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Update #8: DC/MD/VA folks - Silverdocs Screenings this week

Posted on June 21, 2011

Dear Supporters,

Just a note to let you know (especially if you are in the metro Washington DC area), THE LOVING STORY will be screening at Silverdocs THIS Thursday and Friday.  Click the link below to get info on our screenings, tickets, etc.

Thanks,

Nancy and Elisabeth

http://silverdocs.slated.com/2011/films/lovingstorythe_nancybuirski_silverdocs2011

Update #7: Links galore....

Posted on April 11, 2011

Hi Folks!

As you likely know, THE LOVING STORY is premiering this Friday at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.  The screening is on Friday, April 15th at 5 PM.  Link to tickets below:

http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1460967

The following week we have four screenings as a part of the Tribeca Film Festival.  Link below, again:

http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/loving_story-film32002.html

You can become a fan of the film on Facebook here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Loving-Story/108849009195480?ref=ts

Finally, if you are a a part of the twitter-verse, please follow us: @thelovingstory

http://twitter.com/#!/thelovingstory

We hope to see you at a screening soon!  

Nancy and Elisabeth

Update #6: THE LOVING STORY screenings

Posted on March 17, 2011

Dear Supporters,

We have great news.  THE LOVING STORY has been selected to have its World Premiere at the FULL FRAME DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL in Durham, NC.  Our screening will be Friday evening, April 15th. 

The following week will will have our New York premiere - as a part of the Tribeca Film Festival, with screenings between April 21-28th (exact times and location below). 

Tickets to both festivals go on sale soon, and we will keep you posted with links in case you want to come see the project on the big screen, which we highly recommend.

We remain very grateful for your support.  Please help us continue to spread the word by "liking" our project on FACEBOOK:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Loving-Story/108849009195480

FULL FRAME FILM FESTIVAL - SCREENING OF THE LOVING STORY

Friday, April 15th, The Carolina Theater - Fletcher Hall, Durham, NC  - Time TBA

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL - SCREENINGS OF THE LOVING STORY

Thursday, April 21, 6:00 pm, NEW YORK PREMIERE AMC Village 7 66 Third Avenue @ 11th Street New York, NY 10003 Monday, April 25, 3:00 pm AMC Village 7 66 Third Avenue @ 11th Street New York, NY 10003 Wednesday, April 27, 5:30 pm, TTAM (Tribeca Talks After the Movie - panel discussion) SVA Theatre 333 West 23rd Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues) New York, NY 10011 Friday, April 29, 7:00 pm AMC Village 7 66 Third Avenue @ 11th Street New York, NY 10003

Thank You,

THE LOVING STORY team

Update #5: Credit Sequence

Posted on February 3, 2011

Dear Supporters,

Please help us with the movie....send us your wedding picture for possible inclusion in our credits! We are celebrating all marriages.

E-mail photos to: thelovingstory@gmail.com

Thanks,

Nancy and Elisabeth

Update #4: THANK YOU - WE DID IT!

Posted on January 11, 2011

Dear Supporters,

Today we reached our fundraising goal of $15,000! We are so fortunate that you will all be a part of our project moving forward. Thank you.

Our Kickstarter campaign ends this Saturday. Just to let you know, Kickstarter will be charging your credit card/amazon account for the generous contribution(s) you have made in the coming days. We will be sending (via Kickstarter) a short survey that includes a request for your e-mail and mailing address so that we can keep in touch and also make sure that you get your reward.

There were 169 Kickstarter backers of this project and your support has been a great source of energy and motivation. THE LOVING STORY is such an important film, and we hope that you are as proud to be a part of it as we are to be producing it.

With gratitude,

Elisabeth and Nancy

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      Rodrigo Dorfman on January 11, 2011

      Congratulations!!!
      I look forward to seeing the film in all its gripping, beautiful glory!

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      Valerie Enriquez on January 11, 2011

      Congratulations, I look forward to reading more updates about the film and seeing it once it comes out.

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      Lark Bergwin-Anderson on January 11, 2011

      Congratulations! This film was too important to fail!

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Director and Producer Nancy Buirski is the Founder and was the Director of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the international festival based in Durham, NC, chaired by Martin Scorsese. Buirski produced five collections of documentary shorts with Docurama and the documentary collection, The Katrina Experience. She was Executive Producer of Pangea Day Film Content, Consulting Producer of the documentary Sweet Dreams and Producer of Time Piece, the innovative cross-cultural omnibus documentary combining stories of Turkish and American filmmakers. Her projects in development include The Mystery of the Moulin Rouge (Director), Althea and Harlem Woodstock (Producer).

Producer and Editor Elisabeth Haviland James was a consulting producer to the narrative feature Oka! Amerikee, shot in the Central African Republic. Other recent credits include Producer of The Good Fight and Co-Producer of The Lord God Bird, both directed by George Butler. She was the Editor of the documentary Brothers in Arms, featuring Senator John Kerry. James has worked as a director, producer and editor with such media clients as Augusta Films, White Mountain Films, Roland Films, National Geographic, HBO, PBS and MTV. She is a graduate of the M.A. Program in Documentary Film and Video at Stanford University.

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