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San Francisco – February 9, 2006 - Academy Award nominated actress Elisabeth Shue and Creative Commons are hosting a very special screening and celebration of the newly Creative Commons licensed film “Teach” by director and producer Davis Guggenheim on Friday, February 17, 2006 at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center.  This event is in collaboration with the Teachers Documentary Project, a Los Angeles based organization.

In 1999, Guggenheim undertook an ambitious project documenting the challenging first year experiences of several public school teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Two films were the result: the Peabody Award winning "The First Year," which premiered on PBS, and "Teach." These films address the tremendous need for qualified teachers nationwide and aim to inspire a new generation of teachers. Through its license with Creative Commons “Teach,” which has become as a powerful tool for teacher recruitment, will vastly expand its outreach by becoming available for free on the internet for the first time.

 

Guggenheim was an executive producer for “Training Day” and directed the film “Gossip,” both features films for Warner Bros.  His television directing credits include episodes of “The Shield,” “Alias,” “24,” as well as the critically acclaimed programs “NYPD Blue,” “ER,” “Party of Five” and “Deadwood.”

 

The screening will be followed a cocktail reception. For inquiries, please contact Anne N. Marino, CC Development Director, at 415-946-3068 or anne AT creativecommons.org.

 

About Creative Commons

A nonprofit corporation founded in 2001, Creative Commons promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned or in the public domain—by empowering authors and audiences.  Creative Commons is funded by the generous support of individual donors, foundations such as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation and the Microsoft and Sun Microsystems corporations.  Please see www.creativecommons.org/support for more information about contributing.

 

Elisabeth Shue and Creative Commons
invite you and a guest to a very special screening and celebration of the newly Creative Commons licensed film

Teach
by Davis Guggenheim
Presented in association with the Teachers Documentary Project

Friday, February 17, 2005
6 p.m. screening in the Rainbow Room Followed by a cocktail reception

The San Francisco LGBT Community Center
1800 Market Street, San Francisco

Please respond with acceptances only to: Anne N. Marino, CC Development Director, at 415-946-3068 or anne AT creativecommons.org by February 10

Photo used under CC-BY license, http://www.flickr.com/photos/lainmoon/31172906/

Anne N. Marino

Development Director

Creative Commons

543 Howard St., 5th Fl.

San Francisco, CA 94105

Phone:  415-946-3068

Fax:  415-946-3001

anne AT creativecommons.org

www.creativecommons.org