“DESERT FLOWER” SCREENING WITH LIYA KEBEDE

The Com­mon Good in part­ner­ship with InStyle Mag­a­zine andNational Geo­graphic Enter­tain­ment invite you to a spe­cial screen­ing of

6:30 p.m. Red Car­pet Arrivals
7:00 p.m. Screening

Recep­tion to follow

The Paley Cen­ter for Media
25 W. 52^nd Street, New York, NY 10017

Desert Flower was adapted from the inter­na­tional best­seller of the same name which has sold more than 10 mil­lion copies world­wide. It traces the improb­a­ble jour­ney of a young Somali woman who treks across the African Desert to find fame and for­tune in the west, and in doing so, dis­cov­ers the strength and voice to bring atten­tion to the dis­may­ing prac­tice of female gen­i­tal muti­la­tion and it’s assault on a woman’s free­dom and dignity.

“LIFE IN A DAY” SCREENING – JULY 24

TCG in part­ner­ship with National Geo­graphic Enter­tain­ment presents the New York pre­miere of this unique a doc­u­men­tary film that cap­tures the expe­ri­ence of the global com­mu­nity on a sin­gle day.

“Life in a Day”, directed by Oscar win­ner Kevin Mac­don­ald and pro­duced by Rid­ley Scott, used thou­sands of clips from YouTube users around the world, all shot on July 24, 2010. This first-of-its-kind doc­u­men­tary was an offi­cial selec­tion at the Sun­dance, Berlin and SXSW Film Fes­ti­vals ear­lier this year.

“STYLE WARS”

The Com­mon Good, in part­ner­ship with Cather­ine Keener, Pub­lic Art Films & Levi’s Film Work­shop, will be hon­or­ing Henry Chal­fant and Tony Sil­ver with the Amer­i­can Spirit Award for their life­long com­mit­ment to nur­tur­ing free­dom of expres­sion in the arts.  Also with us:  Mary Kate Olson, hockey star Sean Avery, Charlotte Ronson, Spike Jonze and many of the original graffitti artists featured in the documentary “Style Wars.”