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Dallas Brennan and David Keaton at Sundance 2004

Upcoming Screenings

Waterville, ME
March 13-14, 2006 - Colby College. Filmmakers Katy Chevigny and Dallas Brennan will be present.


2005 Screenings

Philadelphia, PA
January 14, 2005 at 7pm - Scribe Video Center screeening at The International House of Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. Filmmaker Katy Chevigny will be present.

Waitsfield, VT
January 7-17, 2005 - Mountain Top Film Festival, Eclipse Theater as part of Human Rights Watch International Travelling Film Festival

Albany, NY
January 25, 2005 at 6:30pm - Albany Public Library Main Branch, 161 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY. Filmmakers will be present.

Boston, MA
January 30, 2005 at 12:30pm & 6pm - Coolidge Corner Video Screening Room as part of Human Rights Watch International Travelling Film Festival

Urbana, IL
January 30th - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -- Special Screening to Commemorate The Five Year Anniversary of The Moratorium On The Death Penalty In Illinois. Filmmakers and Former Governor George Ryan will be present! Check back in a few weeks for more details.

Flint, MI
February 4, 2005 - Kettering University

Fort Myers, FL
February 16-17, 2005 - Florida Gulf Coast University as part of Human Rights Watch International Travelling Film Festival

Toronto, Ontario
February 6-10, 2005 - Cinematheque Ontario as part of Human Rights Watch International Travelling Film Festival

Seattle, WA
February 15, 2005 at 7:00pm - The Seattle Art Museum as part of The Warren Report film series.

San Francisco, CA
February 22, 23, & 24, 2005 - University of San Francisco, Department of Media Studies and Latin American Studies Program, as part of Human Rights Watch International Travelling Film Festival

Harrisburg, PA
March 11 at 8pm - The Mantis Collective , 202 North Street. Hosted by Central Pennsylvanians to Abolish The Death Penalty. For more info call: 717-514-2747.

New Orleans, LA
April 7-11 - Tulane Law School, as part of Human Rights Watch International Travelling Film Festival.

Syracuse, NY
April 7 - Le Moyne College Campus Ministry hosted by The Jail Ministry of Syracuse.

Mount Pleasant, MI
Wednesday, April 6 at 9:45 p.m and Saturday, April 9 at 5:10 p.m - Central Michigan International Film Festival, Park Library Auditorium as part of Human Rights Watch International Travelling Film Festival as part of The Human Rights Watch International Travelling Film Festival

Buenos Aires, Argentina
April 14-24 - The Buenos Aires Film Festival.

Mangilao, Guam
April 21-23 & 28-30, 2005 - University of Guam , as part of Human Rights Watch International Travelling Film Festival

Chicago, IL
May 6-12 - Facets Cinematheque, as part of Human Rights Watch International Travelling Film Festival.

Spencertown, NY
Friday, May 6 at 7pm - St. Peter's Church, Route 203, Spencertown, NY. Free and open to the public. Hosted by Dick Light and CCgrassroots.

Princeton, NJ
Friday, May 13 at 7pm - Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street as part of the Princeton Human Rights Film Festival.

Albuquerque, NN
May 16 - The South Broadway Cultural Center. Q&A after with filmmaker and guest speakers.

Baltimore, MD
October 20 - Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. Hosted by The Megaphone Project.

Austin, TX
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty will be showing excerpts of Deadline at their National Conference on Friday, October 28th from 8pm-10pm. Working Films will be speaking about doing outreach for films about the death penalty.

Tulsa, OK
November 8-9, 2005 - The Circle Cinema, 10 South Lewis Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74104. There will be a Q&A with filmmaker Kirsten Johnson after the screenings.


