On-Campus Event: "2 Million Minutes" Documentary Screening

Brooks Institute will host filmmaker Chad Heeter and producer Adam Raney, who directed, edited, and produced Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 2:00pm in the "New York Bar" set on the Brooks Ventura campus located at 5301 N. Ventura Ave. Heeter and Raney will be discussing this project and much more. Brooks Institute's Visual Journalism faculty member, Brent Huffman, was the cinematographer for this documentary.

The movie has already gained much excitement and was featured on "Good Morning America" in February and has been screened for presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain. The film is also scheduled to be featured on "Oprah" and "60 Minutes" later this year.

Time: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 2:00pm
Place: New York Bar set at Brooks' Ventura campus
5301 N. Ventura Ave, Ventura, CA

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VII Photographer Marcus Bleasdale Comes to UCSB

If you're looking for some entertainment and inspiration over the break week head up to UCSB's Cambell Hall on Monday, March 3rd to catch VII's Marcus Bleasdale give a FREE lecture entitled Conflict in Congo - The Challenge of Visual Journalism. Head over to UCSB's Arts & Lectures website for more details.

"Beautifully composed, the portraits nonetheless ache with the message of hardship and deprivation." - Los Angeles Times

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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