Georgia film, video & music...you get the picture [Vol. 21, no. 2 (Spring 2005)]

Volume 21, Number 2
New Incentives Energize Georgia's Entertainment Industry
Photo: (L-R) Senator Jeff Mullis, Philip Kent, Governor Sonny Perdue, Commissioner Bart Graham, Chairman Ed Spivia, Commissioner Craig Lesser, Representative Lynn Ratigan Smith, Senator Chip Rogers, Senator Mitch Seabaugh
The Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act, signed on May 9, 2005 by Governor Sonny Perdue in a ceremony at Turner Studies, will grow the state's film and video industry and level the playing field with its competitors, according to the Governor and the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD). "Georgia has a long-established relationship with the film and entertainment industry. Filmed here in our state, the HBO movie Warm Springs demonstrates our appeal as an attractive destination for these productions," said Governor
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HBO's Warm Springs Showcases Georgia
Photo: (L-R) Cynthia Nixon and Kenneth Branagh
When Warm Springs premiered on HBO April 30, the Georgia Film, Video & Music Office was able to share with the world the sites and stories of Warm Springs, GA. A division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), the office worked closely with HBO for more than a year to capture the historic significance of the area and showcase other locations around the state.
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Spring 2005
Stars Shine at Heroes Awards
Photo: (L-R) Charlie Brusco and Jon Bon Jovi
The Atlanta Chapter of the Recording Academy recently honored the B-52's, Charlie Brusco, Coretta Scott King and Usher as its 2005 Atlanta Heroes Awards recipients. The Heroes Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Atlanta Chapter and is presented to outstanding individuals and institutions in the Georgia region that have improved the environment for the creative community.
Recipients of the Heroes Award were selected to honor the excellence and integrity embodied in their work, as well as to acknowledge their willingness to support and participate in programs benefiting the music community. Presenters at the ceremony included Big Boi, Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Jon Bon Jovi and Terry Lewis. Musical performances
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You Get the Picture is a bi-monthly publication of the Georgia Film, Video & Music Office, a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development. Articles can be mailed to Brenda Brayton, Georgia Film, Video & Music Office, Post Office Box 1776, Atlanta, GA 30301, faxed to 404.962.4053 or sent electronically to bbrayton@georgia.org. Visit our website at www.filmgeorgia.org or call 877.746.6842.

FEATURED LOCATION: Fort Valley, GA
Fort Valley was founded in 1825 as an indian trading post. The city grew in the 1880's with the railroad and the peach industry, which reached its zenith in the 1920s. In 1926, the city held the first of five annual Peach Festivals. The festivals were highly successful with the fifth and final event drawing over 40,000 people.
Fort Valley is the only city in Georgia which has three of its original railroad buildings still standing: the passenger terminal, switching station and the freight terminal. The first refrigerated box car was developed in the area to transport peaches to the north.

AthFest Celebrates
Featuring over 125 live bands, AthFest, the annual music and arts festival held in downtown Athens, GA is slated for June 23-26. AthFest headliners include Pylon, The Whigs and the Atlanta-based, Grammy nominated, multi-platinum selling artist Shawn Mullins.
Launched in 1997 AthFest provides a forum to educate citizens and visitors about music and arts in general while showcasing the city of Athens and the talent therein. The festival features many free activities including outdoor daytime and evening music stages, a juried artists' market and a KidsFest.
Events also include evening club performances, the Flagpole Music Awards, a CD release show for the AthFest music compilation and film showcases presented by Athens Film Foundation. Ghostmeat Records will release the AthFest 2005 CD spotlighting Athens' most promising talent including The Chasers, Iron Hero, Nutria, Jackpot City, Garbage Island and Modern Skirts. Many of these artists are scheduled to perform at the festival.
Festival information is available at www.athfest.com.

