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KCET-TV Los Angeles will air HUMBLE BEAUTY on Tuesday, July 12th at 8 pm as part of a fund-raising event for the station and their non-profit partner the Midnight Mission. Val Zavala, veteran KCET anchor, and Leyla Farah will host the show. Ed Begley, Jr., actor, environmentalist and homeless advocate will be the spokesperson for The Midnight Mission. Filmmakers Letitia Schwartz and Judith Vogelsang will be interviewed during the pledge breaks. Graduates of the rehab and other programs of the Midnight Mission will share their inspirational stories. In lieu of sending you a thank you gift, when you donate $60 or more to KCET they will provide food, shelter and toiletries to men, women and children in need through the services of The Midnight Mission. KCET will air HUMBLE BEAUTY several times without interruption through 2014. KCET is the largest independent public TV station in the United States and has served the Los Angeles area for over 40 years as the former flagship PBS station in LA.

April, 2011

HUMBLE BEAUTY screens Saturday, April 9th at 3:30 pm in the First Glance Film Festival at the Chaplin Theatre, Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA. Advance tickets are available at http://firstglancefilms.tix.com/Event.asp?event=346186 or at the door on the day.

HUMBLE BEAUTY screens Thursday, April 14th at 4 pm in the Lake Arrowhead Film Festival, Lake Arrowhead Resort & Spa, CA. More info at http://lakearrowheadfilmfestival.com.

January, 2011

Rory White has made prints of some of Enrique Marquez's recent paintings and has mentored Enrique on printmaking. Rory and Enrique are making many of these beautiful prints available to the public. Contact either artist or info@humblebeauty.com for more details. Enrique Marquez has several of his prints for sale in the gift shop of the Craft and Folk Art Museum, 5814 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. > www.theeggandtheeye.com.

November/December, 2010

Library Journal, the prestigious national reviewing publication of the American Library Association, has given HUMBLE BEAUTY a great review and rated the film "Recommended."
> Click here for full review.

June, 2010

The Craft and Folk Art Museum of Los Angeles screens HUMBLE BEAUTY on Thursday, June 24th at sunset in the museum's inner courtyard. A Q&A session with the filmmakers follows the screening and several paintings from Skid Row artists will be on display. This is a free event, open to the public. We are thrilled to have HUMBLE BEAUTY screened at the Craft and Folk Art Museum. More info at www.cafam.org.

May, 2010

The Hope and Freedom Festival selected HUMBLE BEAUTY to screen Saturday, May 22nd, 6 pm at the Long Beach Art Theatre, 2025 E. 4th Street, Long Beach, CA. A Q&A session with the filmmakers follows the screening. This is a free event, open to the public. HUMBLE BEAUTY is one of only two features selected for the festival and we are delighted to be a part of the first year of the Hope and Freedom Festival which is inspired by the work and mission of the NAACP. More info at www.hopeandfreedomfilmfestival.org

Follett Library Resources, a premiere educational media distributor, is now distributing DVDs of HUMBLE BEAUTY to libraries.

March/April, 2010

The March/April issue of Video Librarian gives HUMBLE BEAUTY:

" Recommended."

The AV Cafe, an educational media distributor to public libraries in the Midwest, is now distributing DVDs of HUMBLE BEAUTY.

HUMBLE BEAUTY is an official selection of the New Jersey International Film Festival at Rutgers University.

Screening Saturday, June 20th at 7 pm in New Brunswick, NJ.
Letitia and Judith will be attending for Q & A following the screening. > Click for info. www.njfilmfest.com

Official Selection of the Pacific Palisades Film Festival 2009.

Screening on Saturday, May 16th at 1:30 pm, Theatre Palisades, 941 Temescal Canyon Road (at Sunset Blvd.), Pacific Palisades, CA. More info at > www.friendsoffilm.org < . Admission $10, free parking.

Screening of HUMBLE BEAUTY on Thursday, May 7th at 8 pm in LA at the Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Blvd., Los Angeles 90026 (Alvarado & Sunset Blvds.). > Click for info.

Also premiering our new short film THE YIN & YANG OF RANDY LAWRENCE (14 mins) about a charismatic visionary artist from Echo Park and how his life and work are viewed by neighbors and his wife --
with very different opinions.

Screening of HUMBLE BEAUTY and Skid Row Art Exhibit in Los Angeles on March 5, 2009.

HUMBLE BEAUTY is featured in a half-hour Los Angeles TV program, "The Arts, Culture & Us," hosted by Michael Blaze on Time Warner cable systems. The program includes interviews with filmmakers Letitia Schwartz and Judith Vogelsang as well as extensive clips from the film. It airs on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 on Channel 24 & 35 at 11 pm in Los Angeles, Baldwin Hills, South Central and Inglewood. On Tuesday, November 25 it airs on Ch. 98 & 77 at 6:30 pm in West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Eagle Rock, Pacific Palisades, Marina del Rey, Studio City, Woodland Hills and Pasadena.!

The Los Angeles Independent Media Center is featuring HUMBLE BEAUTY with a text article and several large photos of Skid Row artists' paintings from the film. Please visit > www.la.indymedia.org. The LA Independent Media Center is planning to host a screening of HUMBLE BEAUTY in January, 2009. Please check back for details.

SRO HOUSING CORPORATION is the new, non-profit fiscal sponsor for HUMBLE BEAUTY and will accept tax deductible donations and grants on behalf of Humble Productions. More information about SRO Housing Corporation is available at www.srohousing.org.