ROOFTOP screening. Brooklyn, NY.
The Brooklyn screenings continued as STINGRAY SAM was presented as part of the BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema.
The following week was spent in Las Vegas, Nevada at the CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL. Before the Nevada premiere on June 12th, I was given the Red Carpet treatment at The Palms hotel/casino. Supporting actor Michael Wiener and short film director Emily Carmichael accompanied me.
Red Carpet. The Palms. Las Vegas, NV.
Michael Wiener has attended several festivals in support of STINGRAY SAM. He can be recognized by his elegant attire (or as Mac Word spelling & grammar check would put it, “His elegant attire can recognize him.”)
Michael Wiener. Las Vegas, NV.
Also screening at Cinevegas was Jennifer Kroot’s IT CAME FROM KUCHAR, a documentary about filmmakers George and Mike Kuchar. I am proud to have been interviewed in this documentary as a friend of George Kuchar.
George & Mike Kuchar. The Palms. Las Vegas, NV.
Shortly after our Las Vegas screenings STINGRAY SAM was presented at the SOUTH SIDE FILM FESTIVAL in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The senior programmer for this festival, Graham Stanford, was LEAD CARPENTER during the production of STRINGRAY SAM. (Graham also has a sneak cameo in episode #4)
Bethlehem Steel. Bethlehem, PA.
For our final screening in Bethlehem, co-stars Crugie and Willa Vy McAbee joined me for the Q&A.
(left) Me, Willa, Crugie.
July will be spent in NYC. We will be constructing our new websites, creating a distribution plan, mixing the soundtrack for release, assembling a DVD and posting our new store. I will keep you updated. Festivals begin again in mid-August and continue throughout the year. Screenings are scheduled in Poland, Iceland, Sweden, Milwaukee, Austin, Memphis, Israel, Ramallah, Taiwan, Spain, Russia, Leeds England and Oslo Norway. In the meantime I hope you will take advantage of our FREE ITEMS. Download an iPod & iPhone compatible trailer & song from STINGRAY SAM for free by clicking on the widget below.
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More soon,
Cory McAbee
www.stingraysam.com
