Upcoming Events & Screenings

SEATTLE FRIENDS:
We’re excited to announce a special screening of TONY & JANINA’S AMERICAN WEDDING at Seattle’s Uptown Cinemas (hosted by OneAmerica / AILA and the Seattle International Film Festival) – details below:
TONY & JANINA’S AMERICAN WEDDING
THURSDAY APRIL 4, 2013 – 630pm
SIFF Cinema Uptown
511 Queen Anne Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98109
206-324-9996
More info:
Seattle screening info CLICK HERE
Join us for a panel discussion following the film with local families facing the same situation, immigration attorney Bonnie Wasser, community advocate David Ayala Zamora and local elected officials.

Please join us for a screening event in partnership with the American Jewish Committee – details below:

TONY & JANINA’S AMERICAN WEDDING
Screening on Wednesday Sept 12, 2012 – 7pm
Polish Museum of America
984 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL
RSVP:  www.ajcchicago.org/film

If you are in the area, please spread the word about 2 great screenings in front of large national organization – we will be screening the film for the UU Church at their annual General Assembly, and for the American Library Association’s annual convention.  With President Obama’s announcement this week, we are thrilled to be screening the film in front of 2 new national audiences, and hope to bring the film to more communities, congregations and libraries across the country.  Details below:

Tony & Janina’s American Wedding Film Screening / Discussion
Friday, 6/22/2012   9:45:00 PM – 11:30:00 PM
UU CHURCH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Phoenix Convention Center — Room 124
100 North 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Producer Steve Dixon in attendance

Tony & Janina’s American Wedding screening
American Library Association convention
Saturday, June 23, 2012 – 1030AM
Anaheim Convention Center
Room 304C
800 West Katella Ave. Anaheim, CA 92802

Please join us on Wednesday June 13th at 930pm for the AILA conference screening in Nashville TN – See you there!

TONY & JANINA’S AMERICAN WEDDING screening at AILA Annual Conference

GAYLORD OPRYLAND RESORT AND SPA

Tennessee Ballroom

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

9:00pm Film Fest Red Carpet Event

9:30pm TONY & JANINA’S AMERICAN WEDDING Film Screenings (Tennessee Ballroom)

Director Ruth Leitman in attendance

Please join Tony and Brian as they present the film in partnership with AIRR  at a fundraising event in the Kansas City MO area – details below:

A d v o c a t e s f o r
I m m i g r a n t
R i g h t s &
R e c o n c i l i a t i o n

TONY & JANINA’S AMERICAN WEDDING fundraising screening
Thur June 7, 2012
630pm – event start time
715pm – screening and discussion
Tony Wasilewski in attendance

The event will be held in the
Community of Christ Auditorium
Bottom Floor
1001 W. Walnut
Independence MO 64050

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Thanks to Angela Ferguson for partnering with us for this event

We are thrilled to have been invited to screen TONY & JANINA’S AMERICAN WEDDING at 2 of the biggest national meetings dealing with immigration in 2012:  the national American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) annual conference in Nashville TN, and the Unitarian Universalist Church’s General Assembly (which will focus on immigration issues) in Phoenix AZ.

Preliminary details are below – once we get closer to the dates, we’ll add weblinks and more info – thanks to AILA and the UU Church for including us in these important events!

Screenings of TONY & JANINA’S AMERICAN WEDDING:

Thursday June 14, 2012 at 9:00PM
AILA Annual Conference
Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center
2800 Opryland Drive
Nashville TN

Friday June 22, 2012 at 9:45PM
Unitarian Universalist General Assembly
Phoenix Convention Center
Phoenix, AZ

Loyola University Chicago’s (LUC) International Film & Media Studies program is sponsoring a panel on Women and Documentary Film, Wed. Feb. 29th, 7-9 PM, Information Commons, 4th floor.

Documentary filmmakers Ruth Leitman, Danielle Beverly, Bren Murphy and Elizabeth Coffman will discuss the challenges and rewards of independent documentary filmmaking.

Ruth Leitman’s films “Alma” , “Lipstick & Dynamite”, “Wildwood, NJ” have screened at the Whitney Biennial and won multiple awards.  Her latest, “Tony & Janina’s American Wedding” is about the immigration crisis in this country and has already been instrumental in political advocacy efforts to change how immigrant families are legally separated from each other.  Read about Ruth here: http://ruthlessfilms.com/about/

Danielle Beverly, currently teaching at Marquette, was just at Sundance last year for a documentary that she served as field producer on–Project Rebirth.  Her documentary feature, “Learning to Swallow” premiered at Silverdocs.  Danielle is currently finishing a social issue documentary on a community in Georgia.

Bren Murphy’s first documentary, “A Question of Habit,” co-produced with Loyola’s Gannon Center, is about the history of women religious in popular culture.  The film screened at the New York Film festival and just aired on WTTW in Chicago.  Bren, an LUC faculty member, has also produced radio documentaries.

Elizabeth Coffman will moderate the discussion.  Her latest documentary, “Veins in the Gulf,” an environmental look at Louisiana’s disappearing coastline, is currently screening around the country.

For more info, contact:

Elizabeth Coffman, Director
International Film & Media Studies
Environmental Curriculum Developer
Loyola University Chicago
800 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 915-6716

Join us on Sunday March 11, 2012 at River Forest IL’s Grace Lutheran Church for their second in a series of panel discussions about Immigration.  This event will focus on stories of individuals whose lives and families are affected by current immigration policy, and will include both Tony and Attorney Royal Berg.

Sunday March 11, 2012 – 2pm
Grace Lutheran Church
Immigration Today panel
River Forest, IL
Tony Wasilewski and Attorney Royal Berg in attendance
Click HERE for more info about the Grace Lutheran immigration panel

We’re happy to be screening the film in our home town over the next couple weeks.  Often as we have shown the film across the country, we’ve been hit by the thought that we haven’t actually shown the film that often in and around Chicago, so we’re thrilled to have screenings in both OAK PARK and EVANSTON in the next 2 weeks – details below.  See you there!

Madison Street Theatre / FILMS FOR $5IVE series
presents TONY & JANINA’S AMERICAN WEDDING
Friday February 3, 2012 – 7PM
Saturday February 4, 2012 – 2PM
1010 Madison Street
Oak Park, IL  60302
Director Ruth Leitman in attendance

Saturday Feb 11, 2012 – 7pm
Polish American Student Alliance
at Northwestern University / Harris Hall 107
1881 Sheridan Road
Evanston IL

Tune in to NPR’s TELL ME MORE with Michel Martin.  Tony & Janina’s American Wedding‘s Janina Wasilewski & Director Leitman will be on the “In Limbo” series.

You can access the show on line HERE