Month: September 2009

Santa Clara University Screening Recap

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Autumn Gem at Santa Clara University

We had a great turnout at the Santa Clara University screening this evening, with nearly 120 people showing up on a Wednesday evening at Daly Science Center, Room 206. Big thanks go out to Barbara Molony, History Department chair at SCU, for organizing this event. Like at the UCSF screening, the demographic among the crowd was broad: students, extras in the movie, family, friends and people who heard about it in our articles in the various Bay Area newspapers. Thanks for coming out!

Yesterday, we received shipment of our official Autumn Gem DVDs. Now on sale at screenings (soon to be available for purchase online), these DVDs have the exact same cut of the film that we’re showing at our screenings. There have been seventeen cuts between the initial rough cut we made in October, 2008, to the final cut today. Special features include storyboards, production stills, and behind-the-scenes photos.

Here are some photos from the Santa Clara screening. Next stop for us is The University of Wisconsin-Madison. Check our screenings page for our complete October Midwest/East Coast tour dates. 16 cities in 25 days. Sounds like a MPG rating for a car!

UCSF Screening Recap and Photos

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Autumn Gem at UCSF

Over 80 people came to the UCSF Cole Hall Auditorium screening of Autumn Gem this evening. There was a great mix of relatives, family friends, college buddies, and a whole contingent from UCSF. Thanks to Zhiyong Yang and his crew at UCSF for organizing the successful screening. The pizza was especially a big hit with the crowd; I can’t believe all the pies were eaten tonight!

I wish all of our screenings could be held in a facility like Cole Hall Auditorium. The sound system was great, and every seat in the house could see the movie as it was meant to be seen — big and colorful! Rae and I gave a short presentation on the genesis of Autumn Gem. After two years of hard work, we’re happy to start sharing it with the rest of the country. Our next stop is this coming Wednesday at Santa Clara University. Days later, we’ll be trekking out to Wisconsin for the start of a month-long, sixteen stop tour of Autumn Gem. We’ll be going from the aforementioned Wisconsin to Illinois, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Boston, New York, and finally to Pennsylvania. Of course, we’ll be updating on this web site along the way. Tell your friends and family in those areas about Autumn Gem!

UCSF Screening on September 25

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UCSF Screening

Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival with our appropriately titled film! BioBridge at UCSF will be hosting a free screening and reception with delicious snacks. Supported by the UCSF Cultural Enrichment Fund.

Friday, September 25 at 6:00pm
Cole Hall Auditorium
UCSF Medical Sciences Building
513 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA

RSVP here on Facebook.

Santa Clara University Screening on September 30

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Santa Clara University Screening

Come see AUTUMN GEM in the city in which it was produced! We’ll be screening the documentary at Santa Clara University in Room 206 of the Daly Science Center from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. If you are on Facebook, RSVP for the event here. Seats are limited in the room, so reserve your space now! The screening is sponsored by the History Department at Santa Clara University, and there will be a Q&A session with us following the film.

Here is a map of Santa Clara University. Daly Science Center is circled in black.

Daly Science Center is circled in black

Daly Science Center is circled in black

Just days after this screening, we’ll be heading out to the Midwest and East Coast. Check out our tour stops and be sure to let everyone you know in those areas about the film!