NightGlass Media Group

Photo: The Switching Station
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The NightGlass Media Group has entered into an agreement with Walk Thru the Bible Ministries to manage, schedule and crew the television studio at the Petit Leadership Center in Atlanta. The 70 x 70 space, which is owned by Walk Thru the Bible, is fully equipped with five broadcast cameras, control room including a Grass Valley 4000 Digital Switcher and Serial Digital CCUs, grip gear, lighting, green room, dressing rooms, catering kitchen and seating for an audience of 230 people.
NightGlass will continue to use the studio for Walk Thru the Bible productions and now add their own broadcast and corporate projects to the facility's schedule. The studio is located at 4201 North Peachtree Road.
For more information, please contact Rob Mottola, director of operations at NightGlass at 678.405.0066 or at rob@nightglass.com.

by Pylon, Styx and Michael Bolton entertained the event's audience that included recording artists, key entertainment executives and community leaders. Proceeds from the Heroes Awards will benefit the Academy's professional arts education programs for the music community of the Atlanta region and a portion to benefit the MusiCares Foundation, the health and human services charity founded by The Recording Academy.

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Twelve Years of Music Midtown
On June 10th the internationally recognized three-day Music Midtown will enter its twelfth season. Featuring more than 100 artists, festival headliners include Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The White Stripes, Kid Rock and The Pixies. The Country Stage will feature Keith Urban, Loretta Lynn, Cross Canadian Rag Weed, Montgomery Gentry, Joe Dee Messina and Atlanta's own Alan Jackson. Virgin Record's new president Jermaine Dupri will produce the weekend's artist line up and also perform.
"Music Midtown 2005 will present the greatest assembly of music talent in the history of Atlanta," festival producer Peter Conlon said. Music Midtown has recently selected Creaxion as the Agency of Record to handle advertising, public relations and onsite support for the festival. Please visit www.musicmidtown.com for more information.

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Photo: (L-R) Governor Sonny Perdue and Chairman Ed Spivia Perdue. "This legislation has the potential to bring many more film projects to Georgia, generating a tremendous amount of economic benefit and providing highly soughtafter jobs."
Governor Perdue also announced two films to be produced in Georgia as a direct result of the new tax incentives. A music-driven ensemble comedy, produced by Warner Brothers Pictures in association with Sweet Tea Pictures and directed by Chris Robinson, will begin filming in metro Atlanta this summer. Local film and music impresario Dallas Austin is one of the film's producers. Also, writer/ producer Tyler Perry will partner with Lions Gate Films and Reuben Cannon Productions for Madea's Family Reunion a follow-up project to Perry's highly-successful Diary of a Mad Black Woman. These projects bring together

two of Georgia's biggest entertainment strengths: its film industry and its music industry.
GDEcD officials say the bill's benefits will appeal not only to Hollywood, but to the thriving and successful industry already in the state. Austin and Perry as well as other local, high-powered producers will reap just as many benefits from the newly-passed tax incentives as those based outside Georgia. Additionally, the bill is one of the first in the country formulated in the expectation it would help grow the game development industry.
"The film and video industry offers Georgia a tremendous economic boost through direct and indirect spending, tax revenue generation and the tourism recognition that comes with a locally-filmed production," said Craig Lesser, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development. "The industry supports a variety of other Georgia business sectors, without requiring communities to expand their infrastructures to accommodate it."
"This legislation gives Georgia much more aggressive business investment tools, enabling us to be more competitive in site location decisions," said Greg Torre, director of the Georgia Film, Video & Music Office. "We've been meeting with industry officials to get the word

out about the new incentives, and feel we are now better positioned to capture more film and video productions to the state, especially films set in Georgia. More importantly, this legislation will help our local independent filmmakers to succeed right here in Georgia."
The bill offers a nine percent base tax credit to production companies who spend at least $500,000 in services, materials and labor for a production project in Georgia. Companies receive an additional three percent credit for hiring Georgia residents. Companies can receive yet another three percent credit if they film in counties which have not to date been as competitive in this market. Finally, if a company involved in multiple television projects invests more than $20 million in the state, it is entitled to an additional two percent credit.
Since the inception of the Georgia Film, Video & Music Office in 1973, more than 500 major motion pictures and television movies have filmed on location in the state. As a result, more than $3 billion has been generated for the state's economy. In 2004, 252 productions including movies, TV episodes, commercials and music videos accounted for $123.5 million injected into the state's economy.
For more information, visit www. georgia.org.

