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THE FIRST OF MAY Newsletter

Volume A
October 3, 2002

KIDS FIRST FILM FEST STARTS SATURDAY IN NEW JERSEY / NEW YORK AREA!

The traveling 'KidsFirst! Film Festival' featuring THE FIRST OF MAY starts this weekend (October 5th) in the New York City area.  Our movie will play on four consecutive Saturdays, so if you know anyone in these areas, let them know so they can see the movie and support indie family films!  The fest is put on by the prestigious Coalition for Quality Childrens Media.  THE FIRST OF MAY will be shown on the big screen in the following cities.  If you know anyone in these areas, please urge them to attend!

  • October 5 -- Ridgewood, New Jersey -- Warner Quad Cinemas (201) 444-1234
  • October 12 -- Mamaroneck, N.Y. -- Mamaroneck Playhouse (914) 777-FILM
  • Oct. 19 -- Port Washington, N.Y. -- Soundview Cinemas (516) 756-CLVW
  • Oct. 26 -- New York City, N.Y. -- Chelsea Cinemas (212) 777-FILM
  • Oct. 28-Nov. 2 -- Tampa, FL -- University Area Community Center Complex
  • Nov. 3-9 -- Santa Fe, N.M. -- Cinemacafi -- St. Michael’s Shopping Center West
  • Nov. 15-17 -- Palm Springs, CA -- Screening at: Palm Springs International Film Festival
  • Dec. 7-14 -- San Jose, CA -- Camera 7, Pruneyard Shopping Center
  • Dec. 26-29 -- Santa Barbara, CA -- Screening sanctioned by: Santa Barbara International Film Festival

THE FIRST OF MAY STAYS ON TV IN NOVEMBER

THE FIRST OF MAY is doing great on HBO!  HBO began it's airings in June on HBO Family, and has aired every month since on HBO, HBO2, and HBO Family. In November, we will show three days on HBO's WMAX Channel, all starting between 5 and 7 p.m. -- great times for a family film!  Go to our website, firstofmay.com, for exact air dates and times.

MORE FAMILY FILMS WILL BE MADE THANKS TO YOU

You receive this email because you care about family films like ours, and we truly appreciate your support.  We are putting together a package of family films to produce starting next year -- we could not get it off the ground without the support of people like you.  Keep up the pro-active work!  Please keep urging friends and family to watch THE FIRST OF MAY -- and more importantly -- to write to HBO (if they liked it, of course) and TELL THEM SO! Tell them you want more shows like this on HBO!  It's as easy as going to HBO.com and entering a comment on their form.

The message of our film, our company and its members is one that can and will help children worldwide. Our positive, family-based message needs to be heard. Please help us spread the word about this special movie. Our mission continues to create more films like THE FIRST OF MAY -- and you have our heartfelt thanks for your support.

God bless!

Paul Sirmons
and
Gary Rogers
Director-Producer
Writer-Producer