning there was a press event at the Harbor Restaurant - an upscale place on the pier looking out and literally down upon the ocean. The local press were there to meet all the documentary filmmakers (and for a free breakfast!); it was a bit strange for I had 4 different people take my picture - same picture, same location; God knows what the pictures were for - for I doubt anyone wants to put my face on any front cover! However, I got to meet some great filmmakers and some press and hopefully some of them will review the film…
The screening of Everest: A Climb for Peace was later that evening. It was held at the Santa Barbara Museum of Modern Art. I was worried that people would not show up because at the same time there was a tribute to Penelope Cruz going on. And so I was going up again Penelope! The theater at the museum (which was very nice by the way!) holds about 160 people and happily we essentially had a full house! I started the screening by giving a short introduction about myself and the film and then we proceeded to watch the 63 film. The audience reception seemed excellent and most of the people in attendance stayed for the 20 minute Q & A session that followed. It was definitely a success and it is always fabulous to show and speak to an enthused and engaged audience about your film!
I was also very happy that my friend and fellow filmmaker Rick Ray (10 Questions for the Dalai Lama - www.thedalailamamovie.com) came from his home in LA to support me and the film. Rick brought his wife Sharon and 3 of kids. After the screening was the best part of the night: chocolate cake and ice cream! We found a nice restaurant that served dessert and had an eventful time chatting about films, politics, and the job market…It was great seeing Rick and meeting his lovely wife.
The following day was a gathering put together by The Fund for Santa Barbara (www.fundforsantabarbara.org) - we met in a small art gallery that held about 100 more people than I thought it could! The event was for the documentary filmmakers and their films that were nominated for their 10th Annual Social Justice Award. And so I had the opportunity to once again meet some wonderful filmmakers and film patrons from Santa Barbara and from all over the world. The winner of the award will be announced on February 1st; my fingers are crossed that my film will win!
Well, as quickly as I arrived it seemed I had leave. From the event I ran to my hotel to catch a ride back to the Santa Barbara Airport - one of the smallest airports I have ever seen…and back today to the surprisingly sunny Portland! Thank you Santa Barbara Film Festival for a wonderful time and thank you Beyond Words - www.Beyondword.com (my DVD distributor) for providing my ticket to Santa Barbara!
Rick Ray with Lance Trumbull in Santa Barbara
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Barack Obama our 44th President!
By Lance Trumbull | January 20, 2009
I cannot help but stand a little taller today.
I cannot help but feel a little prouder today.
I cannot help but feel a littler wiser today.
I cannot help but feel a little more hopeful today…
Yes, we did. Yes, we can. And Yes, we will move forward once again as a nation that stands as a beacon of light, hope, and compassion to the rest of the world.
“…For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace. To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West: Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested, we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back, nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God’s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.”
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10 million children die each year due to lack of healthcare
By Lance Trumbull | January 18, 2009
What has been going on in Gaza is a tragedy. And I certainly understand and agree with the angry and upset voices. And I do not want diminish the suffering of anyone in this world affected by war and violence. But I want to address something that people continue to ignore.
It is estimated that 18,000 men and women silently die (without press coverage) each year in the United States (not to mention countless more children) due to lack of health care. That is about 18 assaults on Gaza or about six 9/11s happening each year. If you want to spread it out to the world MSNBC reported (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24482102/) a few months back that 10 million children die each year from lack of health care. TEN MILLION! That is over 3000 9/11 attacks each year. Most if not all of these deaths are preventable. And so where is our horror at this? Where is the front page news? Where are the major news stories? Where is the “war on lack of health care”? Where are the petitions and written drafts and statements going back and forth on email lists. It is an abomination that is preventable and yet the world at large does nothing.
On a peace email list serve that I am on, someone stated in response to what is going on in Gaza to “Look at Your Children” and how we should not ignore the suffering of others - well sadly we do not. Not even in our own backyard here in the United States. Thousands of innocent children die each year in the US because they were unlucky enough to have been born poor - and the US government does not have the compassion to take care of its own people. We have spent nearly a trillion dollars on the Iraq war - a war waged on a people and country that had nothing to do with 9/11; we will spend 750 billion dollars bailing out wealthy individuals and wealthy corporations with zero oversight, and yet when it comes to saving some 20,000 Americans each year from preventable deaths, we claim that we just cannot afford it, and that it is socialism. Where is the compassion? What ever happened to “do unto others as you would have them do unto you?” What ever happened to “what you do to the least of your brothers, you do to me.”? And what ever happened to being “my brother’s keeper”?
