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New Movie for Mother's Day Weekend, Babies, Shows Essence of Tiniest Humans
By Staff
posted May 5, 2010, 09:18
Babies, a new movie to be released by Focus Features across the country on Friday, May 7, Mother's Day weekend.
Movie Partners with March of Dimes March for Babies(R)
(New York) Babies, a new movie to be released by Focus Features across the
country on Friday, May 7, Mother's Day weekend, simultaneously follows four
babies around the world -- from birth to first steps. The children are, respectively,
in order of on-screen introduction: Ponijao, who lives with her family near
Opuwo, Namibia; Bayarjargal, who resides with his family in Mongolia, near Bayanchandmani;
Mari, who lives with her family in Tokyo, Japan; and Hattie, who resides with
her family in the United States, in San Francisco. Babies joyfully captures
on film the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at once unique
and universal to us all.
"The celebration of babies is a timeless tradition in any culture,"
said Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president of the March of Dimes. "And this
film provides a perfect rationale for why the March of Dimes works so hard each
and every day to fund research, education and advocacy programs that help give
every baby a healthy start in life. We're the champions for babies, and this
movie shows us why they are so important to our lives."
Babies is a proud supporter of March for Babies, the March of Dimes signature
fundraiser that occurs this spring in more than 900 communities all across the
United States. This year, more than 7 million people will participate in March
for Babies. The event's fundraising goal is $100 million. Since 1970, it has
raised $1.8 billion to support research and other programs in local communities,
enabling more moms to have healthy, full-term pregnancies. To find out more
about March for Babies, visit marchforbabies.org.
Focus Features CEO James Schamus said, "All of us at Focus could not be
more pleased that our film will play a role in support of March for Babies.
It's a perfect match -- a movie about the common humanity and love that unite
us all, and one of the world's great charities that works so hard to make sure
that every baby can find his or her place in the world."
Resources:
http://www.marchofdimes.com/
http://nacersano.org
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