[Sust-mar] Great Granny Revolution press release

[brennan vogel]

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THE GREAT GRANNY REVOLUTION
 is showing in both Halifax and Lunenburg in 
 early November. Wakefield Granny and Film Maker, Brenda Rooney will be 
present at both showings and have a Q&A following the screenings.
 Rooney 
Production's earlier film about HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa,
 CONDOMS, 
FISH & CIRCUS TRICKS is part of the Art Gallery film series this fall
 as 
well. You can check us out at our website and see a trailer for the 
film: www.rooneyproductions.com

THE GREAT GRANNY REVOLUTION
Oxford Theatre, 6408 Quinpool Rd, Halifax

1 p.m.
Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Tickets: $10


The Pearl Theatre, 37 Hall St., Lunenburg
7 p.m. showing
followed by a Q&A with Wakefield Granny and film maker Brenda Rooney

Monday, November 5th, 2007
Tickets: $8
at Fultons Pharmacy or at the door

Description:
A group of women in rural Quebec spark a national movement when they 

decide to take on the AIDS pandemic in a personal and creative way.
 They 
partner with the Alex Gogos, a South African support group for women 
raising their AIDS orphaned grandchildren and start providing emotional
 
and financial support. They build friendships with these women half a 
world away. Within two months Wakefield is joined by three additional 
groups from Rhode Island, Montreal and BC and when the Stephen Lewis 

Foundation launches the Grandmother to Grandmother Campaign the next 
year the number grows to 100 groups of women raising funds. A movement 
is born as Stephen Lewis says "because the resonance is so great
 between 
women." The Wakefield Grannies participate in preparation for an 
international conference, leading workshops and marching in the streets
 
of Toronto. Here they are joined by 4 women from the Township, Rose 
Letwaba the nurse who started the Gogos in Alex and three Grandmothers,
 
Magdeline, Lucia and Petronnella. Interest heightens when the whole 
group travels to the village which started it all and, surrounded by 
crowds and cameras, they forge profound links to each other. A
 testament 
to the power of individuals to make a difference.




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