CONTROVERSIAL, AWARD-WINNING FILM TO PREMIERE IN OHIO 8P, NOVEMBER 4
AT THE OHIO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
A Decade Under the Influence: 10 Year Anniversary OIFF November 1-9,
2003

For Immediate Release: November 3, 2003

Contact: Annetta Marion or Bernadette Gillota, Co-Artistic Directors,
(216) 651-7315

Cleveland, Ohio-In honor of Election Day and Independent
Pictures' mission of freedom of expression, the feature
documentary UNPRECEDENTED: THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION makes its
Ohio premiere at 8p, Tuesday, November 4 at the 10 Year Anniversary
OIFF at Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Road. Says Variety,
"…a powerful piece of agitprop filmmaking… [the film's]
only flaw is its brevity; the subject is so vast…"

UNPRECEDENTED is the riveting story about the battle for the
Presidency in Florida and the undermining of democracy in America.
Filmmakers Richard Ray Pérez and Joan Sekler examine modern
America's most controversial political contest: the election of
George W. Bush. What emerges is a disturbing picture of an election
marred by suspicious irregularities, electoral injustices, and
sinister voter purges in a state governed by the winning candidate's
brother. George W. Bush stole the presidency of the United
States… and got away with it. Film festivals around the country,
including San Francisco Independent, New Jersey International,
Crossroads, Winslow, Sacramento, Berkeley, and NY International, have
bestowed awards upon UNPRECEDENTED.

Call (216) 651-7315, email OhioIndieFilmFest@..., or visit
www.ohiofilms.com for hotel information and schedule details for the
10 Year Anniversary OIFF, November 1-9, 2003. Visit www.ticketweb.com
for directions and tickets in advance. Attend the festival for the
details on after-festival parties Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights.

Independent Pictures is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established
in 1993. IP is the proud sponsor of the Ohio Independent Film
Festival, Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, Film Production
Training Program, regional AIVF Salons, Fiscal Agent Sponsorship
Program, Speakers Bureau, annual Director of Photography Workshop,
and a variety of curatorial programs.

INDEPENDENT PICTURES' SPONSORS: Association of Independent Video &
Filmmakers, Audio Visual Rentals, Cleveland Cardiovascular Research
Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland
Public Theatre, Community Shares of Greater Cleveland, Convention &
Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland Inc., Filmmaker Magazine, The
George Gund Foundation, Hampton Inn, www.InkTip.com, Marriott
Residence Inn, Media Design Imaging, Miller Beer, Northern Ohio Live,
The Offset Theory, Ohio Arts Council, Sherwin Williams, Steen
Editorial, United Labor Agency, West Side Cardiology Associates, the
Ohio Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment
for the Humanities

Independent Pictures
1392 West 65th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44102
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