ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Joe Fab, the
award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer, and co-director of
Paper Clips, will
present a public screening of his film at the SUNY College at
Oneonta at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 29, in the Red Dragon Theatre
of the Hunt College Union. Admission to the event is complimentary,
and members of the community are invited to attend.
Paper Clips is an inspiring documentary film that captures
how students at the Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee
responded to lessons about the Holocaust by collecting one paper
clip to honor each individual put to death by the Nazis. The result
was a memorial railcar filled with 11 million paper
clips--representing six million Jews and five million gypsies,
homosexuals, and other victims of the Holocaust--which now stands
permanently in their schoolyard.
Paper Clips was released in theaters internationally, on
HBO, and on home video. In addition to many film festival awards,
Paper Clips was named one of the top five documentaries of 2004
by the National Board of Review and received the Jewish Image Award
in recognition of its promotion of cross-cultural communication.
During his visit to SUNY-Oneonta, Joe Fab will also speak with
students in education, history, and film classes at the College and
present a workshop for area teachers through the
Catskill Regional Teacher
Center.
Fab, the Vice President of The Johnson Group, is an award-winning
producer and writer with more than 30 years experience in film and
video production, media and communications, event production, and
the live presentation of plays and music. He has worked with
Presidents Clinton, Carter, and George H. W. Bush, and George W.
Bush, as well as an array of other prominent political figures. He
recently produced the premiere presentation of a new poem by Maya
Angelou, performed by the author herself. He has written for such
diverse actors as Gregory Peck, Mary Steenburgen, Shirley Jones,
Robert Prosky, and Alan Alda, and personalities including Mary
Matalin, James Carville, Willard Scott, and Al Roker. As a producer,
he has presented scores of entertainers, including such artists as
Tony Bennett, Tina Turner, Placido Domingo, Renee Fleming, Cher,
Charlotte Church, Marty Stuart, Wayne Newton, Boy George and Culture
Club, Jose Feliciano, LeAnn Rimes, and Karen Akers.
Each year, Fab produces and writes the opening ceremonies for the
annual Christmas Pageant of Peace, featuring an hour of
entertainment by internationally known performers and the lighting
of the national Christmas tree by the President of the United
States. The event is broadcast live via satellite and seen around
the world. His recent television productions include programs for
the Discovery Channel and the History Channel, as well as the
NBA-focused documentary "Crossover," which he executive-produced for
Showtime in conjunction with Penny Marshall and Magic Johnson.
More information about Joe Fab's movie "Paper Clips" is available
online at
www.paperclipsmovie.com. More information about his appearance
at SUNY-Oneonta is available from Dr. Dennis Banks, chair of the
College's
Secondary Education Department, at (607) 436-3391.
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