Artivist 2009 Starts Tomorrow with LA MISSION Screening in Hollywood
Benjamin Bratt in La Mission
Los Angeles’ 6th Artivist Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, Dec. 1, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Until its conclusion on Dec. 5, Artivist will screen 45 "advocate films" — socially/politically conscious documentary and narrative features and shorts — from around the globe. Tickets are free, but must be reserved in advance.
The festival will open with a screening of writer-director Peter Bratt’s La Mission, the San Francisco-set tale of a violent ex-con and recovering alcoholic (Benjamin Bratt) whose macho world comes crashing down faster than any of his low-ride cars when he discovers that his beloved son (Jeremy Ray Valdez) is gay.
Brothers Peter Bratt and Benjamin Bratt, and the La Mission cast will take part in a Q&A session following the screening.
According to its website, the Artivist Film Festival’s mission is to present films that raise "public awareness for social global causes." The festival’s focus are: International Human Rights, Children’s Advocacy, Environmental Preservation, and Animal Advocacy.
Artivist concludes with an awards ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 5. Among this year’s honorees are actors Olivia Wilde and Hank Azaria, and executive producer Stephen Nemeth, among whose credits are the environmentally conscious documentaries Flow: For Love of Water and Fields of Fuel.
To reserve your free Artivist ticket, go here.
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this movie kickass & not only relates to LA raza,it touches the human spirit of any father,son,man ,women,ect.this needs to be out @all the theatres.end of story,go watch it,you won’t be dissapointed.