Tickets Available For "The Barrel of A Gun" And MOVE Members Denied Parole

(Tickets for the premier of Tigre Hill's film are now on sale! Go to kimmelcenter.org to purchase. I am not sure yet if I will be in attendance but I do sure wish Tigre and the other folks involved with the film the best of luck.

On another note, a number of MOVE members have been denied parole again this year. I expect the rest to be similarly denied and will keep people informed)



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TIGRE HILL’S “THE BARREL OF A GUN” WILL PREMIERE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st AT THE MERRIAM THEATER IN PHILADELPHIA

Tickets on sale Friday, July 16th at www.kimmelcenter.org PHILADELPHIA - (June 3, 2010) –

The premiere of the highly anticipated and controversial film “The Barrel of a Gun” will take place Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 7:00 PM at the Merriam Theater, 250 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA . Filmmaker Tigre Hill says he has uncovered “rare new insight” concerning what he boldly asserts was the premeditated 1981 killing of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner and the subsequent conviction of death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Tickets for the premiere will go on sale Friday, July 16th at www.kimmelcenter.orgat two basic price points: $46.99 for general admission and $100 for the VIP ticket, which includes premium seating and entrance to the exclusive after-party at The Irish Pub at 1123 Walnut Street. A portion of the premiere’s proceeds will be donated to the Daniel Faulkner Educational Grant Fund, a 501 (c) 3, which provides educational grants to children whose parents were the victims of violent crimes.

The ticket fees are rich with symbolism, #4699 being Daniel Faulkner’s badge number and the Irish Pub on 12 th being a bar located along Faulkner’s beat and one he would frequent with his buddies post-shift. “ My hope in telling this tragic story, ” says Hill, who started shooting the film in late 2006, “ is to fully examine the events leading up to the early morning of December 9, 1981 and the aftermath in the manner it deserves.”

“The Barrel of a Gun” is causing a stir from Philadelphia to Hollywood to Germany as anti-death penalty activists and Abu-Jamal supporters are already on heightened alert: the U.S. Supreme Court on January 19 vacated a federal appeals court ruling that threw out Abu-Jamal's death sentence because of a confusingly worded verdict instruction that arguably led the jury to a sentence of death over life in prison, and returned the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit for a new hearing.

Watch Hill’s gripping trailer for “The Barrel of a Gun” at www.youtube.com/thebarrelofagun, follow news about the film on Facebook (Search: The Barrel of a Gun) and on Twitter (@thebarrelofagun). You can also read Philadelphia Magazine’s profile about Tigre Hill and his movie at http://www.phillymag.com/articles/movies_the_gospel_according_to_tigre. ###