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Interactive Scoring for Rickwood
Photo: Chris Rickwood
Chris Rickwood has recently completed composing and producing the complete score for the interactive game Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Developed by Legacy Interactive and based on the hit television series, the game puts players in the mind of Detective Robert Goren and leaves them to solve the murder case. "Interactive games create an interesting set of challenges," Rickwood said. "The audience becomes the protagonist and it is my job to compose music to support

the emotions of the audience rather than the characters on screen. And while most films are two or three hours long, interactive games can last forty or more hours. Creating interesting content is critical to the success of the soundtrack."
Law and Order: Criminal Intent will be released in the fall of 2005. Currently Rickwood is completing work on a short film and is gearing up for more interactive music projects.
Rickwood's music has been featured in interactive game projects including Cartoon Network's Megas XLR: Appetite for Demolition, Activision's History Channel Civil War: Bull Run and THQ's Evil Dead: Hail to the King. For information, visit www.rickwoodmusic.com.

Association Announcements:
Atlanta Urban MediaMakers Association, Inc. (AUMAi) reflects the new generation of mediamaking. AUMAi's mission is to empower people through cultural diversity in animation, film and video. For more information on AUMAi's monthly meetings, visit www.urbanmediamakers.com or call 770.345.8048.
The Georgia Production Partnership (GPP) is a statewide organization of filmmakers and film industry executives committed to keeping Georgia a film-friendly and competitive force in the film and video community. Meetings are generally held the first Tuesday of each month at noon. For membership information email info@georgiaproduction.org. Visit their website at www.georgiaproduction.org.
IMAGE Film & Video Center offers filmmaking workshops and screenings. For more information, contact IMAGE at 404.352.4225 or check the website at www.imagefv.org.
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (The Recording Academy): Established in 1957, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. is dedicated to providing educational opportunities and improving the cultural environment and quality of life for music and its makers. For more information, please visit www.grammy.com/atlanta.aspx.
NATAS/Atlanta, the local chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. For information please call 770.414.8777.
Women in Film/Atlanta (WIF/A), a non-profit organization founded in 1974, is dedicated to the education, promotion, support and unification of women working in or studying film, video and related creative and business fields. For information check the website at www.wifa.org.
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Georgia Lensed Derby Stallion Wraps
Production began in late March on The Derby Stallion, Kimberly Gough's family drama about a teenage boy who beats the odds to become a winning timber race jockey. Tonja Walker Productions partnered with Kevin Summerfield and his studio, Scorpio Pictures, to co-produce the film. The city of Rome, Bouckaert Farms, Barnsley Gardens and the home of the Atlanta Steeplechase Kingston Downs serve as key locations for the film.
The film focuses on Patrick McCardle, a fifteenyear-old boy who has not quite decided what to do with his life. Patrick feels most comfortable when he is visiting his best friend Mr. Jones, a kindly old black man with a taste for wine and gambling. A former jockey, Houston Jones is convinced that Patrick's love of horses will make him a fantastic timber jockey and a contender for the coveted State Cup Steeplechase Race, the very race that he was forced to forfeit 40 years ago.
Zac Efron (Summerland) stars as Patrick and his beloved Houston Jones is played by Bill Cobbs (Demolition Man). Tonja Walker (One Life to Live), the film's co-producer, is cast as Patrick's mother and Billy Moses (Falcon Crest) plays the role of Patrick's father. Emmy nominee Crystal Hunt (The Guiding Light), Billy Preston, Colton James and Michael Nardelli round out The Derby Stallion's cast.
The production company wanted to capture the authentic excitement and festivity of America's oldest sport and social event the Steeplechase. To bring additional dimension and authenticity to the film, The Derby Stallion, actually filmed scenes during the Atlanta Steeplechase in mid-April.
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Warm Springs, starring Emmy historic photographs to HBO's art

winners Kenneth Branagh and

department; coordinated a meeting

Cynthia Nixon, tells the story of

between actor Kenneth Branagh and

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's struggle local historians to help him capture

with polio. The movie was directed Roosevelt's manner of speaking;

by multiple Emmy winner Joseph secured production space and hotel

Sargent from a script by Margaret rooms; and served as an ongoing

Nagle. Warm Springs also stars Jane resource to the HBO team.

