The Faces Of Change

present a film about the longest peaceful demonstration in the history of america

About the Film

A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT CHILDREN OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS

FROM THE DIRECTOR

There is a wonderfully powerful story that takes place in the very heart of the United States. This story is relatively unknown. I only heard it myself a few years ago, yet the characters in this story changed the face of America forever.

In 1958, children ages 6 to 17 years old walked into a restaurant, sat down and asked for cokes. They were refused service for one reason and one reason only, the color of their skin. Still, for nearly six years, these children, week after week, month after month, year after year politely continued their efforts. Armed only with their understanding of the U.S. Constitution, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s teachings on peaceful action and their determination, they turned Jim Crow laws around, restaurant by restaurant. Fifty years later, the children of the civil rights movement weave together their modern day lives with the past in a beautifully uplifting documentary film The Faces of Change.

To date, the film crew has produced a five-minute version, a half hour version and is well under way in completing an hour-long version of this inspiring story. Many people have donated what they can to help bring this story to life, including Fritz Keirsh, director of The Children Of The Corn. For this, we thank them.

We have forty-eight awesome interviews, enough to make an excellent documentary. Capturing three more key figures on film will raise the bar to outstanding. All are contacted and interested in participating. These interviews include:

Julian Bond - National NAACP member
Steve Delaney - Retired national NBC News correspondent who, in his youth, covered the Greensboro Four in North Carolina
Barbara Posey Jones - OKC NAACP youth president and oldest teen during sit-ins.

Looking straight into the camera, Ayanna Najuma at age seven sits next to NAACP youth president Barbara Posey
at Katz Drugstore luncheon counter August 1958.

For narration, Morgan Freeman is at the top of my list. His voice, truly compelling for all ages, catapults this effort to an extraordinary modern day civil rights film. A letter has been sent to his agent with phone calls to follow.

We continue to secure usage rights of archival film, photographs, music and memorabilia. (Just to give you a bit of insight, it cost $1000 a minute to use archival film footage found at Channel 4 TV Station in Oklahoma City, $500 for the rights to use 20 seconds of a song to use at festival viewings, the list goes on.)

Ayanna Najuma filmed August 2008. She's as curious as ever and a pure delight!

We have a comprehensive marketing plan ready for action. The plan includes utilizing film festivals, social media, print media and the press; buzz needed to reach public schools and libraries, PBS and related TV and Internet viewing outlets, film houses and national and international DVD distribution outlets. We are already included in a statewide public school publication in Oklahoma. The publication (with a teachers guide) is being delivered to every teacher in Oklahoma in preparation for the next school year.

I cannot think of a more inspiring example of Gandhi's teachings, "Be the change you want to see in the world" than what these kids did. It's timeless and it' timely. Get involved in making a film and help us share this compelling part of history with America and the world. Our goal is to raise $50,000 in cash and in-kind donations needed to complete and market this film.

Please. Review the Gift Giving & Recognition Levels. See which level you feel comfortable giving, then stretch too the next level up. Be a part of making a film that has the power to inspire and change children (and adults) lives. Please. Fill out the form and send it in. Give the children of today a beautiful example of their peers changing the world for the better and a reminder to all of us that we too can be the faces of change.

Thank You and Sincerely,

Julia Clifford

Director - "The Faces of Change" Documentary

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