Press Releases
Darfur Dream Team Launches Sister Schools Program
Los Angeles [ April 13, 2009 ]
March 18, 2009 (Washington, D.C.) — Basketball stars Tracy McGrady, Derek Fisher, Baron Davis, Luol Deng, Etan Thomas, and Jermaine O'Neal have joined together to announce the launch of the Darfur Dream Team’s Sister Schools Program. As part of the program, the players will work with U.S. schools to raise awareness about the crisis in Darfur and money for Darfuri refugee camp schools. The Sister Schools Program links American middle schools, high schools, and universities with schools in Darfuri refugee camps in eastern Chad. U.S sister schools will raise funds to improve the education of their Darfuri peers through the construction and rehabilitation of school buildings as well as providing teacher training, sports equipment, and other school supplies. The program will also foster cross-cultural relationships and mutual understanding between U.S. and Darfuri refugee students through letter exchanges and video blogging.
read moreGET “INFECTED” AND “CRAZY” FOR GREENPEACE: AUCTION CAUSE, PARTICIPANT MEDIA AND EBAY OFFER UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF HORROR CINEMA HISTORY
Los Angeles [ April 13, 2009 ]
Auction Cause and Participant Media have teamed up to present an eBay charity auction for a walk-on role in Overture Films and Participant Media's horror thriller, THE CRAZIES, with the proceeds to benefit Greenpeace.
PARTICIPANT MEDIA’S AND DOSOMETHING.ORG’S “FEED THE NEED" PROGRAM COLLECTS 1.2 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD THROUGH YOUTH LED FOOD DRIVES NATIONWIDE
LOS ANGELES [ March 16, 2009 ]
Over 1.2 million pounds of food were collected from food drives around the country under Participant Media’s and DoSomething.org’s “Feed the Need” program, in which more than 26,000 young people took part. Participant Media, the leading provider of content that inspires and compels social change, and DoSomething.org, an organization dedicated to empowering young people to take action in their communities, partnered for the initiative to combat hunger, which was one component of Participant’s social action campaign for the upcoming film The Soloist.
read morePARTICIPANT MEDIA’S THE VISITOR INSPIRES LAWYER TRAINING WORKSHOPS IN 10 U.S. CITIES
LOS ANGELES [ March 9, 2009 ]
For Participant Media’s social action campaign for the film The Visitor, the law firm O’Melveny & Myers and the NGO National Legal Sanctuary for Community Advancement (NLSCA) have joined forces to offer a pro bono Continuing Legal Education training program in 10 cities across the country. These workshops for lawyers and law students consist of a screening of The Visitor, followed by a four hour training session on how to represent immigrants, detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), at bond hearings. The first workshop was held last month in San Francisco, with the next one scheduled to take place in Los Angeles next month.
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LIONSGATE, ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS, PARTICIPANT MEDIA AND THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL TO EXPOSE THE COVE
LOS ANGELES, CA [ March 5, 2009 ]
Sundance Award-Winning thriller The Cove will be let loose in domestic and international waters beginning this summer. Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) and Roadside Attractions have acquired all U.S. rights, with The Works International (the U.K. based sales agent of Academy Award® winner MAN ON WIRE), in conjunction with James Atherton’s London-based Quickfire Films Fund, acquiring all other territories.
read more‘Food Inc.’ Opened 3rd Annual Culinary Cinema of the Berlin International Film Festival
LOS ANGELES, CA [ February 10, 2009 ]
Participant Media's and River Road Entertainment's documentary Food, Inc., directed by Robert Kenner, opened the 3rd annual Culinary Cinema of the Berlin International Film Festival on Sunday, February 8.
