I
wrote last week about how IMAX theaters in the South were caving
the possibility of religious pressure in carrying
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea.
Well, after receiving lots of negative publicity in Charlotte Observer, Charlotte science museum Discovery Place is reconsidering its decision to not carry the movie.
Apparently enough people, including myself, sent e-mail or contacted Discovery Place asking them to carry the movie. We MUST continue to do this or theaters will assume they are right to not carry movies on the belief that people in there area won't see it because it clashes with religious beliefs.
Help convince them to carry the movie by sending e-mail to: info@discoveryplace.org. You can also call them at (704) 372-6261 and ask to speak to Jim Hoffman, director of marketing and public relations.
Here's the latest update from The Charlotte Observer:
IMAX film reconsidered
Museum might decide to show volcano film that looks at evolution
KEN GARFIELD
Religion Editor
That IMAX movie touching on evolution might be coming to Charlotte after all.
Discovery Place says it is reconsidering the decision not to show "Volcanoes of the Deep Sea" and could announce in the next day or two plans to show the film in its theater uptown.
Leaders of the science museum had passed on the film nearly two years ago, citing the filmmaker's look at evolution as a "minor" reason for the decision. Some other museums have passed on the film, which connects human DNA and microbes found in undersea volcanoes.
Jim Hoffman, director of marketing and public relations for Discovery Place, told the Observer on Wednesday that the museum is deciding whether to change its mind and take the film. Museum officials are discussing it among themselves, he said, and talking to the film's distributor.
No dates have been set for a possible showing. Hoffman emphasized that the film "was never completely off the table" in terms of bringing it to Charlotte.
Articles in the Observer last week about the Discovery Place decision provoked debate around town about whether the museum was right to reject the film -- or whether it was trying not to offend those who believe God alone is the creative force behind life.
Hoffman said a possible decision to take the film would not indicate that the museum was bowing now to pressure. "It's paying attention to what our audience would want to see," he said.