Crescent's Diamonds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, New York, August 12, 2009 World Premiere of award-winning documentary, THE HERETICS opens October 9th, 2009 at New York MoMA for six-night run. The World Premiere of the award-winning documentary feature, THE HERETICS, written and directed by Joan Braderman and produced by Crescent Diamond. Opens Friday, October 9th, 2009 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The feature film runs 95 minutes and will be shown Friday, October 9, 7:00; Saturday, October 10, 7:30; Sunday, October 11, 2:00; Monday, October 12, 4:00; Wednesday, October 14, 4:00; Thursday, October 15, 7:00. Tickets can be purchased at the box office. MoMA, 11 West 53 St. New York, NY 10019 (212) 708-9400. Organized by Sally Berger, Assistant Curator, Department of Film. THE HERETICS uncovers the inside story of the Second Wave of the Women’s Movement for the first time in a feature film. Joan Braderman, director and narrator, follows her dream of becoming a filmmaker to New York City i...

I know we are all busy, but really, take a moment to call your local representative. We have a right to non-gmo non-pesticide ridden food. WHAT: US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875). WHEN: There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before people realize what is happening. Main backer and lobbyist is (guess who) Monsanto - chemical and genetic engineering giant corporation. This bill will require organic farms to use specific fertilizers and poisonous insect sprays dictated by the newly formed agency to "make sure there is no danger to the public food supply". This will include backyard gardens that grow food only for a family and not for sales. If this passes then NO more heirloom clean seeds but only Monsanto genetically altered seeds that are now showing up with unexpected diseases in humans. There is a video on the subject. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

ACTION ALERT! To: Supporters of the California State University March 13, 2009 YOUR EMAIL NEEDED TO STOP THE BLEEDING THREAT LOOMS OF THIRD DEEP FUNDING CUT THIS YEAR TO OUR STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM Dear CSU supporters, The California State University is on the verge of being slashed a third time this school year alone - this time by $50 million more dollars. State funding for the CSU was already reduced by $634 million this year. Right now, thousands of new students are being turned away, teachers are being laid off, class sections are being eliminated, and students are giving up on their college education because they can't get the classes and advising they need to graduate. Yet, the governor's budget now in place says that if the federal government does not send at least $10 billion dollars for the state's "general fund," the CSU will lose another $50 million. Speak out! Send email to State Treasurer Bill Lockyer telling him, "Not another cut!" To se...

Hey folks. So those who subscribe to this blog via email did not get to see the video that I posted. To see it, please go directly to: http://www.crescentdiamond.blogspot.com and it will be below this post. Let me know what you think! Thanks, Crescent http://www.crescentdiamond.tv

Hi Folks. This was a class project that I worked on in a group last semester. Rafael Flores directed and produced it, and I edited this version for class. A good example of editing something that I did not direct or produce (I was the Assistant Director). Rafael Flores, the Director/Producer has his own version (with more footage and music) that he edited and is submitting to film festivals. He is raising money to submit to festivals by selling dvds of his film. To buy one contact: Green Eyed Media Film Now on Sale: "The Scraper Bike King" "The Scraper Bike King" - Directed by Rafael Flores A touching documentary about the original creator of the Oakland-based Scraper Bike Movement: Tyrone Stevenson Jr. (a.k.a."Bay-be" Champ). This film investigates how the 19 year-old entrepreneur first began the bicycle movement as a way to get kids off the tough streets of East Oakland. His recent fame generated by his Scraper Bike Theme Song on "YouTube"...

My dear friend Sunny wrote this email a few days ago. I will be going to the meeting on Monday, Feb, 23rd at 10:00 am at the Monday, the 23rd at 10:00 AM for the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee City Hall, Room 263, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA. This is a meeting where people can speak up in behalf of public access - even if you just want to keep watching it. For more information, please visit the AccessSF website: http://accessf.org/ As some of you know, I am on the Board of Directors at Berkeley Community Media, and we want to do anything we can to help save Public Access in San Francisco. If you live in SF, please CALL your supervisors and come to the meeting, if you can. If you live elsewhere, please find out about your local Public Access channel (if you are lucky enough to still have one) before it gets taken away. Thanks, Crescent From Sunny Angulo: Sent this out to some of my groups, wanted to pass it on to you. If you believe in a free and democratic...

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A SuperNova of GoodWill by Ken Kalb At Noon on January 20, 2009 at the Inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama as the 44th President of the United States -- a stellium of Aquarian planets – the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter will gather at the midheaven -- activating Obama's charisma and magic tongue in glowing incandescence. His soaring oratory with millions gathered and billions watching will ignite the flame of the human spirit like never before into a veritable global orgasm of hope. One hundred and forty six years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the big Wheel of Fortune has spun full circle and stopped on his magic number. Planet Earth is overdue for a global party, and the Obama Inauguration marks the moment. The combination of the collective sigh of relief for the end of the Bush administration, along with the birth of hope and inspiration of the Obama era -- signifies a genuine global rebirth. Put your dancing shoes on...... It’s been a long time coming. The sta...

Vote YES on Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and Paycheck Fairness Act The House of Representatives will vote this week on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act. The Senate will vote next week. These bills will help make pay equity a reality, not just a theory. Let's make sure the House votes FOR fairness to women and FOR helping American families. Write Congress today and tell them to vote YES on both the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act.