Alexander, Kathy Bates, Tim Blake

"This film has supported

Nelson and David Paymer.

countless jobs during its production

The film follows Franklin Delano - employing Georgia location scouts,

Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from

production crew members and

polio at age 39, as he seeks out a

others for over a year - and produced

miracle cure in rural Georgia. In time, considerable revenue for the state,"

Roosevelt comes to learn that though Film, Video & Music Office director

he may never walk again, he can still Greg Torre said. "The benefits will

lead. In Warm Springs, a future four- far outlast the shooting. Warm

term American president finds his Springs portrays a truly unique

personal and political soul.

Georgia story and is certain to attract

Warm Springs was executive

visitors to the area, demonstrating the

produced by Academy Award-

growing synergy between our film

nominated producer Mark Gordon and tourism industries."

and Celia Costas and produced

Georgia's Little White House

by Chrisann Verges. HBO Films

already draws the most visitors,

executive vice president Keri Putnam more than any other historic site

and director of development Elaine in the state. Roosevelt's cottage,

Chin were in charge of production. guest house and servants' quarters

HBO initially contacted the Georgia remain as they were in 1945 when

Film, Video & Music office in October he suffered a stroke while posing for

2003. During the following months, the "Unfinished Portrait" that is on

Costas, Verges and Sargent, all of

display today.

whom had previously filmed in

While discussing filming on

Georgia, coordinated with the film location, Branagh who stars as

office and returned for subsequent Roosevelt remarked that, "There

scouts.

was something very eerie, yet very

To insure an accurate

special, about being able to use the

representation of the movie's

real Warm Springs as a location.

namesake, the Georgia film office Once it was repainted and redressed

worked closely with both the

and everyone was there in period

Department of Natural Resources costume, including many people who

(DNR), which administers the Little actually suffered from polio in real

White House historic site and the life or have spinal injuries, the unique

Department of Labor that oversees kind of camaraderie that existed

The Roosevelt Institute, which

there before became evident. I hope

continues to treat patients today.

the spirit of what was there comes

Bonar Hall in Madison, the train

across in our film that we were able

depot in Summerville, Glenridge Hall to capture it. It was a place of unique

in Sandy Springs and the Academy of optimism and hope and fun. It

Medicine and Georgia State Capitol sometimes, of course, presented huge

in Atlanta make cameo appearances challenges, but it was a tremendously

in Warm Springs.

important place for many people and

The office also provided

continues to be one."

ASO Youth Orchestra & Collective Soul Live
In April the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO) performed two concerts with Georgia-based rock band Collective Soul. Led by ASYO music director Jere Flint, the concerts featured tracks from Collective Soul's latest release `Youth.' A portion of concert proceeds will benefit the ASYO.
The performances were also recorded for a new DVD entitled Collective Soul `Home' with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra," which will be released in the fall. Subsequent releases stemming from these recordings include a twoCD collection and a box set that will include both of the live CDs and a DVD with bonus materials including artist interviews, a "making of" feature and other exclusive materials.
"The band members were impressed by our Youth Orchestra and really wanted to work with them," said Rudi Schlegel, vice president of presentations for the ASO. Schlegel worked with the band to put together the performances and recordings.
Collective Soul's Ed Roland said, "The initial idea developed as a unique opportunity between us and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. During discussions about the project, we learned that Atlanta houses one of the top youth symphonies in the country and with our new record appropriately titled `Youth,' the idea transitioned naturally."
Director and producer Pierre Lamoureux filmed the concerts. He previously worked with The Who, Alanis Morissette and Willie Nelson.

