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Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:00am EDT 

HBO in Partnership with the Atlanta Press Club and the Public Relations
Society of America Georgia Chapter to Host Atlanta Premiere of 'SHOUTING FIRE:
STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF FREE SPEECH' on Thursday, June 25 at Woodruff Arts
Center

Emmy(R) Winner Liz Garbus and Renowned First Amendment Attorney Martin Garbus
to Attend

What:     HBO in partnership with the Atlanta Press Club (APC) and the Public
Relations Society of America (PRSA) Georgia Chapter will host the Atlanta
premiere of the HBO Documentary Film SHOUTING FIRE: STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF
FREE SPEECH at an invitation-only screening.  

Attorney Martin Garbus, trial lawyer and author of 6 books on the Supreme
Court and constitutional law; Ed Bean, APC President; and Mike Neumeier, PRSA
Georgia President, will participate in a discussion and take audience
questions.

Who:      Emmy(R) winner and Oscar(R) nominee Liz Garbus, who produced and
directed the film, and her father, First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus,
will attend.
    When:      Thursday, June 25, 2009

    6:00 p.m.  Reception: Rich Theatre Lobby

    6:30 p.m.  Screening:  Rich Theatre

    8:00 p.m.  Discussion and Q&A

    8:30 p.m.  Reception:  Center Space

    Where:     Woodruff Arts Center

               1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA

Details:  In a unique collaboration with her father, noted First Amendment
attorney Martin Garbus, Oscar(R) nominee Liz Garbus explores the social and
political trends that have shaped America's attitudes about free speech and
how they can threaten the very tenets upon which the country was built in the
timely HBO documentary SHOUTING FIRE:  STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF FREE SPEECH. 
In the film Martin Garbus shares his personal perspective and guides us, with
the help of First Amendment experts from both the right and the left, through
the various challenges to free speech that have dotted our nation's history -
from the Alien and Sedition Acts, to the McCarthy Hearings, to the Pentagon
Papers case.

*Filmmaker Liz Garbus and First Amendment Attorney Martin Garbus are available
for interview.  Media requests should be directed to:  Valerie Harris, HBO,
(404) 966-2445 or valerie@kinseygrouppr.com

*Clip reels are available for broadcast media.

/PRNewswire -- June 24/

SOURCE  HBO
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