© 2019 Storyteller Distribution Co., LLC All Rights Reserved. SWANK MOTION PICTURESU Spring Inspire6Programming Toolkit Edition © 2019 Warner Bros. Ent. All rights reserved. © 2019 Warner © Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. © 2019 Disney Enterprises Inc. In This Issue: ReleasesNew © Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc. Diversity & Inclusion Campus Spotlight Ti p s & Tricks © Paramount Pictures NEW Releases EVENT & PROMO IDEAS Aquaman Anticipated 3/06 Event Idea: Make your showing a dive-in event, complete with plenty of inflatables and water-themed games before the show. Promo Idea: Pass out gummy fish and sharks while tabling for the showing. Ralph Breaks the Internet Available 1/31 Event Idea: Host a video game tournament before the show. Include a simple VR component (downloaded app paired with an inexpensive headset) so students can feel like they’re in the game. Promo Idea: For your digital invites, overlay the event details onto classic memes from the late 90s and early 2000s. Spider-Man: Into the © 2019 Disney Enterprises Inc. Spider-Verse © 2019 WBEI TM & DC Comics Anticipated 2/20 Event Idea: Partner with your athletics group to create a tangled web obstacle course! Pass out prizes to the students with the fastest spidey skills. Promo Idea: Challenge students to write their own Spider-Man comic story and post it on social so everyone can vote on the winner – which will be revealed at your movie event. Green Book Available Now Event Idea: Before the show, invite a history professor or member of your black student organization to provide background information on the actual “The Negro Motorist Green-Book” referenced in the movie. Promo Idea: One of the film’s main characters is a chauffeur, so dress up as one and carry a sign around campus promoting the event. Play some of Tony Shirley’s incredible music to grab interest as you go. © Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. © 2019 Storyteller Distribution, LLC. All Rights Rserved. Contact us to add these titles to your movie series!1.800.876.5577 | swank.com/college Bumblebee Anticipated 2/27 Event Idea: Help protect endangered bumblebees on your campus – as well as bolster other environmental causes – by partnering with your campus’ sustainability group to educate students before the show! Promo Idea: Have a volunteer wear a bumblebee costume and “fly” around campus handing out flyers. Beautiful Boy Available Now Event Idea: Invite a faculty member from your counseling or student affairs departments to discuss substance abuse on college campuses and resources available to help those in need. Promo Idea: Host a writing contest asking students to submit stories about their parents. Ask members of your English department to serve as judges, and announce the winner at the show. © Paramount Pictures © Amazon Studios Ben Is Back Anticipated 1/18 Event Idea: Lead a discussion after the film about the impact addiction has on the person’s entire circle of family and friends, and the ripple effect that often takes place. Promo Idea: Ensure a large audience at this impactful film by promoting in residence halls, wellness centers and on your school’s social media. Vice Anticipated 3/13 Event Idea: Christian Bale looks almost unrecognizable in the film as Dick Cheney. See if your students can do the same by challenging them to come dressed as a famous politician and voting on the best disguise! Promo Idea: Create memes advertising your event using images of famous past vice presidents. © Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc. © 2019 ANNAPURNA PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Contact us to add these titles to your movie series!1.800.876.5577 | swank.com/college NEW Releases EVENT & PROMO IDEAS A Star Is Born Anticipated 2/08 Event Idea: Discover the next Ally at your school by hosting a singing competition before the show, or do a low-key open mic night to spotlight your campus’ talent! Promo Idea: Write a short, fun original song then turn it into a music video and blast it all over social to promote your event. Mary Poppins Returns Anticipated 3/06 Event Idea: Do a fun spin on the egg on the spoon game by challenging students to hold a spoon filled with sugar cubes in their mouth as they walk through a mini course. The fastest participant with the most cubes left on their spoon is the winner! Promo Idea: Walk around with red umbrellas to hand out flyers, or chalk event details onto your campus sidewalks. © 2019 Warner Bros. Ent. All rights reserved. © 2019 Warner © 2019 Disney Enterprises Inc. Escape Room Anticipated 3/13 Event Idea: Challenge attendees to your very own mini escape room before the show! You can ask a local escape room business to help in exchange for promoting their full experience to students. Promo Idea: Have mini puzzle challenges at your promotions booth students can solve to win a small prize. Glass Anticipated 4/03 Event Idea: Make it a double – or a spread out triple – feature by showing “Unbreakable” or “Split” – M. Night Shyamalan’s two films that lead up to this new release. Promo Idea: Try to scare professors and school leaders, film it and create a short video to post on social promoting the event! © Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.a All Rights Reserved. © 2019 Universal City Studios Productions LLLP. Contact us to add these titles to your movie series!1.800.876.5577 | swank.com/college Instant Family Available 1/16 Event Idea: Make your movie showing a fundraising event to raise donations – either supplies or money – for group homes and foster care organizations. Promo Idea: Invite friends to take instant awkward “family” photos in your student union using a Polaroid camera with the event details pre-printed on the back of the photo paper. Mid90s Available 1/08 Event Idea: Theme your event as a totally awesome 90s party – complete with a splatter paint photo op, fortune teller garland decorations and costume contest! Promo Idea: Hand out classic 90s candy, like Baby Bottle Pops, Hubba Bubba and Ring Pops at your promo table. © Paramount Pictures © A24 Films Second Act Anticipated 2/27 Event Idea: Help students get their first act right by pairing your event with a career fair so students can find their true passion! Promo Idea: For a fun spin on your flyers, make them look like job resumes! Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Available 1/18 Event Idea: Spotlight Newt Scamandar’s love for all creatures by raising money for an endangered species or collecting items for your local animal shelter! Promo Idea: Encourage students to submit photos of their own “fantastic beasts” aka beloved pets. Have people vote for the best entry and announce the winner at the event! © 2019 STX Entertainment © 2019 WBEI Publishing Rights J.K.R. TM Contact us to add these titles to your movie series!1.800.876.5577 | swank.com/college PROGRAMMING Spotlight DIVERSITY & INCLUSION SPRING IS FILLED WITH MANY IMPORTANT AWARENESS INITIATIVES. Honor them by leading important conversations around diversity and inclusion following your screenings. Ask your Account Executive about our movie discussion guides. MOVIE DISCUSSION GUIDE “ We hosted a discussion after showingChi-Raq during Black History Green Book “Green Book” is based on the true story of an unlikely Month, which was friendship between world-class, black pianist Don Shirley and the Italian-American bouncer hired to protect him incredibly impactful. We during a 1962 concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South. Named after a guidebook listing black-friendly promoted the event as businesses to aid black motorists during road travel, this film shares the experience of two men from different backgrounds who face racism, dangers – as well as part of a Black History humanity and humor – together during a journey through Month display in the segregated Jim Crow country. student union.” © 2019 Storyteller Distribution Co., LLC All Right Reserved. – LeAnne Sipe Programming Suggestions University of New Orleans, LA This discussion guide is designed to facilitate educational programs after viewing the film “Green Book.” Its purpose is to generate discussion based on social issues found within the movie and for program participants to reflect on themes that might be pertinent to them. Therefore, there are no “right” or “wrong” answers to questions in this guide. The discussion facilitator may choose to utilize one of the following activities as a means of developing discussion: Issues Follow the University of New • Partner with your musical department for a performance of Don Shirley’s music before the movie. Race Orleans’ lead using our free Black • Tony makes assumptions about Don based on his race. Ask members of your black student organization to come and lead the post-show Class History Month discussion guides. discussion – particularly regarding the generalizations people make about black people even today. Human • Before the show, invite a history professor to provide insight into how Connection Italians and African-Americans would have treated during that time in Stereotypes America, as well as the Green Book’s significance. • Honor Tony’s love of eating by making your showing a foodie event! Empathy Include a DIY spaghetti bar, order KFC or have a pizza party! Call us at 1.800.876.5577 today or request a discussion guide online at bit.ly/SwankDiscussion. DIVERSITY & INCLUSION Reflect the conversations and movements happening Black History Month on your campus with a showing of a relevant new release. © 2019 Lava Films LLC. All Rights Reserved. © 2019 Marvel © Paramount Pictures © 2019 Oakland Moving Pictures, LLC © NEON Rated, LLC. All Rights Reserved Pay tribute to the successes, struggles, accomplishments and talents Women’s History Month of women both past and present with a female-focused, true story film! ® © Focus Features LLC. © IFC Films © Bleecker Street Media, LLC © 2019 Home Box Office, Inc.