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Friday, August 17, 2007

Dr. Ted Baehr Will Speak at Festival ‘Celebrating Film Southern Style’
Labor Day Weekend Event Features Screenings, Awards, Panels, and Parties

Press Release

BLAKELY, GA. – (ANS) -- Movieguide® Founder Ted Baehr will speak Sept. 1 at the Awards Ceremony for the Second Annual Jokara-Micheaux Film Festival, to be held Labor Day Weekend, Thursday, Aug. 30 through Sunday, Sept. 2 in Blakely and Colquitt, Ga.

The festival features an exciting line-up of independent movies, symposiums and a special day-long Block Party on the Blakely Court Square. This year’s movies and speakers focus on movies that can make a positive impact on society and provide valuable cultural insights to all viewers, young and old alike.

Dr. Baehr, founder and publisher of Movieguide® and chairman of the Christian Film & Television Commission, is a special guest speaker at the awards ceremony, along with Dr. Tonea Stewart, actress and director of theater arts at Alabama State University, Art Evans, and Frank Patterson, Dean of Florida State University Film School.

The festival website, www.swgafestival.com, provides information for film submissions, sponsorship and volunteer opportunities as well as updates on the event’s program.

The schedule includes special events where festival-goers will meet and mingle with film industry professionals, and enjoy video film screenings, guest speakers, musical entertainment, and attend a Black-Tie Gala to be held in the Jokara-Micheaux Production Studio in Colquitt, Ga., Saturday evening, Sept. 1.

Hosted by the non-profit organizations Early County 2055 and Henny Penny Video/TV Productions, Inc., as well as the Southwest Georgia Film Commission, the film festival will take place at venues in Blakely and Colquitt.

“This year we are building on the momentum that Jokara-Micheaux Film Festival began last summer,” said Ralph Wilcox, founder of the festival and director of the Southwest Georgia Film Commission. “We are deeply grateful for the support we have received from the communities in the region. Our mission – to promote Southwest Georgia as an emerging market for the movie and television industries – is becoming a reality. Our vision is for Southwest Georgia to become home to a thriving film industry business, like other successful areas in North Carolina and Louisiana.”

Admission is free to many of the activities, including the Block Party on the Blakely Court Square on Saturday, September 1.

For more info, go to www.swgafestival.com  or contact the Southwest Georgia Film Commission, 263 Phillips Road, Colquitt, GA 39837, 229-758-8188 or Early County 2055, 182 Court Square, Blakely, Ga 39823, 229-724-7558, www.earlycounty2055.com.

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