Southern Circuit Film Festival

Shame

with Mohammed Naqvi, producer/director
September 6, 2008 7:30pm

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In a remote village of Pakistan, Mukhtaran Mai’s life changed when she was punished for a crime allegedly committed by her brother. Mai set out to seek justice. Shame chronicles her journey from a simple peasant woman into a world human rights icon and a local leader for change.

Mohammed Naqvi was born in Montreal and grew up in Canada, the United States and Pakistan. His other notable films include "Terror's Children," which launched the Discovery-Times Channel, and "Big River," for which Naqvi served as producer, working with renowned Japanese director Takeshi Kitano. His work has been showcased in numerous film festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, and at additional venues such as the United Nations and the Museum of Modern Art. Some of the awards Naqvi has received include an Overseas Press Club of America Award, Amnesty International Humanitarian Award, EBS International Documentary Festival Special Jury Prize, and a Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Award. Naqvi is also an AFI: Project 20/20 fellow, an initiative co-sponsored by the NEA, NEH, The U.S. State Department, and The President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Currently, Naqvi heads the programming at his production company, Tight Media, where he develops and produces programming for several networks including MTV, Current, CNN, and CBS-Paramount.

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Augusta’s Historic Imperial Theatre
Celebrates the Opening of the Westobou Festival with an Encore Presentation of

The Three Faces of Eve

September 18, 2008

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Tours of the Miller Theatre, site of original premiere, 2:00– 6:00
Doors to the Imperial Theatre open at 7:00
Anniversary Program and Screening Begin at 8:00

An encore to last year’s popular celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the World Premiere of The Three Faces of Eve. Scheduled for Thursday, September 18, 2008, the anniversary event will be marked by tours of the Miller, which is currently undergoing renovation, and a screening of the Academy Award © winning film at the Imperial.  The Miller Theatre was the site of the September 18, 1957 World Premiere of The Three Faces of Eve—the only time that such an event has been held in the city of Augusta. 

The encore presentation of The Three Faces of Eve, inaugurates Augusta’s first-ever, ten-day long Westobou Festival. 

The Three Faces of Eve, directed by Hollywood veteran screenwriter/director Nunnally Johnson, was based on the true story of Edgefield, South Carolina resident Chris Costner Sizemore and her battle with Multiple Personality Disorder.  The film starred Lee J. Cobb, David Wayne, and, in only her third feature film role, the young Joanne Woodward, who won her first Academy Award © as Best Actress in the role of a lifetime..

Chris Sizemore will be joining the celebration again this year, along with Jim Davis, original emcee for the 1957 World Premiere at the Miller Theatre. A special guest this year is longtime Augusta resident and founder of the Augusta Choral Society, Emily Remington, who was the organist for the 1957 World Premiere.

Tickets for this event, available through the Imperial Theatre box office (706-722-8341) or on line are $15 each.  The ticket price includes tours of the Miller, from 2:00 until 6:00, and the screening at the Imperial. Doors to the Imperial Theatre open at 7:00 p. m.  A limited number of VIP tickets are also available at $50.  VIP ticket includes preferred parking, reserved seating, and a VIP reception, in addition to the Miller Theater tour.  Proceeds from this event will help restore the Imperial Theatre’s original Wurlitzer pipe organ.

2 shows - Reserved seating

Augusta Opera presents

Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Friday, September 19th and Saturday, September 20th 8:00pm

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Magnolia Dance presents

"Complexions"

Tuesday, September 23rd 8:00pm

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Magnolia Dance Theatre (MDT) is proud to present the New York City-based Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Founded in 1995, Complexions is touted worldwide as “America’s original, multi-ethnic, dance company” wowing audiences with a full range of dance disciplines. Please join MDT for this premiere performance that forwards our mission of encouraging enlightened relationships between people of diverse backgrounds through dance.

Southern Soul and Song

The Lewis Family and Lizzy Long and Llegacy

Thursday, September 25, 2008
7:30 p.m. at the Imperial Theatre

Organized in 1951, The Lewis Family has achieved worldwide recognition as an icon of bluegrass gospel music. From a modest but proud beginning in its hometown, Lincolnton, Georgia, the group continues today as it began; made up entirely of family members. Now encompassing three generations, the show offers a broad appeal to all ages.
thelewisfamilymusic.com

Lizzy Long began her playing music at an early age. While starting out on the piano, she soon took up the fiddle, guitar, autoharp, bass banjo, and mandolin, and has become an accomplished musician, alternating between these instruments as part of her entertainment repertoire.
lizzylong.com