The final summer 2009 screenings of Operation Imani took place on August 11 and 12 in Waterloo. Thanks to some great publicity from the KW Record and Waterloo Chronicle both shows sold out. See the Media > Media Coverage section of the website for these articles, as well as some new radio interviews I did.
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Waterloo - sell-out times two
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Toronto down, Waterloo next
We are reaching the end of the current Operation Imani cross-Canada screening tour. The Toronto shows went well, with a combined crowd of about 200 people seeing the two shows. The final leg of the tour takes place Tuesday and Wednesday August 11/12 at Princess Twin in Waterloo. Both shows start at 9pm and tickets [...]
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Ottawa - biggest crowd yet!
Operation Imani screened in Ottawa on Thursday July 30th to its biggest audience yet, with over 170 people in attendance. The highlight of the Q & A was an elderly gentleman who had immigrated to Canada from Africa a number of years ago - he stood up and delivered an empassioned one-minute speech suggesting that [...]
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West Coast Report
The West Coast leg of the Operation Imani Canadian tour wrapped up this past week-end after successful screenings in Vancouver (2) and Calgary. All three screenings were well-attended, and the feedback I received for the documentary was positive. This was particularly meaningful considering the quality of the audiences–it was clear from the Q & A [...]
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World Premiere in 3 days
Just a reminder that the WORLD PREMIERE of Operation Imani: Ideas for Sustainable African Development is in only 3 days time. July 10th, 7:15pm at Fifth Avenue Cinemas (2110 Burrard Street Vancouver). Make sure to SPREAD THE WORD to all your Vancouver contacts!
A little (somewhat unrelated) teaser: those that make it out to the screenings [...]
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T minus 6 days
The WORLD PREMIERE of Operation Imani will take place this upcoming Friday July 10th in Vancouver at Fifth Avenue Cinemas with a follow up show on Tuesday July 14th. Also on the horizon is the July 16th screening in Calgary. Make sure to spread the word to your Vancouver contacts.
In other news, 1000 DVD copies [...]
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Greg interviewed on African Vibes 102.7
Click here to listen to Greg’s interview on African Vibes 102.7 FM with host Victor Obosi from 28/6 about the upcoming Vancouver screenings. Hear Greg give shout outs to Vancouver’s East African community in Swahili.
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Update June 22
The final cut of “Operation Imani” has been submitted for replicating, and in about two weeks DVD copies will be available for sale.
Check back soon for the official Operation Imani trailer. In the meantime, make sure to check out my other website, www.mzungudays.com, which contains blogs from my second year in Tanzania. One of the [...]
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Welcome to Operation Imani. Please use the toolbar above to navigate the website and learn more about the documentary.
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