Hi fellow Kossacks:
I just wanted to share this chance to come celebrate, or retool (can you imagine?), the grassroots movement that started with YOU!
Come and see some of your friends and neighbors and some of our favorite pundits like Tucker and Hannity as we fought hard for the change in 2004 with Howard Dean. It should be a real hoot on a Saturday night.
here's my grassroots press release. I'll keep you posted...
"Dean and Me" Featured Saturday Night at SNOB!
Film screening will celebrate Obama’s "Change" in 2008 by remembering DNC Chairman Howard Dean’s 2004 promise to "Take Our Country Back."
Concord, NH, October 27, 2008 (contact: heatheiden@aol.com)
Director Heath Eiden’s film, Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary will be a feature screening at Concord’s very own Somewhat North of Boston (SNOB) Film Festival on Saturday, November 8 at 8 p.m. in the Red River Theater.
(more over the thing...)
"Dean and Me" Featured Saturday Night at SNOB!
Film screening will celebrate Obama’s "Change" in 2008 by remembering DNC Chairman Howard Dean’s 2004 promise to "Take Our Country Back."
Concord, NH, October 27, 2008 (contact: heatheiden@aol.com)
Director Heath Eiden’s film, Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary will be a feature screening at Concord’s very own Somewhat North of Boston (SNOB) Film Festival on Saturday, November 8 at 8 p.m. in the Red River Theater.
The 88-minute feature film, about America’s primary process, comes just four days after the presidential elections. The director said the event will be a celebration of the grassroots movement that’s making the Democratic Party a real national party again as envisioned by Democratic Nominee Barack Obama and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean.
"If we want to avoid repeating the disastrous nightmare of the George W. Bush years, it’s important that—as we look to the future—we remember what kind of a grassroots effort it took to stop the apathy and bring about hope and change," said Eiden.
Most of the film was shot in New Hampshire and features many familiar faces and places as the filmmaker follows Howard Dean’s 2004 campaign and beyond. Concord’s Harriet Ward, who passed away more recently and was honored by the New Hampshire Democratic Party for her service, has one of the key lines in the film. Local legendary political consultant Karen Hicks also appears.
"The film is a tragic comedy about how our election system works—especially when establishment power is challenged. The movement that started in 2004 with Howard Dean’s ‘take our country back’ didn’t end with a scream—it became a roar that still echoes with Obama’s ‘change’ in 2008," said Eiden. "The people of New Hampshire should be especially proud of their important role and effort to get us here and should celebrate it when the job is done for the 2008 elections."
The documentary also stars Martin Sheen, Al Franken, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Ted Kennedy, MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson, FOX’s Sean Hannity and many, many more--including YOU--the soldiers out there that made up this great grassroots movement.
"Well researched—an outstanding historical film. Some people love reading about history, this film makes history," said history professor and Vermont State Senator Bill Doyle.
The Somewhat North of Boston Film Festival, a grassroots community initiative, celebrates and supports independent filmmaking. In conjunction with Red River Theaters, and the New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI), the festival provides an annual venue for films the public might not otherwise see.
"With such an impressive lineup of films, it’s truly an honor to be invited to show ‘Dean and Me’ at the SNOB festival," said Eiden.
"This is a rare chance to celebrate film and the greatest grassroots movement in American history together just as the results of this history making election start to sink in. I’m looking forward to celebrating in New Hampshire with the folks who made this dream a reality."
For more information visit: thegrassrootsmovie.com
CONTACT: heatheiden@aol.com