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Where to Invade Next” to 13 Locations in the Puget Sound and Western Washington Areas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rick Turner, Phone: 206-450-5998 Email: [email protected] [Revision: Issued 8/18/16] Press is invited to attend all screenings The Meaningful Movies Project to bring the film “Where To Invade Next” to 13 locations in the Puget Sound and Western Washington areas These screenings are all in partnership with WAmend’s campaign to get big money out of politics, ballot initiative I-735, http://WAmend.org Admission Free - Public Invited – Donations kindly accepted. Free college? Universal Healthcare for all? Reasonable work hours and generous vacation time? Responsible sex education for our youth? Sane drug laws and prison policies? Equity for women in the workplace? Healthy food in our schools? These are all possible here in the United States. Discover just how different America is from the rest of the world and what we have to learn from them as Michael Moore takes us on an illuminating journey. “Where To Invade Next,” a film by Michael Moore, will be shown free to the public on the following dates by member organizations of the Meaningful Movies Project Network. Addresses and additional information are available at http://meaningfulmovies.org, and Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/MeaningfulMoviesProject. A facilitated discussion with the audience will follow each screening of the film. The film premiered for one week in New York and Los Angeles on December 23, 2015 with wide release on February 12, 2016. It was an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, receiving numerous other awards. The film will screen in the following locations: Woodinville, Fri, August 12, 2016, 7:00 PM: Woodinville Meaningful Movies Northshore UCC, 18900 168th Ave NE, Woodinville, WA Vancouver, Thu, August 18, 2016, 5:45 PM: Meaningful Movies at Cascade Park Cascade Park Library, 600 NE 136th Ave, Vancouver, WA Issaquah, Fri, August 19, 2016, 6:30 PM: Meaningful Movies of Issaquah Issaquah Depot Museum, 78 First Ave NE, Issaquah, WA Wallingford, Fri, September 2, 2016, 7:00 PM: Meaningful Movies in Wallingford Keystone Congregational Church, 5019 Keystone Place N, Seattle, WA Wedgwood, Fri, September 9, 2016, 7:00 PM: Wedgwood Meaningful Movies Our Lady of the Lake Church, 8900 35th Ave NE, Seattle, WA Edmonds, Sat, September 10, 2016, 7:00 PM: Sno-King Meaningful Movies Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church, 8109 224 Street SW, Edmonds, WA Queen Anne, Sat, September 10, 2016, 7:00 PM: Queen Anne Meaningful Movies @ the Well Queen Anne United Methodist Church, 1606 5th Ave W, Seattle, WA Beacon Hill, Fri, September 16, 2016, 7:00 PM: Beacon Hill Meaningful Movies The Garden House, 2336 15th Ave S, Seattle, WA THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES PROJECT - 4110 Densmore Ave N. - Seattle, WA 98103 - 206-450-5998 - [email protected] Kirkland, Fri, September 16, 2016, 7:00 PM: Meaningful Movies in Kirkland Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 308 4th Ave S, Kirkland, WA West Seattle, Sat, October 1, 2016, 7:00 PM: West Seattle Meaningful Movies Highpoint Community Center Neighborhood House, 6400 Sylvan Way SW, Seattle, WA Renton, Wed, October 19, 2016, 7:00 PM: Meaningful Movies of Renton Luther's Table Coffee Shop, 419 S 2nd St #1, Renton, WA 98057 - Renton, WA Tacoma, Fri, October 21, 2016, 7:00 PM: Meaningful Mo vies Tacoma Center 4 Spiritual Living, 206 North J. St., Tacoma, WA Mt. Baker, Thu, October 27, 2016, 6:30 PM: Mt. Baker Meaningful Movies Mt. Baker Community Club, 2811 Mount Rainier Dr. S, Seattle, WA Additional information, including cut & paste descriptions for distribution, is available at https://meaningfulmovies.org/multiple-screenings-of-where-do-we-invade-next/ About the Film: “Where To Invade Next” is an expansive, rib-tickling and subversive comedy in which Academy Award- winning director Moore, playing the role of “invader,” visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects. The creator of “Fahrenheit 9/11” and “Bowling for Columbine” is back with this hilarious and eye-opening call to arms. Turns out the solutions to America’s most entrenched problems already exist in the world - they’re just waiting to be co-opted. The film was written, produced and directed by Michael Moore, Produced by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal. No tickets required. Events are free and open to the public (donations kindly accepted to cover expenses). Download the event flyers and other info here http://meaningfulmovies.org. About WAmend: WAmend's mission with Initiative 735 is to put Washington State on record as calling for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment would settle for once and for all that Constitutional rights belong only to individual people, NOT corporations; spending money is NOT free speech; governments are empowered to regulate political contributions and expenditures to prevent undue influence; and political contributions and expenditures must be promptly disclosed to the public. This amendment is needed to win back a democracy that works for ALL Americans, not just the wealthiest few. Learn more at http://www.wamend.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/WAmend.org/. About Meaningful Movies: The Meaningful Movies Project is a non-profit organization that helps neighborhoods, groups and individuals organize, educate and advocate using the power of social justice documentary film and conversation to build positive and meaningful community. https://meaningfulmovies.org. ### THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES PROJECT - 4110 Densmore Ave N. - Seattle, WA 98103 - 206-450-5998 - [email protected] .
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