[Classifieds] Woods Hole Film Festival special event to publicize within MBL

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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 “ News & Independent Filmmaking in the Digital Age ” 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, The Promise of Freedom , an expose on the long-term consequences suffered by Iraqi citizens who risked everything to work for the U.S.-led occupation. 

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. 

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”. 

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. 

Tickets for this special event are $25 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 508-495-3456 or visit www.woodsholefilmfestival.org . 







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Judy Laster 
www.woodsholefilmfestival.org 
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