For Immediate Release
Contact: Rhianna Kreger: (347) 461-7901; rtkreger@gsinstitute.org
On Sunday, July 25, at 3 PM at the Strand Theatre in Rockland, Maine, the Global Security Institute (GSI), in partnership with Participant Media (An Inconvenient Truth, The Kite Runner), Magnolia Films, Paolina’s Way and the Ploughshares Fund, will host a free screening of the new film, Countdown to Zero, a fascinating and frightening exploration of the dangers of nuclear weapons, featuring insights from a host of international experts and world leaders who advocate total global disarmament.
GSI President Jonathan Granoff and Ambassador Robert Grey, Jr., Director of the Washington-based Bipartisan Security Group, will conduct a Q&A session following the film. They are available for interviews immediately.
Tickets are free and available to the public. Reservations are required in advance. Contact Rhianna Kreger at the Global Security Institute: rtkreger@gsinstitute.org; (347) 461-7901.
Countdown to Zero traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possess nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. Written and directed by acclaimed documentarian Lucy Walker (Devil’s Playground, Blindsight), the film features an array of important international statesmen, including Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf and Tony Blair.
Countdown to Zero makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament, an issue more topical than ever with the Obama administration working to revive this goal today. The film was produced by Academy Award® winner and 2009 nominee Lawrence Bender (Inglourious Basterds, An Inconvenient Truth) and developed, financed and executive produced by Participant Media, together with World Security Institute.
Magnolia Films will be officially releasing the film on July 23. Watch the trailer at: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/countdowntozero/
TRT: 90 minutes
This film is not yet rated.
Additional press materials are available at: http://www.magpictures.com/presskit.aspx?id=6aba38d4-d80b-49ab-a2fd-968347edc67d
Jonathan Granoff is an attorney, author and international advocate emphasizing the legal, ethical and spiritual dimensions of human de-velopment and security, with a specific focus on advancing the rule of law to address the threats posed by nuclear weapons. He is president of the Global Security Institute, Senior Advisor to the ABA’s Committee on Arms Control and National Security and Co Chair of the ABA Blue Ribbon Task Force on Nuclear Non-proliferation. He is Senior Advisor to the Nobel Peace Laureate Summit and has served as Vice President and UN Representative of the Lawyer’s Alliance for World Security. He serves on numerous governing and ad-visory boards including: the ABA International Law Section, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Fortune Forum, Jane Goodall Institute, Bipartisan Security Group and Middle Powers Initiative.
Mr. Granoff is the award-winning screenwriter of The Constitution: The Document that Created a Nation, and has articles in more than 50 publications and books including: The Sovereignty Revolution, Toward a Nuclear Weapons Free World, Imagining Tomorrow, Analyzing Moral Issues, Perspectives on 911, Toward a World In Balance, Reverence for Life Revisited, and Hold Hope, Wage Peace. He has been a featured guest and expert commentator on numerous radio and television pro-grams, testified in Congress and at the UN numerous times and has, for the past six years, addressed Nobel Peace Laureate Summits in Paris and Rome.
» Click here for a list of Mr. Granoff's speeches, presentations and published articles
Ambassador (ret.) Robert T. Grey, Jr. is Director of the Bipartisan Security Group in Washington, DC. He was the former US Representative to the Conference on Disarmament from 1998-2001. Ambassador Grey was a Senior Fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations and Counselor for Political Affairs of the US Mission to the United Nations in New York from 1986-1995. He was the Political Advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander at NATO from 1983-1986. He also served as Acting Deputy Director for the Arms Control Agency from 1981-1983. Before holding these posts, Ambassador Grey was the Political-Military Affair's Bureau Deputy Office Director in the Office of Military Sales and Assistance, Director of the State Departments Office of Advanced Technology, and Executive Assistant to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. He joined the Foreign Service in 1960 and briefly left the Service to serve as Administrative Assistant to Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA), founder of the Global Security Institute. He continues to serve as a consultant to the State Department and the CIA. He received a BA from Dartmouth College in 1957 and a JD from the University of Michigan in 1960.
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