Mad Men Season Three DVD with Special Features Produced by Journey Film Group on Sale Today

March 23, 2010 - PRLog -- Mad Men Season Three DVD with Special Features
Produced by Journey Film Group
on Sale Today

DVD features documentaries on cigarette advertising and slain civil rights activist

Los Angeles, Calif.—March 23, 2010 —Journey Film Group (JFG), a production company known for its socially themed and provocative content, today announced that the third season of the award-winning Mad Men series is available with special featurettes it produced.

The DVD features documentaries directed by Journey Film Group partner/CEO Michael Cory Davis and are based on cigarette advertising and slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers. In addition, the DVD will include featurettes on Mad Men illustrator, Dyna Moe, and the March on Washington.

This project marks Journey Film Group partner, Cicely Gilkey’s third season producing the DVD content for the AMC hit series.

Set in the 1960s, Mad Men is set at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on New York City’s Madison Avenue. The show centers on Don Draper, the agency’s creative director played by John Ham, and the people in both his personal and professional lives while depicting the changing social mores of 1960s America.

About The Journey Film Group
www.journeyfilmgroup.com
Founded by Michael Cory Davis, an actor activist and award-winning filmmaker, Journey Film Group has played an integral part in the fight to end modern day slavery through its socially themed content. The company’s first film, Svetlana’s Journey, is a true story about a Bulgarian girl forced into prostitution and was used as a tool to educate countless victims and potential victims. In 2005, the film aired on Bulgaria’s national television station and here in the U.S., it won the Hollywood Film Festival for Best Short Subject as well as the HD Festival for Best Short Subject, Best Dramatic Short and runner-up for Best Director.

In 2007, Journey Film Group produced its second film, a documentary, focusing on human trafficking in the U.S. Both films have been used by hundreds of organizations and institutions and law enforcement agencies to educate, enlighten, and motivate people to take action and get involved in the fight against human trafficking. Davis has appeared on World News with Charles Gibson, CNN, NBC, ABC, and KTLA news, bringing light to the issue. In 2008, Journey Film Group produced five PSAs for which Ashley Judd provided voiceovers.


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Lionsgate has also forged strong positions in television and home entertainment with the production of such critically-acclaimed television series as Mad Men, Weeds and Crash, the distribution of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, Family Feud and South Park and upcoming shows including Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns and The Wendy Williams Show, as well as market share of nearly 7% and the industry’s leading box office-to-DVD conversion rate in home entertainment. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 12,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate brand is synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.


Media Contact for Journey Film Group
Dianna Bari
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P: 310-295-2671

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Founded by Michael Cory Davis, an actor activist and award-winning filmmaker, Journey Film Group has played an integral part in the fight to end modern day slavery through its socially themed content. The company’s first film, Svetlana’s Journey, is a true story about a Bulgarian girl forced into prostitution and was used as a tool to educate countless victims and potential victims. In 2005, the film aired on Bulgaria’s national television station and here in the U.S., it won the Hollywood Film Festival for Best Short Subject as well as the HD Festival for Best Short Subject, Best Dramatic Short and runner-up for Best Director. In 2007, Journey Film Group produced its second film, a documentary, focusing on human trafficking in the U.S. Both films have been used by hundreds of organizations and institutions and law enforcement agencies. In 2008, JFG branched out into producing commercial film and television productions, including dvd bonus content and corporate videos.