Feb 17, 2009
Special Screening of The Accidental Advocate on February 24
Scientists believe that stem cells may one day get the paralyzed out of wheelchairs, cure the diabetic or unlock the secrets to cancer.
CuresNow
Lucy Fisher & Doug Wick and Janet Zucker & Jerry Zucker
invite you to a special screening of
THE ACCIDENTAL ADVOCATE
A Story of Love, Hope and the Politics of Stem Cell Research
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sony Pictures Studios
10202 West Washington Boulevard
Culver City CA 90232
7:30 P.M.
RSVP: movie@theaccidentaladvocate.com
or call Heidi Hertel @ 213-785-5353
Seats are limited. Please RSVP to ensure parking and for exact theater location!
The Accidental Advocate profiles Dr. Claude Gerstle, a surgeon and athlete who suffered a tragic bicycle accident in 2003 that left him quadriplegic. The film is a wheelchair odyssey bringing him and his daughter Jessica, an award-winning television news producer, from the laboratories of the world's most eminent stem cell researchers all the way to Congress and the White House on their quest for a cure.
What starts as a medical question quickly evolves into a social and political education. Together they track down the thinkers, politicians, crusaders and naysayers in an effort to explore the hope, hype, passions and fears fueled by the stem cell debate. Appearances by Michael J. Fox, Hillary Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others political heavies round out a film that shows why and how embryonic stem cell research has become such a political football.
For more information on the film, please visit www.theaccidentaladvocate.com.