Participant Media, The League of American Orchestras and Feeding America Team Up for National Food Drive Inspired by the Upcoming Film 'The Soloist'
LOS ANGELES, CA [ February 11, 2009 ]
Inspired by the upcoming film 'The Soloist,' the League of American Orchestras; Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger relief organization; and Participant Media have joined forces for Orchestras Feeding America, a large-scale national food drive that will take place on March 27 and 28 (dates may vary by locality; check with your local orchestra).
read moreParticipant Media Expands Portfolio With Investment in Me to We, Toronto-Based Enterprise Aimed at Socially-Responsible Youth
LOS ANGELES, CA [ January 28, 2009 ]
Participant Media, the leading provider of entertainment that inspires and compels social change, has made an equity investment in Me to We, a Toronto-based social enterprise promoting a socially responsible, globally-focused approach to living for young people who want to help change the world through their daily choices, it was announced by Jim Berk, CEO of Participant Media and Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger, founders of Me to We.
read moreRichard Jenkins Nominated for Best Actor Oscar for his Role in 'The Visitor'
LOS ANGELES, CA [ January 22, 2009 ]
Congratulations to Richard Jenkins for earning a nomination as Best Actor for his role in The Visitor at the 81st Annual Academy Awards® .
The winners will be announced on February 22. The complete list of film and actor nominees is listed below.
read moreSummit Entertainment and Participant Media Enter Into an Agreement for Worldwide Theatrical, Home Entertainment, and Television Distribution
LOS ANGELES, CA [ January 21, 2009 ]
Summit Entertainment and Participant Media have entered into a multi-picture, multi-year non-exclusive distribution agreement which calls for Summit to distribute Participant’s feature films through 2013, it was announced today by Jim Berk, CEO Participant Media and Summit Entertainment Co-Chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger.
read more2009 Writers Guild Awards Screen Nominees Announced
LOS ANGELES, CA and NEW YORK, NY [ January 7, 2009 ]
The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during the 2008 season. Winners will be honored at the 2009 Writers Guild Awards held on Saturday, February 7, 2009, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York .
read moreCulinary Cinema Will Open With 'Food, Inc.,' a Spectacular Documentary on the Food Industry
BERLINALE PRESS OFFICE [ December 10, 2008 ]
On February 8, 2009 at 3 p.m., the documentary film Food, Inc. will open the 59th Berlin International Film Festival programme Culinary Cinema as a Berlinale Special. This remarkable film premiere will take place at Friedrichstadtpalast and conclude with a top-class discussion and a true culinary treat.
read moreACTE Partners With Participant Media to Advocate Importance of CTE, Perkins
ALEXANDRIA, VA [ December 2, 2008 ]
The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) and Participant Media are partnering to increase awareness regarding the value of career and technical education (CTE) and the need for additional state and federal investment to support CTE programs which meet national economic and workforce needs.
read moreAFI Fest 2008 Presented by Audi Announces 'The Soloist' Opening Night Film
LOS ANGELES, CA [ September 25, 2008 ]
AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival announces that DreamWorks Pictures and Universal Pictures’ The Soloist has been selected as the Festival’s Opening Night Gala presentation.
read more'Angels in the Dust' Wins at South African Film Festival
10TH ENCOUNTERS SOUTH AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL [ July 24, 2008 ]
Angels in the Dust won Best Picture at the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival.
read moreAlex Gibney to Join Netroots Nation Panel
LOS ANGELES, CA [ July 14, 2008 ]
Filmmaker Alex Gibney Joins Online Advocacy Leaders to Discuss How the Internet Has Changed the Way Washington Works and What's Next.
read moreDarfur Now DVD Released
LOS ANGELES, CA [ May 30, 2008 ]
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has just released Participant Media's critically acclaimed documentary Darfur Now on DVD.
read moreParticipant Media and Groundswell Productions' 'The Visitor' First Specialty Hit of the Year
LOS ANGELES, CA [ May 29, 2008 ]
The Visitor has become the year's breakout independent film hit, and has received some of the best reviews of any film released this year.
read more'Darfur Now' College Tour Announces The First 9 Campuses
LOS ANGELES, CA [ March 31, 2008 ]
STAND and the Genocide Intervention Network are proud to partner with Participant Media in the college tour of the acclaimed documentary, Darfur Now.
read more'Chicago 10' Los Angeles Panel Featured Brett Morgen, Aaron Sorkin, Paul Krassner, Jeremy Strick and Chris Connelly
LOS ANGELES, CA [ March 19, 2008 ]
In celebration of the new documentary Chicago 10, Vanity Fair, Participant Media, River Road Entertainment and Roadside Attractions hosted a panel discussion and screening entitled "Speaking Your Piece: Activism Through Art."
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