Oakland International Film Festival Kicks Off In South San Francisco at Fort McKinley

SAN FRANCISCO - March 18, 2013 - PRLog -- Oakland Film Society
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The Oakland International Film Festival 11 “Rice Field of Dreams” Red Carpet Preview Reception  in South San Francisco

WHO:        Oakland International Film Festival Executive Director David Roach , Cambodian American Filmmaker & Academy of Art graduate Daron Ker, San Francisco Filmmakers Jacquie Taliaferro and Kevin Epps, San Francisco Businessman and Philanthropist Henry Chu, and Co owner Ft. McKinley Restaurant, Tiffany Le.  Invited guests include: South San Francisco Mayor Pedro Gonzalez, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee , San Mateo Mayor David Lim, San Leandro Mayor Stephen H. Cassidy, Actor/Humanitarian Danny Glover, Actress & Take Wings Foundation Founder Terri J. Vaughn, Fashion Producer/Actor/Writer Charleston Pierce, Actor/Producer Shabaka Henley, Oakland A's Legend Vida Blue, Giants Legend Willie Mays and other celebrities and community leaders.    

WHAT:         A Red Carpet Preview Reception highlighting the Oakland International Film Festival’s Centerpiece film “Rice Field of Dreams” by Cambodian American filmmaker Daron Ker.  “Rice Field of Dreams,” a documentary about Cambodian refugee Joe Cook, who escaped the Khmer Rouge and eventually became a chef in an Alabama restaurant, as Cook returns to Cambodia to form the nation’s first competitive international baseball team.

Invitation link: http://oiffricefieldofdreams-eorg.eventbrite.com/).
WHEN:          Thursday, March 28, 2013, 7:00 p.m.

WHERE:         Fort McKinley Restaurant, 101 Brentwood Dr. (@ El Camino Real), South San Francisco, CA 94080.

WHY:          The Eleventh Annual Oakland International Film Festival, April
4-7th brings positive attention Oakland as a destination for the arts.  The festival outreaches that outreaches to the Bay Area and the world, will kickoff the news of the festival in South San Francisco as a way to welcome the wider Bay Area.   Oakland has a rich tapestry of artistic talent.  The Oakland International Film Festival is a testament to Oakland’s artistry, the positive happenings while dealing with the realistic challenges in Oakland.  An aspect of the festival’s multicultural outreach will include screenings at the Grand Lake Theater, Oakland’s Asian Cultural Center, San Leandro Theater for Performing Arts, The New Parkway Theater, and the Black Repertory Theater.  Visit www.oiff.org.    

Sponsors to date include:  Oakland A’s, AC Transit, Liquid Nitro,  Ft. McKinley Restaurant, KONO Neighborhood Association, Golden Gate Litho, KBLX, KPFA, Made in Alameda, Fly Oakland, Oakland Visitors Bureau, and The Marriott Hotel.

Sponsorships for the festival and year around events are available.  Call 510-451-3456.

See the video of "Rice Field of Dreams,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UAHDdskncA