<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I am passing on this information on behalf of Paul Sladkus a good friend of Gotham.  Paul usually devotes himself to reporting on only the Good News in our society.  This time he is involved in this cause dear to his heart. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please consider whatever involvement you can to make this more known to your community and or attend if you see fit.</div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;display:inline"><b>\u200bYou are\u200b invited</b></div><b> to attend <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;display:inline">\u200bthe</div> Summer in the Forest premiere screenings from <span class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-aqj">March 23-March 30</span> at the Village East Cinema/NY.   I think this will be a marvelous experience for all. </b><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_1809792309473907050WordSection1"><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">This full length uplifting feature movie on disabilities is: \u201c</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">Breaking down Prejudice, Revealing Beauty and Proclaiming the Ability in Disability.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">\u201d</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"></span></b></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"><b>\u200bThis </b></div><b>is <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">\u200bi\u200b</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">\u200b</div>s a great opportunity to educate and unite around the rights of people with disability.</b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"></span></b></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"><b>\u200bThe creators </b></div><b>believe that together we can really make a noise and raise the awareness that Disability rights deserve to be. </b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:187.55pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">SUMMMER IN THE FOREST</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:174.6pt;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">- A life of devotion, a world of difference -</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><table class="m_1809792309473907050MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td width="116" style="width:87.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><img border="0" width="592" height="317" style="width:6.1666in;height:3.302in" id="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m_7156874937887875885_x005f_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3B60B.F52B2FA0" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D3B60B.F52B2FA0"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m7156874937887875885m-461929127357311573msobodytext" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#222222"> </span></i><span style="color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m7156874937887875885m-461929127357311573msobodytext" style="margin-left:5.3pt;line-height:15.95pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:#222222">Summer in the Forest </span></b><span style="color:#222222">is a documentary film that explores the life and work of author and philosopher Jean Vanier. It traces Vanier\u2019s activism and faith from wartime to present day and reveals to us the universal need for love, community and companionship. Like countless others, Philippe, Michel, Andre and Patrick were labelled \u201cidiots\u201d, locked away and forgotten in violent asylums until the 1960\u2019s. The young philosopher Jean Vanier took a stand and secured their release \u2013 the first time in history that anyone had beaten the system. Together they created <i>L\u2019Arche</i>, a community for people with disabilities, a commune at the edge of a beautiful forest near Paris. And with that, a quiet revolution was born.  <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m7156874937887875885m-461929127357311573msobodytext" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#222222"> </span><span style="color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:116.9pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">Take a first look at the trailer for Summer in the Forest</span></b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SummerInTheForestFilm/videos/325236157988756/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1155cc"> </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#0000d3">here</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m7156874937887875885m-461929127357311573msobodytext" style="margin-top:.15pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:17.5pt;color:#222222"> </span><span style="color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:54.75pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:13.9pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">Summer in the Forest </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">opens <b>March 23^rd 2018 </b>at the <b>Village East Cinema in New York \u2013 then nationwide! </b>We are looking for partners to help promote <b>Summer in the Forest </b>and spread the word by:  </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m7156874937887875885m-461929127357311573msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:2.45pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">\u2022</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#222222">             </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">Sharing the trailer on your organization\u2019s website and social media<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>outlets</span><span style="color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m7156874937887875885m-461929127357311573msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:5.55pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">\u2022</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#222222">             </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">Organizing groups to attend the screenings (Groups of +20 can receive discounted<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9pt"> </span>pricing)</span><span style="color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m7156874937887875885m-461929127357311573msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:6.05pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">\u2022</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#222222">             </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">Sending<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>E-Blasts<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><wbr> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>network<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>members<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>a<wbr>bout<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>release<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>endorsing<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><wbr> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.25pt"> </span>film</span><span style="color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m7156874937887875885m-461929127357311573msolistparagraph" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">\u2022</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#222222">             </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">Including the release date in your organization\u2019s calendar and<span style="letter-spacing:-1.25pt"> </span>newsletters</span><span style="color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m7156874937887875885m-461929127357311573msolistparagraph" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">\u2022</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#222222">             </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">Posting to social media to spread awareness +More! We appreciate any type of<span style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>involvement!</span><span style="color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m7156874937887875885m-461929127357311573msobodytext" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222"> </span><span style="color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m7156874937887875885m-461929127357311573msobodytext" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#222222">If you are interested in getting involved please email Trish at: </span><a href="mailto:trish@abramorama.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">Trish@abramorama.com </span></a><span style="color:#222222">or call </span><a href="tel:(914)%20741-1818" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">(914) 741-1818</span></a><span style="color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m7156874937887875885m-461929127357311573msobodytext" style="margin-top:.4pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#222222"> </span><span style="color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m7156874937887875885m-461929127357311573msobodytext" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:80.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#222222">For more information on theatres please visit:</span><a href="http://www.summerintheforest.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc"> http://www.<wbr>summerintheforest.com</span></a><span style="color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><table class="m_1809792309473907050MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td width="218" style="width:183.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td><td width="142" style="width:106.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td><td width="6" style="width:5.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td><td width="342" style="width:256.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td></tr><tr style="height:.75pt"><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.75pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.75pt"></td><td rowspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><img border="0" width="342" height="19" style="width:3.5625in;height:.1979in" id="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m_7156874937887875885_x005f_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image005.png@01D3B60B.F52B2FA0" alt="cid:image005.png@01D3B60B.F52B2FA0"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.5pt"><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:13.5pt"></td><td rowspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:13.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><img border="0" width="142" height="19" style="width:1.4791in;height:.1979in" id="m_1809792309473907050gmail-m_7156874937887875885_x005f_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image006.png@01D3B60B.F52B2FA0" alt="c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