00:00 - 00:27 B-Roll of movie-goers arriving for the screening
00:27 - 01:59 Clip from the film "Hand Held"
01:59 - 02:38 Filmmakers Michael Carroll and Don Hahn on stage
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Filmmakers Don Hahn and Michael Carroll arrive at SXU
The filmmakers by the poster for "Hand Held"
The filmmakers with SXU's Bill Kresse
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CHICAGO -- Saint Xavier University hosted the Chicago premiere of Hand Held, a documentary exploring the plight of the 400,000 children in Romania’s orphanages after the fall of communism. Creators Don Hahn, award-winning producer and documentary filmmaker, and Michael Carroll, photographer and Romanian Children’s Relief founder, were in attendance.
Hand Held is a documentary film produced and directed by Hahn, a two-time Academy Award®- nominated filmmaker who produced classic Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. The film examines Carroll’s exploration of one of the most appalling scenes of the 20th century – the overcrowded Romanian orphanages discovered in the wake of the collapse of that nation’s communist regime. Carroll documented the horror for The Boston Globe, The New York Times and other publications, meanwhile founding Romanian Children’s Relief to bring aid to the subjects in his lens. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his work.
The premiere was sponsored by the Sweeney Family Annual Lecture and hosted by SXU’s Center for Religion and Public Discourse.
Media interested in contacting Hahn or Carroll should contact Assistant Director of Media Relations Rick Ducat at (773) 298-3325 or ducat@sxu.edu.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Rick Ducat, Assistant Director
Media Relations
(708) 306-0402 cell
(773) 298-3325 office
ducat@sxu.edu
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01:11 - 01:18 B-Roll of Folino talking to audience members after his speech
CHICAGO -- Saint Xavier University alumnus and Chicago Police Det. John Folino, Jr. recently spoke to high school seniors at Saint Xavier University’s “March to College” event.
Folino is a homicide detective who also works as technical consultant for the hit FOX television show “The Chicago Code,” meaning he is responsible for reviewing scripts and working with actors to ensure a high level of realism in the show.
Folino holds an bachelor’s degree in liberal studies, an MBA and a graduate certificate in disaster preparedness, all from SXU.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Rick Ducat, Assistant Director
Media Relations
(708) 306-0402 cell
(773) 298-3325 office
ducat@sxu.edu
