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Presented by the Pitt Alumni Association and Steeltown Entertainment Project
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Join us for a
Special Free Screening of
the Award Winning Documentary:
The Shot Felt 'Round the World |
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April 12 | 7 PM
University of Pittsburgh, Frick Fine Arts Building
60 years ago, Pittsburgh made history by developing the first successful polio vaccine. On April 12, 2015 at 7 p.m. at the Frick Fine Arts Building on the University of Pittsburgh campus, you are invited to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Salk Polio Vaccine with a free screening of the award winning documentary, The Shot Felt 'Round The World. A dessert reception will follow sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association. This screening is free, but seats are limited. To RSVP, click here. With vaccines once again in the news due to the outbreak of measles, the polio virus being explored as a cure for cancer, and the Gates Foundation and Rotary International working to finish the job which began in a basement lab on the Pitt campus, this film is a timely reminder of what can happen when a city and a country rolls up its sleeves to defeat a common enemy. A horror movie could not be more dramatic: A disease seeks out and terrorizes mainly children and their parents each summer. They no longer go to pools or movie theaters for fear they might contract the potentially fatal disease that often cripples its victims. A beloved, polio-afflicted U.S. President inspires the country's men, women, and children to send their dimes to fund research - some of which would go to an ambitious, but unknown 33-year-old physician, Dr. Jonas Salk, and his team at the University of Pittsburgh, who would change the course of medical history.
Register Now! A reversion of the polio movie, "The Polio Story: The Vaccine That Changed The World" premiered in prime time in March on BBC4 and received triple the audience for its time slot! Read about it here!
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For the first time, you can now order a DVD of
We are offering
FREE SHIPPING through the month of April,
and get an extra
$5 OFF if you order by emailing us at
Poliomovie@steeltown.org
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To arrange a public screening or for group rates, email Poliomovie@steeltown.org. |
| Students can also win up to $10,000 for their videos on the Salk vaccine and other ways Pittsburgh has changed the world. Visit www.takeashotcontest.org for details. Deadline April 30, 2015. |
Take a Shot Contest | Internships | Filmmaker Highlight
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TAKE A SHOT: TEEN FILM PRIZE
Every year, Steeltown gives
over $10,000 to middle and high school students during its annual
Take a Shot: Teen Film Prize Contest. This year the theme is
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math). To enter, students must create a two to five minute video on a Person, Place or Thing (past or present) who have had a positive influence on STEAM in the Pittsburgh Area. Examples include, but certainly are not limited to: Rachel Carson (Person, Past, Scientist), Steve Tolin (Person, Present, Technology), The Westinghouse Brake Company (Thing, Past, Engineering), August Wilson (Person, Past, Arts), John Forbes Nash, Jr (Person, Past, Mathematics).
The movi
e can be an interview, animation, commercial, comedy, drama or documentary.
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories, one for middle school and one for high school:
Best Documentary ($2,000), Best Narrative ($2,000), Fan Favorite ($1,000), Mentoring ($1,000) and Pittsburgh's History in WWII ($1,000).
Submission dates are April 15-30, 2015. For more information, visit
www.takeashotcontest.org.
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SNL Director, Don Roy King and former intern, Colin Becker during the Steeltown Spotlight Series featuring Don Roy King.
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STEELTOWN INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
"Working really closely with Hollywood advisors through Steeltown opens a lot of doors,"
says Kat Weiler; former Steeltown intern who is now working as an associate producer on numerous reality TV shows including MTV's
Fantasy Factory."
Steeltown internships expose interns to a wide variety of experiences in the entertainment industry. Our interns have gone on to be Producers, Directors, and Editors. They have worked on major productions in Pittsburgh and for top studios and networks in LA and New York. We are looking for hard-working self-starters with a passion for entertainment to join our intern team for Summer 2015!
Want to be a Steeltown Intern? Send your resume and a cover letter to Chelsea Schneider (Chelsea@steeltown.org) by April 20th to apply for a summer 2015 internship!
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FILMMAKER HIGHLIGHT: MARK CHRISTIAN & MADALINE PUZZO
Mark and Madaline have been working together on films for years, including Steeltown's The Perils of Growing up Flat Chested, and their short Requited which was a finalist in the Student Academy Awards in 2012.
Steeltown is proud to have supported their feature film, Cardinal Matter which which featured a very talented crew from Pittsburgh.
Cardinal Matter is an action crime thriller about a
migrant worker who finds himself the target of a deadly corporate cover-up in a small town in Wyoming.
April 13 | 6:30 PM
Point Park University, GRW
Cardinal Matter will be having a private test screening and Q&A session on April 13th.
Seating at the event is limited and will be first come first serve. (Don't be late if you want to attend.)
RSVP by April 5th with your name and guest to
For more, visit
www.cardinalmatterfilm.com
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