APRIL 2010 

PLAN NOW FOR LYME AWARENESS MONTH

UOS RECEIVES FIRST "BEST OF FEST" AWARD

UOS CAUSES STIR IN EDUCATIONAL MARKET

APRIL
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Tunkhannock, PA
Jacksonville, FL
Geneva, IL
Manchester, NH
Hewett, NJ
Lexington, KY
Yellow Springs, OH
Outing, MN
Sebastopol, CA
Grand Rapids, MN
and
County Kerry, Ireland

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Recent studies show that the incident of Lyme disease is spiking across the globe: Maine reports a three-fold increase, Minnesota a four-fold increase, and Europe also shows an alarming rise. While the illness and issue of Lyme disease deserve year-round attention, May is official Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and Open Eye Pictures wants to encourage community screenings of UNDER OUR SKIN to help promote Lyme awareness.

As a way to support grassroots efforts, for all community screenings of the film during the month of May, we'll send 25 Lyme awareness bracelets and 25 bumper stickers free of charge to your event organizer or organization.

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UNDER OUR SKIN SNAGS TOP PRIZE AT FARGO FILM FESTIVAL

Out of over 150 submissions, UNDER OUR SKIN received the  "Best of Festival" award at the Fargo Film Festival. It also snagged awards for "Best Director" and "Best Documentary"--a three punch win for the multi-award winning film. Filmmaker Andy Abrahams Wilson and film subject Jordan Fisher Smith were in attendance on March 4th to receive the awards and take questions from the 250 plus crowd at the historic Fargo Theater in North Dakota.

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UNDER OUR SKIN CAUSES STIR IN EDUCATIONAL MARKET

The most respected U.S. library trade journal has "highly recommended" UNDER OUR SKIN to librarians across the country. Some excerpts from the review: "When Lyme disease emerged in the early 1980s, it was thought to be a brief, easily treatable ailment. Now it appears that the causative bacterium...can have long-term effects on those thought to be cured, or on those who never knew they were infected.... This excellent film explores the connections between [the] IDSA and various insurance and pharmaceutical firms that have an interest in denying that prolonged Lyme disease exists, let alone that it is treatable. As a result, thousands of people have needlessly suffered and died and many more will continue to do so. One hopes this film will help to raise public awareness and incite outrage; it deserves wide distribution. Highly recommended for all viewers."

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