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NATAS Screens The Role

29th Annual Atlanta Film Festival

Photo: (L-R) Daniel Massey Tovell, Scott Lewis, Jack R. Frost III and Jay Ticer
Writer and director Scott D. Lewis has teamed up with producer Daniel Massey Tovell to complete the dramatic thriller The Role. Filmed entirely on location in Atlanta under the Atlanta-based independent filmmaking company DMT Pictures, LLC, The Role is the story of two actors on different paths. Fueled by jealousy and despair, the struggling actor Joseph Waits commits a desperate act of violence against his friend Steve Jones, an actor who is enjoying a run of good fortune. The cast includes Atlanta actors Angela Braden, Marie Samples, Andre S. Eves, Mark Harris, Alli Langus, Dawn Smith and features Angela Sanders.
DMT Pictures collaborated with a number of Atlanta's filmmakers, editors and composers to complete The Role. Emmy winning DP Jack R. Frost III oversaw the cinematography with Magick Lantern handling the final edit. Peabody award-winning producer Bill VanDerKloot, postproduction manager Jennifer Mador and Telly awardwinning editor James Powell provided their expertise to the project. Bob Gillespie, owner and sound designer of the Emmy winner Oasis Recording Studio completed the final sound mix.
The Role was scored by ASCAP award-winning composer Curtis Bryant. Recording engineer Ken Gregory mixed the score and singer / songwriter Nicolas Marcicano provided the tone setting theme song `Trust Me.'
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Board of Governors member, Renee Bishop, recently selected The Role for its monthly showcase, NATAS Screens It! For more information about the film, please visit the official movie website www.TheRole.com.

The 29th Annual Atlanta Film Festival (AFF) presented by Turner Broadcasting will be held at the Rialto Center for the Performing Arts beginning June 10. Additional screenings will take place at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema, Fulton County Public LibraryCentral, The Carter Presidential Center and Starlight Six Drive-In Theatres. Over nine days, audiences will attend more than 150 films, learn about the art of filmmaking from visiting industry experts during festival panels, attend networking events at area restaurants and party `til the wee hours at some of the best entertainment spots in Atlanta. The Atlanta Film Festival is one of the most respected film festivals in the nation with projected attendance exceeding 30,000.
On Friday, June 10 the Opening Night celebration features the premiere of a new independent film with artists in attendance, followed by the first of nine nightly parties. Each day, at least three films screen simultaneously from noon until midnight, featuring a wide range of styles, subjects and perspectives. Through a juried system of selection, AFF premieres animation, experimental, narrative, documentary, student films and videos of the highest artistic quality. On Saturday, June 18 the Atlanta Film Festival winds down with the Closing Film and Party in downtown Atlanta.
Prior to the opening of the festival on Wednesday, June 8 the film festival organizer IMAGE Film & Video Center will present Spike Lee with the Ossie Davis Award at the IMAGE 5th Annual Premiere Party and Awards Ceremony. The Ossie Davis Award honors creative excellence and dynamic contributions to the art of cinema. Award recipients typify the award's namesake who through his creative achievements promoted human dignity and social justice.
For more information, please visit www. atlantafilmfestival.com or call IMAGE Film & Video Center at 404.352.4225.
Nomination for Dartfish's Stromotion
Dartfish's StroMotionTM technology has been nominated for a Sports Emmy Award. StroMotion creates trajectory video footage revealing the evolution of an athlete's movement, technique execution and tactics. Athletic movements unfold in time and space by compounding video images into a frame-by-frame sequence.
The Dartfish StroMotion broadcast on NBC during the 2004 Athens Olympic Games is nominated in the category of "Outstanding Innovative Technical Achievement." Dartfish develops performance enhancing sport video training applications and exclusive televised broadcast footage. For more information visit www.dartfish.com.

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Georgia Pitched to Film Industry
Photo: (L-R) Shay Griffin, Greg Torre, Senator Mitch Seabaugh and Producer Tim Moore
The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) recently represented the state's burgeoning film industry at the 20th annual Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) Locations Trade Show, the industry's longest-running locations trade event, April 15-17 in Santa Monica, California.
Members of the Georgia Film, Video & Music Office,

a division of GDEcD, including director Greg Torre, project manager Alison Fibben and locations liaison Lee Thomas, joined Senator Mitch Seabaugh, Savannah Film Commission director Jay Self and location specialist Amani Eissa, and Shay Griffin representing the Georgia Production Partnership (GPP) in promoting the state to studio executives, producers, directors, cinematographers and locations scouts from all segments of the entertainment industry.
"This show afforded us the opportunity to showcase our many location assets and introduce the state's new tax incentive to filmmakers from around the world," Torre said. "I am confident the relationships we established and the project leads we garnered will pay off greatly in the coming months."
The Georgia film office delegation and Seabaugh met with executives from several studio and production companies, including Brooklyn Films, Disney, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. and others, to brief them on the recently approved legislation and explore ways each could benefit from filming future projects in Georgia.
Additionally, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) hosted a luncheon for Torre, Seabaugh and Griffin where they presented the new incentive to representatives of various studios' tax divisions.

