Tuesday, January 23, 2007
"WELCOME TO DURHAM, USA" IN STORES TODAY!!
PRESS RELEASE
January 23, 2007
For Immediate Release
www.welcometodurhamusa.com
Contact: RDU919 Music & Films
Phone: (919) 943-0579
"WELCOME TO DURHAM, USA" IN STORES TODAY!
Durham, N.C. - The documentary film "Welcome To Durham, USA ( Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 2006 New York International Film Festival), which profiles the past and present culture in Durham, North Carolina, hits shelves across the country TODAY! Find it at FYE, Target, Barnes & Nobles, Borders, Tower Records and Virgin Megastore.
Welcome To Durham, USA is produced by Christopher "Play" Martin and executive produced by Durham natives Cicero Leak and Mike Wilson of RDU 919 Music & Films, LLC, a music and film company in Durham and associate produced by Courtney Conrad and Courtney Tucker. The documentary illustrates how crime and gang violence is no longer the exclusive domain of urban cities like Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, and how prostitutes, street hustlers and gang members live in the shadow of violence and under the constant threat of going to jail and death.
There are more than 30 gangs in Durham, totaling nearly 800 active members, averaging between 18 and 25 in ages. The eye-opening and raw portrayal of the street life and gang environment through the film's unprecedented access helps put a face on the growing problem around the country, and sends a powerful message about situations in which inner-city youth-some as young as 11 or 12-find themselves immersed.
For more information and to see the trailer and music video go to www.welcometodurhamusa.com
"Welcome To Durham, USA"
Producer: Christopher "Play" Martin
A RDU919 Music & Films, LLC film
Management/Music/Film
www.welcometodurhamusa.com
Email: info@rdu919.com
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Durham has a rich history of prosperity for african americans as well as grief. The gang situation is a very sad one. Our youth are being tricked into the belief that the streets are love. I'm from that element as a youth in Winston-Salem, Nc in the 80's. These men are leaving the boys alone to be raised by ignorance. Durham as a whole...well....we have to get that Black Wall Street mentality back............Tony Hanes
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