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Damien Chazelle To Join Film Students LIVE To Get Out The Vote Damien Chazelle, in partnership with Vote.org and ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, is excited to announce that he will be hosting a non-partisan, virtual text-a-thon on Tuesday, September 29 at 7:30pm EST for film students from around the country. During the text-a-thon, Damien will virtually hang out with film students on Zoom as they listen to live DJ entertainment and text as many people as possible to help them register to vote, request an absentee ballot, and make a plan to cast a vote on November 3. Damien Chazelle wrote and directed La La Land and Whiplash, and directed First Man, all of which went on to win Academy Awards. Chazelle made his first feature, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, as an undergraduate student. Most recently, Chazelle directed the first two episodes and served as an executive producer on the Netflix series, The Eddy, and soon he will write and direct the feature, Babylon, for Paramount Pictures. Speaking about the upcoming event Damien said, “I’m looking forward to hosting a text-a-thon on Tuesday. Students are doing amazing work to get out the vote and I'm excited to support that.” Throughout the virtual party, Damien and film students will use Outvote, which is an easy-to-use app that allows you to send quick, pre-written voter engagement messages to your contact list. To encourage as much outreach as possible, students who have contacted the most people by the end of the event, calculated through Outvote, will also get a chance to spend time with Damien for an additional conversation about his undergraduate filmmaking days and career. He is also excited to hear from the next generation of filmmakers and answer questions. All students who are currently enrolled in a film school, program, or class are invited to register to join the text-a-thon. Students are asked to register for the event at this [link] using their official, school-issued email address. This is the first of a few upcoming Get Out The Vote events for college students that will be organized by Damien Chazelle and Olivia Hamilton, so stay tuned for more opportunities! .

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