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Get Up, Stand Up, For the Right to Vote!

Come out this weekend and support the most important documentary of the year. Sundance award-winning, AMERICAN BLACKOUT opens at the Landmark Midtown Cinema on Friday August 4th. This is the film's nationwide theatrical premier and it needs a STRONG Atlanta showing to make it out across the country. AMERICAN BLACKOUT exposes the patterns of voter disenfranchisement over the past two presidential elections and follows the career of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney who is once again trying to be silenced by her critics in the upcoming August 8th primary run-off election.

Please join Director Ian Inaba, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, SEIU
Local 1985, and other Atlanta celebrities for Opening Night Kick-Off Screenings and End the Blackout Rally!

Friday, August 4th, 7:05pm and 9:40pm shows with post-screening Q&A discussion

Landmark Midtown Cinema (ACROSS FROM PIEDMONT PARK)
931 Monroe Drive North East, ATL 30308
Show times are 12:40 (Fri-Sun only) 2:50pm, 4:55pm, 7:05pm, 9:40pm
Theater info: 678-495-1424

WATCH THE TRAILER at http://www.americanblackout.org

FREE TICKETS!!

The first 100 people to arrive will receive free tickets to the 7:05pm show and VIP passes to the after party. After that, you can buy tickets from the theater. Arrive early to secure your seat!! The line for free tickets forms at 5pm.

This event has been made possible by generous support from SEIU Local
1985. For more information on the work of the Service Employees
International Union, please visit: http://www.seiu1985.org/

CALL TO ACTION

Voters all across the country need your support! In order for theaters across the country to show this film, we need to SELL-OUT each and every screening during this Opening Weekend.

... The powers-that-be don't want you to see this film.
... They don't believe that American's care about voting rights.
SHOW THEM HOW WRONG THEY ARE!! Here are 5 things you can do:

1) Show up to the theater at 6pm with signs, banners, donations, and
your amazing spirit. With our numbers we speak volumes!!

2) Tell the rest of the country that you believe that AMERICAN BLACKOUT should be shown all across the country. Buy a ticket for any screening during the Opening Weekend and sign--up for our newsletter at
www.americanblackout.com.

3) Send this email to 10 people who live in the Atlanta area within the next 24 hours and encourage them to join us.

4) VOTE! Tuesday August 8 is the primary Election Day for the McKinney
vs. Johnson run-off. Cynthia McKinney speaks the truth. Hank Johnson is
backed by Republicans who want to silence her. Keep the TRUTH alive and the district TRULY Democratic.

5) SIGN UP to VOLUNTEER or DONATE to the McKinney campaign at:
www.cynthiaforcongress.com/donate.php

ABOUT THE FILM ----------------------------------------

WATCH THE TRAILER at http://www.americanblackout.org

"Engrossing, fast-paced, stylish... a powerful examination of voting rights in America." -Sura Wood, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"a provocative look at black disenfranchisement in the 2004 election." -David Halbfinger, NY TIMES

"a muckraking indictment of the systematic disenfranchisement of
African American voters" -Kenneth Turan, LA TIMES

American Blackout chronicles the recurring patterns of disenfranchisement witnessed from 2000 to 2004 while following the
story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney who, after taking an
active role investigating the stories of voter disenfranchisement in 2000, soon found herself in her own election debacle after publicly questioning the Bush Administration about the 9-11 terrorist attacks. American Blackout travels from Florida to Georgia to Ohio examining the contemporary tactics used to control our democratic process and silence political dissent.

Winner - Special Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival 2006
Winner - Best Documentary Feature, Cinequest Film Festival 2006
Winner - Stand Up Audience Award, Cleveland International Film
Festival 2006
Winner - Special Jury Prize, Independent Film Festival of Boston 2006
Winner - Audience Award, Columbus Alive Deep Focus Film Festival 2006
Winner - Best Documentary Feature, Urbanworld Film Festival 2006