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CONTACT: Kelley McCormick
kmccormick@qorvis.com
(202) 683-3125
BARRY LEVINSON’s POLIWOOD – Special
DC Premiere
An Evening Celebrating
The Collision and Collusion of Hollywood, Politics
and the Media
Friday Evening, May 8, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - (May 4, 2009) –
Legendary Academy Award-winning director Barry
Levinson and the cast of POLIWOOD will host a
special Washington, DC premiere of the documentary
on Friday evening, May 8th. The screening and
reception are co-hosted by The Creative Coalition
and Capitol File magazine.
It's a documentary where
politicians are the celebrity, celebrities attempt
to untangle policy, and media reports it
all. POLIWOOD features a trip through one of
history's most climactic elections with Anne
Hathaway, Alfre Woodard, Spike Lee, Sting, Tim Daly,
Kerry Washington, Matthew Modine, Dana Delany, Will
I.M., Mos Def and other notables on the trail with
Levinson. Presidential candidates, electeds from the
left and right, and in-between, as well as the
famous and infamous of media punditry also make
their silver screen bows.
Details are as
follows:
Confirmed special
guests: Barry Levinson, Tim Daly,
Kerry Washington, Dana Delany, Tony Goldwyn, Connie
Britton, Matthew Modine, Matthew Settle, Linus
Roache, Rachael Leigh Cook
WHAT: Washington,
D.C. premiere of POLIWOOD
WHEN: Friday
evening, May 8, 2009
6:30 – Red Carpet/photo
ops/reception
7:00 – Screening
8:30 – Q&A, led by Lawrence
O’Donnell Jr., with Barry Levinson and cast
9:00 – Reception
WHERE: Naval
Heritage Museum
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
All working press must be
credentialed in advance. Invitation only.
Contact:
Kelley
McCormick Jeannine
Magno
Qorvis
Communications Fox
Greenberg Public Relations
kmccormick@qorvis. Jeannine@foxgreenberg.com
202.683.3125 212-334-1212