And so if you have lots of anger and frustration and want to do something with it in your own backyard (wherever that may be) - then petition your government for universal health care. And if you are fortunate enough to live in a country where they do have universal health coverage - then lobby your government, your representative to help poorer countries get the medicine and care that they need.
President Obama - please do what is morally right - help take care of this great nation, help save 20,000 lives each year - and provide universal health care for all the people of the United States.
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Gaza Crisis - Israeli and Palestinian Conflict Continues…
By Lance Trumbull | January 9, 2009
I am not an expert on the Middle East nor do I claim to be. I try not to be overly political or take sides and I believe that my film Everest: A Climb for Peace did a great job at being neutral by letting the people in the film state their experiences and emotions: the film and the people speak for themselves. And so I have been hesitant to comment on the recent crisis in the Middle East…but I just do not feel that I can be silent anymore.
What is so sad and frustrating to see is that humanity once again lets its worst come out. There is no military solution that will fix the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. Let me say that again:
THERE IS NO MILITARY SOLUTION.
But tragically we continue seeing the right wing, military people (some may call them the fanatics) on both sides win out on the decision making. And so we have Hamas sending rockets over terrorizing innocent Israelis across the border. This has continued for years. These are terrorist acts and acts of cowardice. Some may say that Israel has the absolute right to defend itself against the continued barrage of rockets that have continued now for years - and certainly if this was happening here in the US, if Mexico was sending rockets into San Diego from Tijuana, I can guarantee you that the US response would be swift; and so I do not necessarily fault a military response from Israel to protect its people.
HOWEVER, (and this is a Big However!) - I truly believe that Israel does not have the right to respond so disproportionately. In the last year 1 Israeli was killed by rocket fire - certainly tragic. But does that give Israel the right to bomb Palestine into oblivion - to destroy offices, schools, and mosques and to invade what should be considered a sovereign nation. The tables are turned - it is the literal David vs. Goliath. With F16 fighter planes and high tech bombs provided by the US - Hamas (and unfortunately, the innocent women and children of Palestine) literally do not have a chance with their low tech pea shooters and their crumbling shelters. With the Palestinian death toll heading towards 1000 (with thousands of injured) and with over 40% of those killed and injured being innocent women and children, one must ask what is Israel really trying to accomplish? Does the Israeli government believe that while trying to destroy Hamas and in doing so killing hundreds of innocent women and children - is this going to solve the problem and stop the rocket attacks and suicide bombings? And will a large military response ever be the solution to stop this continuous back and forth conflict that seems never ending? It is just mind boggling how governments do not understand that when you kill people’s friends and family that it tends to upset them! That killing only inflames an already inflamed population. Neither Hamas or Israel (especially the Israeli government) seem to understand this. Half of the people in Gaza are under 17 years old. And so Israel is just creating an entire new generation of Israeli-hating Palestinians.
I know that if you killed my brother, my sister and most of my friends that this is something that I would remember and hold to my heart for a lifetime. I too would most likely hate those who did the killing. And it would take a lot to change my mind or my thinking.
And in this regard this takes us to perhaps the real issue. For the last several years Israel has had a strangle-hold on Gaza. They have laid siege blocking the air space, the land access, and access via the sea. Gaza has become one the largest prisons in the world and Israel has done little to make this situation better and has recently made it much worse. And this is something that the US press tends to ignore. If you were starving and living under deplorable conditions what would you do and how would you get the world to notice? Well, I do not think that shooting rockets into Israel is the answer - but if years ago Israel changed its policy towards Palestinians in Gaza, if they helped provide an economy - if they let commerce and trade happen, if they ended its siege would Hamas be sending rockets into Israel? And so is it Hamas’ fault for being so stupid as to continue to provoke Israel and causing its own people to suffer from what many saw as Israel’s inevitable (and unfortunately disproportionate and inhumane) response? Or is it Israel’s fault for laying siege to 1.5 million Palestinians, which has caused a horrible humanitarian crisis in Gaza? - I believe it is fair to lay blame on both sides for continuously violating international law and for showing lack of restraint and basic compassion and empathy for human life.