2004 Screenings

Park City, UT
January 15-25, 2004 -The 2004 Sundance Film Festival
Screenings: Friday, Jan 16 12:00 PM Holiday Village Cinema III
Friday, Jan 16 9:00 PM Broadway Centre Cinemas VI
Sunday, Jan 18 11:59 PM Holiday Village Cinema IV
Wednesday, Jan 21 9:30 PM Holiday Village Cinema IV
Friday, Jan 23 8:00 PM Holiday Village Cinema IV

Pittsburgh, PA
March 26, 2004 - April 3, 2004-Amnesty International USA Film Festival in Pittsburgh, PA
March 29th at 8pm at The PITTSBURGH FILMMAKERS - MELWOOD SCREENING ROOM
477 Melwood Ave., N. Oakland, off Baum Blvd

Lake Geneva, WI
April 21-25, 2004 - Black Point Film Festival in Lake Geneva, WI
7:30 pm SATURDAY, APRIL 24
Q and A with Gary Gauger, member of Murder Victim's Families for Reconciliation and exonerated in 1996.
WINNER Best Feature Documentary
WINNER Audience Award
WINNER Best Directing

Nashville, TN
The Nashville Film Festival
Screening Times
4/28/04 7:00 PM Theater: 3
4/29/04 2:00 PM Theater: 3
Regal Green Hills 16 Cinemas, 3815 Green Hills Village Dr. Nashville TN 37215
Q and A with directors, Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson
HONORABLE MENTION, Best Feature Documentary

Boston, MA
The Independent Film Festival of Boston
Screening #1: 5pm - Friday Apri 30 Coolidge
Screening #2: 4:30pm - Saturday May 1 Somerville
Screening #3: 12:30pm - Sunday May 2 Somerville
Q and A with Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson

Somerville Theater
55 Davis Square
Somerville, MA 02144

Coolidge Corner Movie Theatre
290 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts

Baltimore, MD
The Maryland Film Festival
Sunday, May 9th - 2pm at The Charles Theater
Address: The Charles Theatre, 1711 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD
Q and A with Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson

Chicago, IL
June 4 - June 10th at The Gene Siskel Film Center
164 North State Street

San Francisco, CA
May 21 - May 27 at The Roxie
3117 16th Street between Valencia and Guerrero

Newport, RI
The Newport International Film Festival
Friday, June 11, 2004 at 4:30pm Opera House 3
Sunday, June 13th at 2:30 PM

New York, NY
Human Rights Watch
Co-Sponsored by OSI and NYWIFT
June 12th at 6:30pm - Reception After Film Sponsored by NYWIFT
June 15th at 3pm and June 21st at 8:45pm at The Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center

Washington D.C.
Silverdocs Film Festival
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at 2pm

Oxford, MS
The Oxford Film Festival
Friday, June 18th at 11:05am
Ford Center Main Venue

Atlanta, GA
American Bar Association Annual Meeting
Aug 6th 3:30 PM Screening and Discussion

Atlanta, GA
The Atlanta Film Festival
June 19, 2004 at 1:30 PM

New York, NY
The New Generation of Film, A Panel Series by The Film Society of Lincoln Center at The Walter Reade Theater

Saturday, September 11 at 1pm:
POLITICS AS CINEMA / CINEMA AS POLITICS
Panelists:
* Michael Camerini and Shari Robertson, who made Well-Founded Fear
* Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson, who made Deadline

New York, NY
The Urbanworld Film Festival
Aug 6th 10:15 AM
Aug 7th 1:15 PM

Boulder, CO
September 20-26 - World Affairs Athenaeum, The University of Colorado, Boulder
September 22 - International Film Series, 7pm at Muenzinger Auditorium on the CU-Boulder campus west of Folsom Stadium on Colorado Ave.
Filmmakers and Governor Ryan will be present

Swathmore, PA
September 28 - Swathmore College, Screening and Q and A, location TBA

Portland, OR
September 30, 7pm - NW Film Center, as part of The Human Rights Watch International Traveling Film Festival

San Antonio, TX
September 28-30th - Trinity University, as part of The Human Rights Watch International Traveling Film Festival

New York, NY
September 30, 2004 - CUNY Law School, 65-21 Main St, Flushing, NY 11367-1300, ROOM 135, 6pm
Sponsored by the American Constitution Society, Black Law Students Association, Criminal Law Society and National Lawyers Guild
Q & A with Kirsten Johnson, Angela Tucker & Professor Jeff Kirchmeir

New York, NY
October 1-6, The Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th Street (b'twn 5th & 6th Ave.)

TALKBACK SCHEDULE
Following 7:20pm screenings. Sunday's talkback following 2:55pm screening.

