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Join the Boston Creative Pro User Group for our next gathering on Wednesday, March 23rd – with post networking + refreshments (pizza and drinks) following at SALVATORE’S!

Get out to meet & mingle with fellow filmmakers in the 4K Bright Family Screening Room at The Paramount Center at Emerson College – Enjoy a great night of networking, engaging screenings & conversation – swap stories and business cards, discover talent and crew for your next project – and interact with members of Boston’s Production and Post community.

Then, join us for an industry reception featuring Refreshments + Networking next door at SALVATORE’S. Grab a seat now!

Our BOSCPUG events and speakers that we invite to Boston are part of Emerson College’s Bright Lights Film Series: http://web.emerson.edu/brightlights/

FEATURED:  

‘Circus Without Borders’ – The Story of Artcirq and Kalabante

We’re thrilled to host a special screening of the hugely inspiring documentary ‘CIRCUS WITHOUT BORDERS,’ a visually stunning story about two circus troupes in remote and challenged corners of the world — an Inuit circus in the Canadian Arctic beset by an epidemic of youth suicide, and an African circus in Guinea, ravaged by poverty. Guillaume Saladin and Yamoussa Bangoura, best friends and world-class acrobats from remote corners of the globe, share the same dream: to bring hope and change to their struggling communities through circus. Both troupes use art and the power of dreams to transform themselves and their communities where they help Inuit and Guinean youth achieve unimaginable success. Seven years in the making, this tale of two circuses – Artcirq and Kalabante – is a culture-crossing performance piece that offers a portal into two remote communities, and an inspiring story of resilience and joy.

The film was made by director Susan Gray of Boston-based Northern Light Productions, and Linda Matchan, a distinguished Boston Globe journalist, (Linda broke the rapist-priest story that is featured in ‘SPOTLIGHT’).

Following the screening will be a live performance with Yamoussa and Guillaume, and a Q&A with Susan and Linda, along with the film’s co-producers and editor Andrew Kukura and cinematographer Jesse Beecher. Mark Schulte, education director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, will introduce. The Pulitzer Center supports the work of journalists around the world, and part of what the director and producers will discusss is the important work that journalists do and how they made the film.

Bring your questions with you – this is a Don’t Miss!

‘CIRCUS WITHOUT BORDERS’ is the story of two extraordinary men who bring circus to their communities and use it to help the youth. Northern Light Productions filmed it over 7 years and watched as both circuses had amazing triumphs (both made it to the world stage) and heart wrenching challenges. The Inuit community struggles from a high suicide rate connected to their colonial past and a suicide happened in the circus troupe during filming.

The Pulitzer Center has selected this film because it is a very positive way of showing the connectedness of humanity despite where we come from or how different we look, and because it is a very positive treatment of how to choose a positive path despite difficult and challenging circumstances. The best part are the two main characters who are inspirational and show their youth how to dream and then how to realize their dreams.  It is fun to watch and engages young audiences from beginning to end. It has worldwide distribution and is playing on Air Canada flights.  ‘CIRCUS WITHOUT BORDERS’ has screened in film festivals across the country and now around the world.

Twitter: @CWB_Documentary | Website: http://circuswithoutborders.com/ | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/circuswithoutborders

ABOUT THE PULITZER CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is a non-profit journalism organization that supports reporting projects on under-reported global issues such as food security, public health, and climate change. We work with many major media outlets in the United States, seeking to reach the broadest possible audience to spark and sustain awareness around the most important issues facing our world. Our education program extends that mission into middle, high school and college classrooms, where our journalists regularly engage directly with students across the curriculum. Our free online Lesson Builder provides a powerful and intuitive bridge between our thousands of reporting assets and teachers seeking to make curriculum in a variety of settings. 

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ABOUT THE BOSTON CREATIVE PRO USER GROUP

The Boston Creative Pro User Group (BOSCPUG) is a story driven, globally connected community of ready-to-collaborate digital filmmakers and broadcast professionals focusing on the craft of Visual Storytelling and related tools for digital cinema and distribution. BOSCPUG regularly brings top industry filmmakers and creatives to Boston to share and discuss their latest work and their workflows. BOSCPUG also regularly holds affordable production and post-production workshops. BOSCPUG is a professional, creative outlet to pitch ideas for episodic content creation and to discover talent, crew and distribution for your projects.

Read about ‘American Hustle’ editor Crispin Struthers, ACE at BOSCPUG.

Read about BOSCPUG at the Emerson Film Festival.

From NewEnglandFilm.com: “Boston Creative Pro User Group Nurtures New England Filmmakers”

ABOUT THE BRIGHT LIGHTS FILM SERIES

The Bright Lights screening and talk series is sponsored by the Department of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College.  The mission of the series is to provide engaging visual media related events to the Emerson College community as well as the wider Boston community. These events range from screening of student, faculty and alumni work to the work of local, national and international artists as well as demonstrations, lectures, discussions and presentations by industry professionals. Bright Lights seeks to create an environment where visual media is not only viewed and appreciated but where a dialogue is fostered and a community of media makers, academics and aficionados are engaged and supported.

All events are free and open to the public. Events take place every Tuesday and Thursday evening during the semester with the exception of occasions when the college is closed (such as holidays, spring break, inclement weather). Check out the Bright Lights Film Series now at: http://web.emerson.edu/brightlights/

ABOUT THE BRIGHT SCREENING ROOM

BOSCPUG is proud to work with Emerson Visual and Media Arts to offer an evening of production and post-production conversation in the intimate and state of the art Bright Family 2K Screening Room at The Paramount Center at Emerson College.

Named for the family of Kevin Bright ’76, the Bright Family Screening Room seats approximately 200 people. It features the latest film and 2K digital video projection including 35mm and DCP playback. The dramatic double-height Gallery and Lobby connects to the Paramount Mainstage.

DATE: Wednesday, March 23, 2016

TIMES: 7PM-9:30PM (doors open at 6:30PM)**
**Meeting begins PROMPTLY at 7PM!

VENUE:
Bright Family 4K Screening Room
The Paramount Center
559 Washington St
Boston, MA 02111

DIRECTIONS:
Enter the main entrance to The Paramount Center at 559 Washington Street. Go up the elevators to the left and to the 4th floor. There will be front of house staff to greet you at the Bright Family Screening Room.

Venue Box Office: 617-824-8400

SPECIAL VALIDATED $14 FLAT RATE PARKING:
*SALVATORE’S (545 Washington Street, directly between The Paramount Center and The Boston Opera House) offers validated discount parking for a $14 flat rate between 4pm-5am at LAFAYETTE GARAGE, across the street from the restaurant and inside the Hyatt Regency Boston, One Avenue de Lafayette, Boston)  – stop by before BOSCPUG at Salvatore’s for a bite to eat or coffee/drink!

Emerson also recommends to park in the Millennium Place Garage at The Ritz-Carlton Boston Common, 47 Boylston Street (617-574-7252). Note this parking is not vaildated!

MBTA:
– Orange Line: Take the Chinatown Exit
– Red Line: Take the Park Street Exit
– Green Line: Take the Boylston Street exit
MBTA info:http://mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/

Special thank you to the Department of Visual & Media Arts at Emerson College for hosting our 2014 BOSCPUG Meets.

Questions? Email Dan Bérubé at dberube at boscpug.org

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