Thank You to everyone who attended the special benefit "Homecoming Screening" of:
"My Tale of Two Cities"
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thanksgiving Weekend
Steeltown's Youth and Media Initiative with Holy Family Institute Hopes to Launch in Early 2009.
The mission of Steeltown Entertainment Project is to nurture promising talent and to incubate
meaningful and commercially viable entertainment projects in Southwestern Pennsylvania by connecting
former Pittsburghers who are working in the entertainment industry with the region's human,
cultural, educational, and economic resources. For over one hundred years, Holy Family Institute
has been providing a nurturing, loving, structured environment for young people facing challenging
family situations, giving them the tools and opportunities they need to lead responsible lives and
develop relationships built on faith, hope, and love. Through the youth and media initiative,
Steeltown will arrange for film and television professionals to work with the students, staff and
alumni at Holy Family to make a promotional film which will convey the remarkable stories of
transformation and redemption for which this organization has been a part. Students will also get
hands on experience working in media and be exposed to different career possibilities in the
entertainment industry.
Steeltown hopes to begin working with Holy Family students in early 2009. We are very pleased to
acknowledge receipt of some initial funding from The Grable Foundation towards the Youth and Media
Initiative. If you or your organization would like to help support the Initiative, please see the
information below for how to contribute further.
On November 28th, Pittsburghers everywhere came together to support Steeltown's Youth and Media
Initiative being done in association with Holy Family Institute as part of the red-carpet "My Tale
Of Two Cities" screening which sold-out the Byham Theater as the culminating event celebrating
Pittsburgh's 250th birthday. After the film which received a standing ovation from an audience
which laughed and applauded throughout the movie's 85 minute running time, students from Holy Family
were able to join Mr. McFeely of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Joanne Rogers, Franco Harris, Sister
Linda Yankoski, and other of Pittsburgh's favorite neighbors from the cast to sing "Won't You Be My
Neighbor?"
To donate to Steeltown and/or the Youth and Media Initiative, please contact Jodi S. Klebick,
Managing Director at 412.622.1325 or jodi@steeltown.org. Click here to download a form of our Youth and
Media Contribution from which can be mailed to: Steeltown Entertainment Project, 4802 Fifth Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
If you were unable to see "My Tale of Two Cities, a funny and heartfelt valentine to Pittsburgh, it
is playing Friday and Saturday Dec. 5 and Dec. 6 at Penn Hills Cinema (one exit passed Monroeville
off 376) at 7:15. The film's producer and Steeltown Board Chair Stephanie Dangel Reiter will be
speaking after the film on Saturday.
According to this week's issue of Pop City, "Whether you're a boomerang, comeback kid, recent
transplant, or dyed-in-the-wool Burgher, you won't want to miss My Tale of Two Cities, the
much-buzzed about new film by St. Elmo's Fire screenwriter and Steeltown Entertainment Project
co-founder Carl Kurlander, which proves once and for all, that yes, you can go home again." To read
the full article,
click here.
There are a limited number of "My Tale of Two Cities" DVDS available. Buy the DVD at http://www.wqed.org/genl/shop/history.shtml#tale or by calling 1-800-274-1307
and asking for the DVD (and soundtrack).
"My Tale of Two Cities" is also planning to go on the road, and if you would like to to arrange for
a screening of "My Tale of Two Cities" in your neighborhood (regionally, or at venues around the
country), please email the filmmakers at mytaleoftwocities@gmail.com.
For more information, or to make a donation to Steeltown Entertainment Project's Youth & Media
Initiative being conducted in conjunction with Holy Family Institute (and for which these events
were a benefit), please go to www.steeltown.org and www.hfi-pgh.org.
Thank You to These Individuals and Organizations for their support:
Deborah Acklin, Esther Bush, Evelyn Castillo, Christina Conover, Jim Dispirito, Donora, Carol Lee
Espy, Bill Flanagan, Lynn Glover, Pam Golden, Bill Isler, Beverly Morrow Jones, Jeff Letwin, Tinsy
Lipchak, David Malone, Lynn Marchese, Marguerite Jarret Marks, Joe McCarthy, Kevin McMahon, Ken
Melani, George Miles, Cait Murray, David Newell, The Newlanders, Heidi Norman, Robert Petrilli,
Stephanie Dangel Reiter, Troy Robinson, Joanne Rogers, Sheila Talarico, Ann Urwin, Kris Veenis,
Patty Walker, Jonathan Wayne, and Sister Linda Yankoski.
Thank you also to 1905 Productions and the scores of people who helped bring "My Tale of Two Cities"
to screen. The film was made at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center and
WQED, with the help of K&L Gates. This film would not be possible without the support of all the
good folks at Family Communications, Inc.
Additional Thanks To:
Amcom Office Systems Kennywood Entertainment
Betsy Ann Chocolates Marketplace Direct
Carnegie Screenwriters Pittsburgh Filmakers
Dreadnaught Wines Popcorn-N-That
Giant Eagle, Inc. Silk Screen Asian Film Festival
Iron City Brewing Company Women in Film & Media Pittsburgh
Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation
Colcom Foundation
Grable Foundation
R.K. Mellon Foundation
We would like to thank the following sponsors who helped make this event possible:
