The Nobelity Project, currently releasing the feature documentary One Peace at a Time, is drawing on the film’s success to build Mahiga Hope High School in rural Kenya. We’re looking for 1,000 donors to help create true opportunity for hundreds of kids in East Africa.
Our first donors are Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Emily Robison and Martie Maguire of The Dixie Chicks. Join the Choir! Be one of 1000 Voices for Hope!
1000 Donors x $100 = HOPE (Mahiga HOPE High School)
PRESS AVAILABILITY: Director Turk Pipkin (founder of the Nobelity Project) is available for print, tv, web and radio interviews in New York City from November 18 -20.
Link to the fundraising campaign: http://www.nobelity.org
Austin, TX (MMD Newswire) November 12, 2009 — The Nobelity Project’s partnership with the community of Mahiga, Kenya plays a key role in the new feature doc, One Peace at a Time, with a national theatrical release beginning Dec 4 – 10 at Regal’s Arbor Cinema in Austin, TX. Director Turk Pipkin planted trees at the Mahiga Primary School while filming his previous doc, Nobelity. Learning that the kids were walking miles for water, Pipkin pledged to build a water system for the school.
His commitment grew into great things for a school that was on the verge of collapse. Mahiga Primary School now has a rainwater system providing purified water, electricity and lights, new classrooms and a computer lab. It’s now the top-rated school in the district, educating 400 girls and boys from pre-school to grade 8.
But education shouldn’t end after the 8th Grade. With no high school in the area, The Nobelity Project has pledged to build Mahiga Hope High School, a modern facility with eight classrooms, science labs, a book library and a computer library.
The work is moving quickly, and the high school is expected to be open and fully operational next summer, 2010. Pipkin’s concept of the multipurpose RainWater Court, a basketball court that supplies purified drinking water and serves as an outdoor classroom, performance space and movie theater – won the Nike GameChangers Award, which includes funding and the support of Architecture for Humanity to build the Court.
To complete funding for the high school, The Nobelity Project has launched 1000 Voices for Hope, a national campaign in partnership with GlobalGiving.com to inspire 1,000 people to donate $100 each to the school. 1000 Donors x $100 = HOPE (Mahiga HOPE High School)
American legend Willie Nelson is the founding member of this choir of Hope, and has donated the first $100. Lyle Lovett has joined in with a $100 chorus. Additional hundred dollar harmony from Martie Maguire and her sister Emily Robison of The Dixie Chicks.
Learn more about this inspiring work, meet the kids of Mahiga via a moving 2-minute video, and “Join the Choir” by making your tax-deductible donation at: http://www.globalgiving.com/projects/mahigahopehigh/
One Peace at a Time. Audiences can see the successes at Mahiga Primary School in our new feature doc, One Peace at a Time, an inspiring feature documentary highlighting solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems. The film includes the insights of Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Physicist Steven Chu, (current Secretary of Energy), Dr. Helene Gayle (CEO of CARE), and American legend Willie Nelson.
The film’s World Premiere in Austin played to a sold-out crowd of 1,100. One Peace won the Global Doc Audience Award at the Maui Film Festival after an outdoor screening for 3,000. Matthew McConaughey and Camilla Alves, Billy Bob Thornton, Dennis Quaid and Peter Fonda all walked the red carpet to support the film at its recent Los Angeles Premiere. Joining in a standing ovation for the film, McConaughey said, “That movie was bad-ASS!”
The trailer for the film, with music by Ben Harper, is on the Nobelity Project’s website at: http://www.nobelity.org
Promotion Partnership with ONE.org The national release begins in Austin, Dec 4-10 at Regal’s Arbor Cinema. Sharing the ONE Campaign’s commitment to end extreme poverty in the world, ONE Peace at a Time will have the support of ONE.org to turn out ONE members for screenings around the country.
A NY Media Preview Screening with director Turk Pipkin is scheduled for Wednesday, November 18 at the Bennett Media Lab, 725 Washington St, NYC. Media interested in attending or in interviews with director Turk Pipkin about the film and the 1000 Voices for Hope campaign should contact: Christy@nobelity.org
One Peace at a Time is produced by the Nobelity Project, a 501c3 nonprofit working for a more peaceful and sustainable world. The Nobelity Project collaborates with Nobel laureates and other leaders to provide reliable information and innovative thinking on pressing global problems and solutions that work.
About the Director: Actor, writer and filmmaker Turk Pipkin directed the award-winning documentary Nobelity. As an actor, he appeared in the feature films Friday Night Lights, and Scanner Darkly. On HBO’s The Sopranos, Turk played the recurring role of Janice’s narcoleptic boyfriend, Aaron Arkaway. He is the author of ten books including the recent New York Times best-seller, The Tao of Willie, co-authored with Willie Nelson.
“Right and wrong is not that hard. It’s just what you choose to do.” – Willie Nelson, One Peace at a Time
Distributed by: Monterey Media, a uniquely independent studio
contact Monterey media: Jenny Manochio jmanocchio@montereymedia.com
contact The Nobelity Project: Christy Pipkin christy@nobelity.org
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