IBFF Keeps It "Reel"

Photo: (L-R) Tamala Jones, Orlando Jones and KD Aubert

The 2005 Independent Black Film Festival (IBFF) showcased independent features, documentaries, animations and short films during the four-day film festival held in Atlanta, Georgia in March. Merging urban film, music, broadband and game technologies, the festival celebrated the achievement of people of color in the arts and entertainment community while encouraging and empowering upcoming artists through a showcase of diverse and provocative workshops, conferences, panels and screenings. More than 75 independent films from around the world were screened at the Woodruff Arts Center, the High Museum, the Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunication Technology (GCATT) and Landmark Midtown Art Theatre.
Orlando Jones (Drumline) hosted the awards ceremony. The event featured a special video tribute to writer, filmmaker and actor Ossie Davis. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin also hosted a city hall reception for the festival. Georgia Film, Video & Music Office director Greg Torre also served as a panelist for the event. IBFF highlights also included screenings of the works of legendary filmmaker Oscar Micheaux including Body & Soul starring Paul Robeson and a Spike Lee Tribute with School Daze: The Remix at Spelman College. Rolling Out Magazine

sponsored a SpotLight Special Screening of the feature film Fair Game, there was also a pitch session with executives from Strange Fruit Productions and a Midnight Ramble at the High Museum.
Plans for the 2006 festival include a 48-hour film challenge as well as a gaming and audio lounge. Pleased with the growth and success of IBFF, festival organizer Asante Addae said, "We are very excited about the industry networking and expect to see more distribution deals signed in the next couple of weeks for the filmmakers we showcased this year."
The IBFF is dedicated to discovering new filmmakers, screenwriters, gamers and musicians in the US and around the globe. For more information on future events please visit www.IndieBlackFilm.com or call 404.249.0529.

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Uga's Movie
Photo: Uga V
Emmy-winning producer and Nowhere Productions founder Erica McCarthy recently released the documentary Damn Good Dog on DVD. Five years in the making, the "dogumentary" chronicles the 48-year history of the Frank W. Seiler family of Savannah and their English bulldogs: Uga I, II, III, IV, V and VI who have served as mascots for the University of Georgia. The Seiler's story is one of family, dedication and love. Damn Good Dog explores Uga's popularity as it directly correlates to the strength of the media in our society, the growth and success of the University of Georgia and its football program, as well as the growth of the state. The story of Damn Good Dog is told through recollections from people that have been "there for the ride," juxtaposing interviews with archival footage, personal and professional photographs and memorabilia. The film features narration by Bulldog radio legend Larry Munson as Uga and includes hours of behind the scene footage with the worldfamous UgaCam. Damn Good Dog tells the story of Sports Illustrated's "America's Number One College Mascot" complete with music by Steve Dancz and the University of Georgia Redcoat Marching Band. For more information visit www.nowhereathens.com.

Rainforests' Gospel Star Studded Cast Hits Atlanta
Production wrapped in late March on Rainforest Films' heartfelt spiritual tale The Gospel. The movie stars Boris Kodjoe, Clifton Powell, Omar Gooding, Tamyra Gray, Nona Gaye, Keisha Knight Pulliam and Idris Elba. Written and directed by Rob Hardy, the film features original music by producer Kirk Franklin and a host of live gospel musical performances by Donnie McClurkin, Yolanda Adams, Hezekiah Walker and Delores `MaMa' Winans.
Shot in and around Atlanta, The Gospel is a drama about the soulful religious music world. David Taylor (Boris Kodjoe) is having the time of his life. He's wrapping up a major R&B tour, his song is at the top of the charts and his record label has finally made him a top priority. Things become derailed when he learns his father, Bishop Taylor has fallen ill. He returns home to assess the situation, only to find things are worse than he imagined. Not only is his father in his last days, but David's childhood rival Frank is set to become the new Pastor of their church. While the overly ambitious Frank steers the congregation into turbulent waters, David battles family drama and shady music dealings. All of which bring to light the real source of his angst... his salvation.
The Gospel is scheduled to open in theatres in the fall of 2005. For more information about Rainforest Films please logon to www.rainforest-films.com.

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