Free SMILE PINKI Documentary Screening & Discussion May 27, 2009

HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS AND SMILE TRAIN
PRESENT A FREE, PUBLIC SCREENING OF
2009 OSCAR AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY SHORT
SMILE PINKI
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Filmmaker Discussion and Q&A To Follow

WHAT: The community is invited to attend a FREE screening of SMILE PINKI, a documentary short on Wednesday, May 27 at the Sundance Kabuki theater in San Francisco.

The film chronicles Pinki, a 5-year-old girl who was living with a severe cleft in one of the poorest areas of India. Not allowed to attend school and ostracized because of her deformity, Pinki lived a life of quiet desperation as she waited and wondered if she would ever receive the cleft surgery her parents could never afford. Told in a vibrant verite-style, rich with nuance and complexity, the film follows its wide-eyed protagonist on a journey from isolation to embrace.

Smile Train is a non-profit organization dedicated to solving a single problem: cleft lip and palate. Clefts are a major problem in developing countries where millions of children suffer from unrepaired clefts. More information can be found at: www.smiletrain.org

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2009
6:00 P.M. – Doors Open
6:30 P.M. – Screening
7:15 P.M. – Filmmaker Discussion & Audience Q&A

WHERE: SUNDANCE KABUKI THEATER 1881 Post Street @ Fillmore

WHO: Megan Mylan – Filmmaker
Moderator: Jonathan Curiel, Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle

INFO: The public is invited to this free event.
RSVP at www.homeboxoffice.com/rsvp/smilepinkisf
Info at: 888.560.5856