BH: Another New York Screening

22Nov/080

BH: Another New York Screening

Greg sends word of another New York screening of Bunker Hill:

EXCLUSIVE PRE-RELEASE SCREENING OF KEVIN WILLMOTT'S PROVOCATIVE NEW FEATURE FILM

"BUNKER HILL"

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 AT THE TRIBECA CINEMAS

WHAT: Free, exclusive screening of "BUNKER HILL," the new film from independent director Kevin Willmott (CSA: Confederate States of America), starring Emmy and Peabody Award winner James McDaniel (NYPD Blue); Laura Kirk, star and co-writer of the acclaimed feature film Lisa Picard is Famous; Saeed Jaffrey the legendary actor from India who has starred in more than 150 films including Gandhi and The Man Who Would Be King; Broadway and film star Kevin Geer (American Gangster); and Blake Robbins (Oz, The Office).

WHEN: Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 7:30pm. Screening to be followed by Q&A with the director and cast, and a cash bar reception.

WHERE: Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street, 212-941-2001.

What would happen if 9/11 happened again? Bunker Hill is the story of a former Wall Street executive who leaves prison and heads for the small town of Bunker Hill, Kansas, where his ex-wife and their children have started a new life. Soon after he arrives, an apparent massive terrorist attack against America darkens the town. Cut off from the world, the town's militant past is reawakened and forces coalesce to protect citizens from an unseen enemy. The town's fear leads to the creation of a posse of gunmen, resulting in torture, illegal searches and eventually, murder. Civil liberties and justice itself hang in the balance as the town must decide whether to embrace freedom or fear.

Bunker Hill was the opening night film at the 2008 Williamstown Film Festival, and was an official selection of The El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Global Human Rights Film Festival in New York City. The film has had advance screenings at The Santa Fe Film Center; The University of The District of Columbia, at an event hosted by the ACLU; at New York University at an event hosted by the Council on American Islamic Relations and seven other Islamic civil rights groups; Vassar College; the Brown v. Board National Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas; and at The University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

Also, big congratulations to team behind Bunker Hill. Their follow-up feature, The Only Good Indian, ~~is a strong possibility for~~ got in to Sundance!