<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099'><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT5971"></span></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Woods Hole Film Festival,
which runs July 25– August 1, will host a special event prior to the
festival on Sunday, June 28, entitled “<b>News & Independent Filmmaking in the Digital Age</b>”
in Redfield Auditorium at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(Water Street). The evening features a discussion at 7:30 PM about how
the Internet is changing the way newspapers report news stories and the
kinds of stories documentary filmmakers are telling lead by
Globalpost.com founder and executive editor Charles Sennott and
filmmaker Beth Murphy (Beyond Belief), preceded by a reception with the
speakers at 6:00 PM at Quick’s Hole Restaurant (6 Luscombe Avenue)
sponsored by the Woods Hole Inn. Murphy will also show clips from and
discuss her upcoming documentary, <b>The Promise of Freedom</b>, an expose on the long-term consequences suffered by Iraqi citizens who risked everything to work for the U.S.-led occupation.<br>
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As co-founder and executive editor of the groundbreaking international
news web site Globalpost.com, Charles Sennott is embarking on a bold
journey to redefine international news for the digital age. He has been
a leader on a multimedia team that combines writing20with still
photography as well as audio and video in an effort to produce
groundbreaking coverage both online and in print. Previously, he spent
nearly 25 years as a reporter and on-air analyst, working on the front
lines of wars and insurgencies in 15 countries, covering a wide range
of stories from the papal transition in Rome to the oil industry in
Saudi Arabia. He served as the Boston Globe's Middle East bureau chief
in Jerusalem from 1997 to 2001 and as European bureau chief in London
from 2001 to 2005, followed by a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard
University. <br>
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Principle Pictures founder and North Falmouth resident Beth Murphy is a
documentary producer, director, author and university professor, who
has produced programming for the Sundance Channel, History Channel,
PBS, Lifetime, Discovery Health, Discovery International and other
international outlets. Her most recent documentary, The Promise of
Freedom, tells the story of 27-year-old American aid worker Kirk
Johnson, a modern-day Oskar Schindler who mobilized a grassroots
movement to save thousands of Iraqis who had put their lives in danger
by helping the U.S. bring democracy to Iraq. The film reveals the
harrowing interconnected stories of several refugees who lost
everything because they believed most in America’s promises. Murphy’s
first feature documentary, Beyond Belief, about two women from the
Boston suburbs who lost their husbands on 9/11 who channeled their
grief into helping widows in Afghanistan, premiered at the Tribeca Film
Festival a
nd won numerous festival awards, including the Woods Hole
Film Festival “Best of the Fest”. <br>
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Dedicated to showcasing the work of New England filmmakers, this year
the Woods Hole Film Festival will screen more than 100 independent
films submitted from around the world over an eight-day period. The
Festival also features workshops, panel discussions, parties, music and
more at a variety of venues in Woods Hole and Falmouth. Special guest
filmmakers-in-residence include actor Joey Pantoliano, documentary
filmmaker Bestor Cram, and casting director Carolyn Pickman of CP
Casting. The Woods Hole Film Festival is supported in part by a grant
from the Massachusetts Cultural Council with additional support from
the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod and the Woods Hole Foundation for the
Filmmaker-in-Residence program. <br>
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Tickets for this special event are <span class="" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT5972"><a class="Object">$25</a></span> and can be purchased in advance
through Ticketweb.com or at the door of the event. Courtesy parking is
available for ticket holders. For more information call <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT5973"><a href="callto:+1508-495-3456" onclick="window.top.Com_Zimbra_Phone.unsetOnbeforeunload()">508-495-3456</a></span> or
visit <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT5974"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.woodsholefilmfestival.org/">www.woodsholefilmfestival.org</a></span>. </font><br><br><div><div><div><div><div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">--<br><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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