Brushes With Life

Premiere Screening!

Nelson Mandela Auditorium

FedEx Global Education Building

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

September 18, 2008 @ 5:30 pm

Join us for this special event in the beautiful, brand-new global center on UNC campus. There will be an opening reception and a Q&A session following the film. Free admission.

For information about the venue:

http://www.global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31&Itemid=37

THE NATIONAL HOLLERIN' CONTEST DOCUMENTARY

“It was something to do out in the fields for some people. You might not be able to sing, but you could holler.”

- Wayne Edwards, Hollerin' Contest Emcee

SOOOOOO-EEEEEEEH! Welcome to Spivey's Corner, North Carolina, population 49. Everybody in town (and a lot more from out of town) gather at the fire station every third Saturday in June to witness a local tradition. The National Hollerin' Contest winners have been featured on Late Night with David Lettermen and the Tonight Show, among others, and once you hear some of these hollers, you won't forget them. See the film and find out the meaning, classification and significance of hollers, as well as a winner's circle holler of Amazing Grace that has to be seen to be believed.

Philip's short documentary about the National Hollerin' Contest has screened at the following festivals across the Northern Hemisphere:

Show Off Your Short Film Festival, Hollywood, California

FILMSTOCK International Film Festival, Luton, England

Riverrun International Film Festival, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, Tennessee

Documentary Happening, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Hi Mom! Film Festival, Carrboro, North Carolina

BUSTED Traveling Festival, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

He is currently seeking distribution for The National Hollerin' Contest

to purchase a copy of the movie or for questions,

email: philip@philipbrubaker.com

WHAT'S NEXT?

Philip is currently shooting a documentary about an art gallery for people with mental illness. It should be completed by mid-2007.

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