Event Title:

1 PM Movie Screening: Gaia

Event Date/Time:

Start: 3/6/2010 1:00:00 PM
End: 3/6/2010 4:00:00 PM

Speaker:

Michael Pierce

Director

Location:

MKP Houston Center (Lodge)

Pricing:

	Before 5-Mar-10
Individual:	$0.00

Event Deadline:

03/05/2010 23:45

Event Notes:

Set & shot entirely on the Native American Indian Communities in Southern Arizona, GAIA, is a brutally realistic, authentic slice of life.

A group of Native Americans discover a young woman, left for dead, in the Arizona desert and take her to their reservation. Through her relationship with American Natives she manages to re-connect with her own innocence, but is forced to make a choice between being reborn out of the chaos of her past and dying in the grips of her darkness.

Here are what some people have said after experiencing GAIA:

In my mind what makes Gaia truly great is the visual splendor of the film and the poetry of its storytelling. I was weeping at several occasions in the story – and left the theatre feeling I had been transformed along with the main character.

Catherine Bainbridge - Producer/Director - “Real Injun”

I really appreciated Gaia as a piece of art. I've never experienced a film where so few words are spoken yet is so brutally honest. It drives home the importance of family, community and the richness of cultures despite the stark realities of the struggling poor. The setting is intensely real and the characters are pure. I was mesmerized.

Nancy Parson - PHD

There is adult content in the film not appropriate for children under 17.

Comments

1:00 - Doors open for Attendee Arrival & Light Refreshments

1:30 - Afternoon Screening Start followed by Q & A with Filmmakers

5:00 - Doors open for Attendee Arrival & Light Refreshments

5:30 - Evening Screening Start followed by Q & A with Filmmakers

Gaia Official Website

GAIA premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009 and was produced for about $28,000. The majority of those funds were received as donations through a national non-profit partner on the film- Childhelp (https://www.childhelp.org/gaia-donate).

There is limited space for these screenings and RSVPs are required.

We are requesting a $15 donation at the door. Donations will go toward the continued "outreach" of the film and eventually shared with Childhelp and the Native American communities in Arizona.

More is welcome, less is fine and no one will be turned away!

Event Comments:

Speaker Information:

(310) 220-5074

piercehawk@mac.com

http://www.gaiathemovie.com/

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