Friday, October 1
Deadline Directors Katy Chevigny & Kirsten Johnson, Producer Dallas Brennan, Associate Producer/Outreach Director, Angela Tucker.

Saturday, October 2
Christina Swarms, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Attorney

Sunday, October 3
Karen Hamberlin, Legal Aid Society Capital Defense Unit Attorney

Monday, October 4
Russell Stetler, New York Capital Defender Office Head of Investigations

Tuesday, October 5
Elizabeth Wilson, New York Capital Defender Office Attorney and member of The Capital Punishment Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Wednesday, October 6
Joshua Dratel, Criminal Defense Attorney and member of The Capital Punishment Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Thursday, October 7
Ronald Tabak, President of New York Lawyers Against the Death Penalty, member of the Boards of Directors of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty and the New York Civil Liberties Unions , Co-chair of the Death Penalty Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Individual Rights & Responsibilities

Pleasantville, NY
October 6, 8, 10, Jacob Burns Film Center, as part of The Human Rights Watch International Traveling Film Festival

New York, NY
The National Board of Review Presents:
Great Documentaries: Here's Looking at You!
Moderated by Sheila Nevins

when: Thursday, October 14,7pm-9pm
where: The Harmonie Club, 4 East 60th Street

Join The National Board of Review for a discussion on great documentaries.
Moderated by Shelia Nevins (HBO) panelists include:

Katy Chevigny (Deadline)
Al Maysles (Gimme Shelter)
Barbara Kopple (Wild Man Blues)
Andrew Jarecki (Capturing the Friedmans)
Chris Hegedus & D.A. Pennebaker (The War Room)
Rory Kennedy

Burlington, VT
October 16 - Vermont International Film Festival, at 6pm. Merrill's Roxy Cinemas

Seattle, Washington
The National Weekend of Faith In Action Against the Death Penalty, in conjunction with the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, The Washington Coalition To Abolish the Death Penalty, Freedom Project, and others.
Friday, October 22, 2004, 7-9:30PM, Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Place N. (0.4 miles west of the I-5 50th St. Exit - Metro Bus Routes 16, 26 & 44), Facilitated Community Discussion Follows.

Stanford, CA
October 23, 2004 - United Nations Association Film Festival, Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building

Washington D.C.
October 25 - 5th Human Rights Film Series: Deadline at Washington College of Law, Room 602. 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Panel: Prisoner Rights and the Use of Film in Advocacy Campaigns

October 27 - Human Rights Film Series, The Center for Social Media, project of The School of Communication at American University, Wechsler Theater, 3rd Floor, MGC, Mary Graydon Center, 5:30pm

Syracuse, NY
Thursday, October 28, 6-9pm, Room 254, The Newhouse School, Syracuse University
Q&A with Angela Tucker, Marsha Weissman, The Center for Community Alternatives and Sanjay K. Chhablani, Syracuse University, College of Law

Barcelona, Spain
October 23 - 31 - International Film Festival of Human Rights

Milwaukee, WI
November 3-4 - Union Theater, University of Wisconsin

Westerly, RI
November 3-7th - Revival House , as part of The Human Rights Watch International Traveling Film Festival

Leeds, UK
October 28 - November 7 - Leeds International Film Festival

Durham, NC
November 11 - Duke Law School, screening at Richard White Auditorium on Duke's East Campus in partnership with Duke's Human Rights Initiative. Filmmaker will be present.

Houston, TX
November 10th-12th and February 2005 - Unheard Voices , as part of The Human Rights Watch International Traveling Film Festival

Providence, RI
November 8-14th - Cable Car Cinema and Columbus Theatre, as part of The Human Rights Watch International Traveling Film Festival

Montreal, Canada
November 18 5:15pm, November 21 2:30pm - Rencontres Internationales Du Documentaire De Montreal

Portland, ME
November 14th-21st 2004, SPACE, as part of The Human Rights Watch International Traveling Film Festival

Stockholm, Sweden
November 18-28 - The Stockholm Film Festival

Seattle, WA
Wednesday, December 8 at 7pm - 911 Media Arts Center, as part of Amnesty International USA's Film Festival