Exciting news from Firelight Media: their groundbreaking documentary Freedom Riders will have theatrical releases in NYC and LA through the organization Docuweeks.

For Tickets and more information visit: http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2010

View the trailer here:  http://www.freedomridersfilm.com

               

Show times: August 13 - August 29, 2010:

New York City

IFC Theater - 323 Avenue of the Americas @ West 4th NY, NY 10014

Fri. Aug. 13:          12PM          5:30PM

Sat. Aug. 14:         1:45PM      7:30PM

Sun. Aug. 15:        3:30PM     9:35PM

Mon. Aug. 16:      12PM          5:30PM

Tues. Aug. 17:      1:45PM      7:30PM

Wed. Aug. 18:      3:30PM     9:35PM

Thu. Aug. 19:       12PM          5:30PM

Los Angeles

ArcLight Hollywood - 6360 W Sunset Blvd @  Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Fri. Aug. 13:          3:40PM       9:45PM
Sat. Aug. 14:         1:40PM       7:35PM

Sun. Aug. 15:        5:20PM       9:50PM

Mon. Aug. 16:      1:40PM        7:35PM

Tues. Aug. 17:      5:20PM        9:50PM

Wed. Aug. 18:      1:40PM        7:35PM

Thu. Aug. 19:       5:20PM       9:50PM

FREEDOM RIDERS screens as part of the International Documentary Association [IDA]’s 14th annual DocuWeeks™ Theatrical Documentary Showcase. This year’s selected films includes a strong lineup of 17 features and 5 shorts to screen in New York City and Los Angeles.

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FREEDOM RIDERS is scheduled to air on PBS’ acclaimed American Experience series in May 2011 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1961 freedom rides.

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FREEDOM RIDERS is the first feature-length documentary to tell the story of a courageous band of civil rights activists who risked death by daring to defy the laws of Jim Crow in the Deep South in 1961. They were America’s first inter-racial and inter-religious mass movement to challenge segregation in bus and train facilities. Because of their efforts, the signs “whites only” and “colored only” were taken down forever.

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