<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Oren Hercz</b> <<a href="mailto:orenhercz@yahoo.ca">orenhercz@yahoo.ca</a>><br>Date: Oct 29, 2007 11:19 PM
<br>Subject: Great Granny Revolution press release<br>To: Brennan Vogel <<a href="mailto:brennan.vogel@gmail.com">brennan.vogel@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">
<div>Hey Brennan,<br>Thanks for offering to send this out on all those list serves. I appreciate it! Details below. . . <br>O.<br><br>-----------------------------------------<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE GREAT GRANNY REVOLUTION
</span> is showing in both Halifax and Lunenburg in
<br>early November. Wakefield Granny and Film Maker, Brenda Rooney will be <br>present at both showings and have a Q&A following the screenings.
Rooney <br>Production's earlier film about HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa,
CONDOMS, <br>FISH & CIRCUS TRICKS is part of the Art Gallery film series this fall
as <br>well. You can check us out at our website and see a trailer for the <br>film: <a href="http://www.rooneyproductions.com" target="_blank">www.rooneyproductions.com</a><br><br>THE GREAT GRANNY REVOLUTION<br>Oxford Theatre, 6408 Quinpool Rd, Halifax
<br>1 p.m.<font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4"><br>Sunday, November 4th, 2007</font><br>Tickets: $10<br><br><br>The Pearl Theatre, 37 Hall St., Lunenburg<br>7 p.m. showing<br>followed by a Q&A with Wakefield Granny and film maker Brenda Rooney
<br><font size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Monday, November 5th, 2007</span></font><br>Tickets: $8<br>at Fultons Pharmacy or at the door<br><br>Description:<br>A group of women in rural Quebec spark a national movement when they
<br>decide to take on the AIDS pandemic in a personal and creative way.
They <br>partner with the Alex Gogos, a South African support group for women <br>raising their AIDS orphaned grandchildren and start providing emotional
<br>and financial support. They build friendships with these women half a <br>world away. Within two months Wakefield is joined by three additional <br>groups from Rhode Island, Montreal and BC and when the Stephen Lewis
<br>Foundation launches the Grandmother to Grandmother Campaign the next <br>year the number grows to 100 groups of women raising funds. A movement <br>is born as Stephen Lewis says "because the resonance is so great
between <br>women." The Wakefield Grannies participate in preparation for an <br>international conference, leading workshops and marching in the streets
<br>of Toronto. Here they are joined by 4 women from the Township, Rose <br>Letwaba the nurse who started the Gogos in Alex and three Grandmothers,
<br>Magdeline, Lucia and Petronnella. Interest heightens when the whole <br>group travels to the village which started it all and, surrounded by <br>crowds and cameras, they forge profound links to each other. A
testament <br>to the power of individuals to make a difference.<br></div></div><div class="WgoR0d"><br>
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