CHICAGO, IL. (Top40 Charts/ Western Publicity) - ON MARCH 1st, THE '09 SUNDANCE DOCUMENTARY GRAND JURY PRIZE WINNER, WE LIVE IN PUBLIC, WILL LAUNCH WITH A WORLDWIDE EVENT FOR THE ENTIRE ONLINE COMMUNITY, WHICH WILL BE HEADQUARTERED IN CHICAGO
- Featuring Appearances by ONDI TIMONER and ADRIAN GRENIER (Entourage)
WHO: Adrian Grenier (Entourage); acclaimed filmmaker, OndiTimoner; visionary internet pioneer, Josh Harris and IndiePix Films.
WHAT: Headquartered in Chicago, OndiTimoner (the only director to win two Sundance Grand Jury prizes; her first was for DIG!) and IndiePix Films will be creating a worldwide launch event for her film WE LIVE IN PUBLIC - a film about the internet's impact on human interaction. The event will be taking place simultaneously in seven major U.S. cities, Canada and Europe. The film will be screened simultaneously in theaters worldwide (U.S. markets include NYC, LA, Chicago, D.C. and Denver), to be followed by a participatory in-theater Q&A with Timoner and film's subject, Josh Harris (based in Chicago) and Adrian Grenier (Entourage ), who will be based in New York - joining live, on screen.
Trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XSTwfdFwIY
WHEN: March 1, 2010 / 7:00 pm
WHERE: COBRA LOUNGE
235 North Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60607-1401
MORE INFO: Chicago's Cobra Lounge will host a screening and recreation of Josh Harris' infamous and ground-breaking 'Quiet' bunker - he curated and funded an underground bunker in NYC where over 100 people lived together on camera for 30 days at the turn of the millennium. The Chicago bunker will feature live performance pods and celebrity DJs. The Q&A with Ondi, Adrian Grenier and Josh will take place via skype and will also invite participation online.
www.weliveinpublicthemovie.com.
CONTACT: If interested in attending any of the U.S. events or scheduling an interview with OndiTimoner or Josh Harris, please contact Heather West at Western Publicity westernpublicity@gmail.com or 773/301-5767
WE LIVE IN PUBLIC SYNOPSIS:
As the social networks - YouTube, Facebook and Twitter - explode, questions of personal privacy continue to be an issue. But in the '90s, Internet guru, artist, futurist and visionary Josh Harris was experimenting with that very subject. Ten years in the making and culled from 5,000 hours of footage, WE LIVE IN PUBLIC, from award-winning director OndiTimoner (DIG!), documents his tumultuous life for more than a decade to create a riveting, cautionary tale of what to expect as the virtual world inevitably takes control of our lives. Called 'remarkable [and] mesmerizing ', by the LA Weekly, the 2009 Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner for Best Documentary reveals the effect the web is having on our society, as seen through the eyes of Harris, 'the greatest Internet pioneer you've never heard of'. On March 2, IndiePix will release the highly acclaimed film, a favorite at prestigious festivals such as Full Frame, Hot Docs, New Directors/New Films, AFI'sSilverdocs and SXSW, in an extras-laden version for $24.95srp, available wherever DVDs are sold, online and at indiepixfilms.com.
Harris, often called the 'Warhol of the Web', founded Pseudo.com, the first Internet television network during the infamous dot-com boom of the 1990s. With his 'Quiet' bunker project, Harris proved how we willingly trade our privacy for the connection and recognition we all deeply desire, but with every technological advancement, those objects of desire become that much more elusive. Through his experiments, including a six-month stint living with his girlfriend under 24-hour electronic surveillance which led to his mental collapse, Harris demonstrated the price we pay for living in public.
NEW YORK TIMES
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/movies/26josh.html
