Woodstock Film Festival

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Contact: Abbe Aronson, Publicity Director, 845-679-6302 or 845-679-4265 press@woodstockfilmfestival.com

FILMMAKERS' IRREVERANT FOCUS ON PERSONAL TRAGEDY ENDS WITH UPLIFTING CRAZY SEXY CANCER;
DOCUMENTARY TO SCREEN AS PART OF YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING FROM WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL

(Woodstock NY) – May 31, 2007: Taking an entirely alternate response to one deadly word, local filmmaker Kris Carr’s willfully exuberant CRAZY SEXY CANCER blasts joyfully onto the screen at The Linda Norris Auditorium in Albany, NY on June 29.

The film is presented by the Woodstock Film Festival, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Independents on the Air. Tickets cost $7. To make reservations, visit www.wamcarts.org or call (518) 465-5233, ext. 4. Additionally, the trailer can be viewed at www.woodstockfilmfestival.com.

The screening begins at 8 PM. A Q&A with Carr will directly follow the film.

CRAZY SEXY CANCER narrates the story of a young woman whose life is radically changed when – with no warning – incurable vascular cancer attacks. Carr takes a fresh, head-on position on her disease by filming her process, capturing her power of resistance. Opting to begin filming within weeks of her diagnosis, Carr documents her only option: experimental treatments. She travels throughout the country interviewing experts in alternative medicine as she tenaciously dives head first into a fascinating and often hilarious holistic world. Along the way she meets other vivacious young women determined to become survivors, whose stories interweave with Carr’s for a powerful film about looking for a cure and finding a life.

“When I was diagnosed with cancer I came to Woodstock, to use my creativity to heal and reflect,” said Carr. “I bought my first house...a red house, thus the name of our company Red House Pictures.  Finishing the film and showing it as part of the Woodstock Film Festival is like coming full circle.  We feel so blessed to be a part of this amazing community.”

ABOUT THE WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL:

The eighth annual Woodstock Film Festival takes place October 10-14, 2007. The ‘fiercely independent’ event will include more than 150 films, panels, concerts, and special events that will be featured at venues in Woodstock and the neighboring towns of Rhinebeck, Hunter, and Rosendale. Over the years, the Woodstock Film Festival has established itself as one of the best independent film events in the country by premiering exceptional films, hosting the most talented emerging and established professionals in the movie industry, presenting A-list concerts, parties and panels, and creating stimulating year-round programming.

The Woodstock Film Festival is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to present an annual program and year-round schedule of film, music, and art-related activities that promotes artists, culture, inspired learning, and diversity.