There is no doubt that from the US perspective Hamas is a terrorist organization. There is also no doubt that from Israel’s point of view - and especially those innocent people living in Southern Israel - like in Sderot, that Hamas is a terrorist organization. But what if we were to ask the people of Gaza how they feel about the Israeli Defense Forces? With hundreds killed and thousands injured (almost half being women and children) - and with Israel invading Palestine, isn’t Israel currently wreaking terror to a far greater degree then Hamas has ever done to Israel? And what about the US and Iraq? With hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed in two wars and millions of innocent Iraqi’s left homeless and destitute because of the most recent senseless and stupid war ever waged - how do you think most Iraqi’s view the US army? Are we liberators or an invading and occupying force that has mostly brought terror and death? And so one country’s freedom fighters are another countries terrorists. It is just a matter of perspective and that is the problem that most people fail to understand. It is an “us” verses “them” world - “Us” great and moral people and “them” - those terrorist, horrible, evil-doers.
The reality is that no country is innocent and blameless; we all have the blood of innocent people on our hands.
Just as the Iraq war and the ridiculous US war on terror has only brought the US more pain, suffering, and death - over 4000 brave US soldiers dead and tens of thousands wounded - and more world-wide terrorism and anti American hatred, the same will go for Israel. Sadly, this latest war in Gaza will most likely only make Israel hated more around the world by Arab nations and will only bring about a new generation of suicide bombers and people ready and willing to launch more rocket attacks on Israel. It seems we never learn. Instead of sending bombs and missiles, Israel should have been building schools and hospitals in the West Bank and in Gaza. If you want to change the way people feel about you the way to do this is not by killing them or their neighbors, friends, and family. It is by winning the hearts and minds of the people. The same goes for the United States. Instead of giving 700 billion dollars to Wall Street - we could have used that money to feed and provide water to the world. We have had so many opportunities to create goodwill, compassion, and kindness to the world - and unfortunately, have more often than not, chosen the wrong path . When 911 occurred we had the world with us in sympathy. Iranians in Iran had candlelight vigils in the streets on our behalf! And now look where we are - look at the horrible legacy Bush has given us. I can only pray that the Obama administration will bring some sanity and stability to the Middle East and bring back the good name that the United States once held in the world.
What is truly sad and tragic is that because of a few - so many suffer. It is fairly easy for people from different countries and faiths to come together and to become friends - especially if they are striving for a common goal. But countries are a different matter because they have leaders and politicians that have certain agendas - leaders that want to get re-elected, politicians that want to continue the “Military-industrial complex” - that make war and death profitable and thus omnipresent. If peace were profitable - I guarantee you there would be a lot more peace in the world! And in this horrible state of war and conflict people learn to hate an entire race or group of people. What a ”country” does and what government leaders do needs to be separated from the people themselves. Americans, Israelis, Palestinians, and indeed the rest of the citizens of the world may have differences in language, culture, and beliefs, but we all share a common humanity. We all want to be happy; we all want to love and to be loved – and we all want to live a life of purpose and meaning. On the deepest human level, we have much more in common than we realize.
Where is the Martin Luther King of Palestine? Where is the Gandhi in Israel? Will either ever have a leader that truly strives for peace and compassion? And in a place where war in conflict is so common would the people ever follow such a leader? And will Barack Obama be the intelligent, compassionate, and diplomatic President that we all hope he can be? Gandhi once said, “If we practice an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.” It seems so obvious to me that it is through actions of peace that peace is spread - I just wish that our governments and leaders will one day learn this valuable and important lesson and start committing more actions of peace instead of creating such senseless and destructive actions of war and hatred. Until then…more pain, more suffering and more blindness….
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Everest: A Climb for Peace at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
By Lance Trumbull | January 7, 2009
I am very happy to announce that Everest: A Climb for Peace has been accepted to and will be playing at the prestigious Santa Barbara International Film Festival. I am also very happy to announce that it has been nominated along with a few select documentaries for the Social Justice Award.The screen times in downtown Santa Barbara are:
January 24th, 7pm, SB Museum of Art &
Thursday, January 28th, 12:30pm, Victoria Hall
About the film festival:
Given its knack for predicting Academy Award® winners, a proximal distance to Los Angeles and timing close to the big event, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) in 2009 will once again establish itself as the preeminent Oscar® film festival.SBIFF takes place among the beautiful California coastal area that is considered the American Riviera™. With the city’s destination desirability and the Festival’s attraction of stellar luminaries and exceptional programming, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is truly “unmissable”. The 24th Santa Barbara International Film Festival will be held on January 22nd through February 1st, 2009. To learn more please go to: http://sbiff.org
Lance Trumbull
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