"America the Beautiful," wins Special Jury Prize - Best Director at the 43rd Annual Chicago International Film Festival

Last night, Sunday October 13th, "America the Beautiful," won a Special Jury Prize for Best Direction at the 43rd Annual Chicago International Film Festival. The festival featured 160 films from 44 countries this year.

Also of note, "America the Beautiful," was selected to be the opening night film at the 4th Annual Artivists Film Festival in Los Angeles in November. (www.artivists.org).

Since its inception in 2004, the Artivist Film Festival has showcased 223 films representing more than
45 countries.

Last year's Artivist Film Festival was pleased to announce that its Film Program not only ranged widely
in activist topics, but also featured such noted activist-artists as Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon,
Martin Sheen, Viggo Mortensen, Elton John, Morgan Spurlock, Brett Ratner, Andy Garcia,
and others. Films premiered at the festival have included Academy Award winner "Born Into Brothels",
Academy Award Nominees "Super-Size Me", "God Sleeps in Rwanda, and the Los Angeles Premieres
of "Fast Food Nation", "Emanuelle's Gift", and "Trudell".

Join us at the Artivists Film Festival opening night on Thursday, November 8th at 8pm, if you're in Los Angeles. You can get tickets from their website. Look forward to seeing you soon.

Darryl Roberts