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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Emily Ramsay [<a href="mailto:emm.rams@gmail.com">mailto:emm.rams@gmail.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> March-30-17 11:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:carleton@cinemapolitica.org">carleton@cinemapolitica.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Invitation & Media Release: FREE Screening of Documentary Lowdown Tracks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">You are invited to the upcoming free screening of the award winning documentary
<b>Lowdown Tracks</b>, taking place at <u><a href="http://artscourt.ca/contact-us/">Arts Court Theatre</a></u> (2 Daly Ave. 2nd floor) on
<u>Wednesday April 5th at 7:00pm</u> (doors at 6:30pm), and co-presented by the</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">
<b><a href="http://endhomelessnessottawa.ca">Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa</a></b>,
<b><a href="http://ottawawrench.ca">The Wrench</a></b> <span style="color:black">
and</span> <b><a href="http://cinemapolitica.org/carleton">Carleton Cinema Politica</a></b>.
<span style="color:black">Please find our Media Press Release and Poster attached below.</span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Lowdown Tracks</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black"> is a new and acclaimed documentary film that celebrates
the music and stories of those living on the margins of Canadian society. Voted top Canadian Audience Choice award at Hot Docs in 2015,
<b>Lowdown Tracks</b> has been identified as a highly effective <u>call to action</u>, addressing mental health stigma and issues of homelessness in Canada. The film’s main subjects are talented street musicians and the face of some of Canada’s most vulnerable
individuals.</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">As our homeless crisis grows, life on the margins threatens more and more people. The causes, from abuse to mental health to simple bad luck, are all touched
on in the film. At its heart, <b>Lowdown Tracks</b> is about bringing into focus the heartache and the beautiful potential we should see when we walk by someone on the street. In the end, it is a celebration of the power of music and survival.</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Written and directed by Emmy award winner Shelley Saywell, of Bishari Films, Lowdown Tracks has been hailed as: </span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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'Positively brilliant group profile.' <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">James Bawden<br>
'Inspiring<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">Toronto Star<br>
'Heartbreaking... the talent is wondrous.' <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">NOW Magazine</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">'Lowdown Tracks is so important because it injects hope, purpose and a critical sense of urgency to the work we are doing and rallies people to take action."
--Tim Richter, President & CEO, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Please feel free to share this event, the media release and poster with your
colleagues, friends, family and supporters on the front line. </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Check out our Facebook event and RSVP here: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/720541571448949/%20">www.facebook.com/events/720541571448949/</a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">This screening is
<b>FREE</b>, donations are welcome, none will be turned away.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black"> Please contact us concerning
accessibility due to Arts Court's ongoing construction and revitalization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">We hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://cinemapolitica.org/Carleton">cinemapolitica.org/Carleton</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to educate, enlighten and inspire individuals using progressive documentary films that cover a wide variety of social, political and environmental themes.</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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