NEWS RELEASE
J.B. Tucker & Associates
P.O. Box 433 Torrance CA 90508-0433
Tel: 310.618.9596 Cell: 818.720.3719
www.janbtucker.com p...@janbtucker.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 11, 2011
FOR INFORMATION: Constance Jackson, Permanent Productions, 310.366.4996
[medial...@aol.com]
Southland Director's Film Nominated for Best Documentary
At Pan African Film Festival
RED HOPE? THE BLACKLISTING OF HOPE FOYE
PREMIERES IN CULVER CITY 2/20 & 2/22
Constance Jackson's "Red Hope? The Blacklisting of Hope Foye," a
documentary chronicling the life of an African-American soprano singer who
lived in exile as a result of McCarthy era red-baiting, will premiere at the
Culver Plaza Theatre, 9919 Washington Blvd Culver City on February 20 at 6:15
p.m. followed by a February 22 showing at 1:30 p.m.
The 87 year old singer will be on hand for the events which describe
her harrowing interrogation by the infamous House Un-American Activities
Committee (HUAC). Foye, an early civil rights activist was hounded by the
government until she finally had to leave the United States for Mexico and
later Europe where she continued her remarkable singing career.
The film has been nominated for best documentary at the Pan African
Film Festival which each year features 100 films on all aspects of Pan African
genre. Co-Produced and directed by Constance Jackson, Red Hope is her fourth
feature length documentary. Her other features include Blitz Attack: The
Andrea Hines Story Parts I & II coined the O.J. copycat murder present a
California child-on-child brutal murder in a desert town and the social issues
surrounding the town, the children and the families that lead up to the murder.
Blitz-Attack parts I & II are recognized as continuing education material for
drug counselors and health behavior professionals in drug education. In 2008,
Ms. Jackson wrote, directed, and produced Over the RiverÂ…Life of Lydia Maria
Child, Abolitionist for Freedom. The historical epic documentary is about an
unsung catalyst that was instrumental in triggering the abolition of slavery
(Civil War) in America.
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