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Abner Zurd aka Lorraine Fontanes
Interviews
Lorraine
Fontanes - 15th August 2003
Lorraine
Fontanes - 13th November 2003
Websites
Abner
Zurd official website
The
Day Arnold Schwarzenegger Kicked My A** -
Official Film Site
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Dream Products
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JUNE
16, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: LAURENNE TAYLOR
310.288.1667 WWW.ABNERZ.COM/ARNOLD
"THE DAY ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER KICKED MY A**"
ABNER ZURD'S COMIC DOCU CLOSES OUT BROAD HUMOR
FILM FEST, VENICE, CA
American Dream Products announces the selection
of "The Day Arnold Schwarzenegger Kicked My
A**" as the closing film of the inaugural
Broad Humor Film Festival, June 30-July 1,
2006 in Venice Beach, California.
As
Arnold revs up for re-election, it's useful, instructive
and downright entertaining to revisit those fateful
months that culminated in his gubernatorial victory.
Thanks to a quirk in the state constitution, over
130 Californians were able to jump into the race that
shook up the political mainstream and ultimately recalled
a sitting governor.
"The
Day Arnold..." takes a behind-the-scenes look
at the journey of one of the also-rans: Lorraine "Abner
Zurd" Fontanes. Underground filmmaker, wife,
mother and Afro-wearing satirist, Fontanes/Zurd signs
up to run as long as she can document the ensuing
circus on digital video. Along the way, she discovers
that being a "candidate by accident" is
a wonderful thing. Meeting earnest citizens, making
a fool of herself on national TV, working on massive
budget deficits and racking up frequent flyer miles
along the way, Fontanes/Zurd discovers a pleasure
in the political process that she didn't expect to
find. Unfortunately, she has to overcome the contempt
of the media, the fear and disdain of her closest
friends and family and her biggest opponent: herself.
Eventually, however, the naïve first-timer manages
to connect to the good and the true in American politics.
And what starts out as absurdity, ends in triumph.
Abner
Zurd is the irreverent author of web classic "How
to Get a Head at Sundance" and the nom de cinema
of , director of real Sundance film "Independence
Day" and producer of various video projects with
the L.A. Philharmonic, Los Angeles Festival, Los Angeles
Poverty Department and other serious artistic entities.
Director/candidate
Zurd thanks festival organizers Susan DiRende and
Kaat Cleenewerck for their brave, smart support of
women filmmakers and really good advice about men.
ABOUT
THE BROAD HUMOR FILM FESTIVAL
Fest co-directors Susan di Rende and Kaat Cleenewerck
co-created the Broad Humor Film Festival. A director
and writer of comedies, di Rende says she was "surprised
to learn that there are no festivals celebrating funny
female filmmakers." So, she says, she and Cleenewerck
decided to "broadly go where no broad has gone
before and start our own."
In
its inaugural outing, the festival received more than
100 entries of comedy films and screenplays from as
far away as Australia. Awards will be given in the
following categories:
FILM
CATEGORIES
Best Feature
Best Short
Best "No Budget" Feature
Best "No Budget" Short
Audience Award
SCREENPLAY
CATEGORIES
Screwball Comedy
Romantic Comedy
Eclectic Comedy
Black Comedy / Satire
Farce
BUST
MAGAZINE AWARD FOR SHORT FILM
Sponsors
include Bust Magazine, EpOxybOx Gallery, Imation,
Cycles Gladiator Wines, Global Beer, Hollywood Creative
Directory, Write Bros., Metromint Water, Bates Rates
News, Apple Store at the Third Street Promenade, China
Glaze, and Final Draft.
For
more information, visit www.broadhumor.com,
www.abnerz.com/arnold
and www.abnerz.com/gov
For
festival tickets and passes, visit BrownPaperTickets.com
Press
contact: info@broadhumor.com
For media passes, please provide valid media ID at
festival ticket office on Friday, June 30.
The
Broad Humor Film Festival
June 30-July 2, 2006 in Venice Beach, California
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