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Divided We Fall : Race and Religion During 9/11 Anniversary

Documentary Film Inspires National Dialogue on Race and Religion During 9/11 Anniversary
Award-winning documentary Divided We Fall screens in 50 cities across U.S.

Last update: 11:54 a.m. EDT Aug. 19, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Aug 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath
(2008), the first feature-length documentary film on hate violence following Sept. 11,
2001,
will screen across the U.S. next month in a grassroots campaign for deep dialogue about
racism,
religion, and renewal in America.

Divided We Fall follows the journey of 20-year-old college student Valarie Kaur as she
documents hate violence against Sikhs and Muslims in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11,
2001
and examines the larger question of "who counts" as American. On a two-year
international tour,
the film has won more than a dozen awards and reached 150 campuses and communities in 90
cities
across the United States.

Divided We Fall will be released next month when educators and community leaders in 50
U.S.
cities will hold dialogues around the film in commemoration of Sept. 11 and Sept. 15 - the
anniversary of the murder of Balbir Singh Sodhi, the first person killed in retribution
for the
terrorist attacks.

"This stunning film could not have arrived at a more significant time in our nation's
history,"
Stanford University Emeritus Professor of Psychology Phillip Zimbardo said. "It
brilliantly
conveys the dynamic tensions we all share over racial and religious differences that can
be
transformed into new visions for an American mosaic more richly textured than ever before.
It
is the must see film of this year for all thoughtful people."

Partners of the film campaign include the Discrimination and National Security Initiative,
Facing History and Ourselves, Global Family for Love and Peace, The Pluralism Project at
Harvard University, National Lawyers Guild, Interfaith Youth Core, Islamic Society of
North
America, Religions for Peace - USA, South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow, Sikh
American
Legal Defense and Education Fund, Sikhchic, the Sikh Coalition, Sikh Foundation, SikhNet,
Sikh
Spectrum, and South Asians for Obama.

For more information, visit the official film website at www.dwf-film.com or contact
communications director Tracy Wells at 404.229.0997 or tracy@dwf-film.com.
Divided We Fall will be released on DVD in October 2008.
SOURCE: Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath

For Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath
Communications Director
Tracy Wells, 404-229-0997
tracy@dwf-film.com