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04 February 2010
01 February 2010
A Powerful Noise in Tens of Millions of Homes!
A Powerful Noise debuted today in tens of millions of homes across the United States.
Over 100 operators and digital destinations will be showing the film including the following:
Time Warner Cable
Cox
Cablevision
Charter
Verizon
AT&T
RCN
Insight
Mediacom
Bresnan
Suddenlink
Apple iTunes
Amazon VOD
Check it out today!
23 November 2009
Help A POWERFUL NOISE Succeed on Netflix!
A POWERFUL NOISE is now listed on Netflix, and will become available for rent after the holidays. But we need your help to make a real impact! The sooner people add the film to their queues, the more successful we can be.
Please add the film to your Netflix queue today and tell your family and friends to do the same!
A POWERFUL NOISE takes viewers inside the lives of three extraordinary women who each overcome insurmountable odds to bring lasting solutions to their countries. Hanh is an HIV-positive widow from Vietnam. Nada, a peacemaking survivor of the war in Bosnia. And Madame Urbain, a crusader for girls' rights in Mali.
An official selection of over 12 major film festivals, A POWERFUL NOISE has been called "An empowering documentary" by Good Morning America. The Chicago Tribune writes "It is an inspiring documentary depicting the plight of women and girls in impoverished nations," and CBS Radio says it's "A real-life tale needing to be told... a film needing to be seen."
Click here to add A POWERFUL NOISE to your Netflix queue TODAY!
11 November 2009
Shop at Gap stores, Help fight poverty!
Just in time to get a head start on your Christmas shopping - Gap, Inc. has chosen A Powerful Noise partner CARE once again for the GAP Give and Get promotion.
Now you can save money AND help fight poverty and empower marginalized women at the same time!
Between November 12-15, whenever you present this coupon and shop at Gap stores (Gap, Gap Outlet, Banana Republic, Banana Republic Factory Stores and Old Navy) you’ll receive a 30% discount on in-store purchases – and Gap, Inc. will donate 5% of the purchase to CARE!
Visit http://www.gapinc.com/giveandget/care and print your coupon now!
Share some early holiday cheer, tell your family and friends, and support our partner CARE’s work around the world!
Now you can save money AND help fight poverty and empower marginalized women at the same time!
Between November 12-15, whenever you present this coupon and shop at Gap stores (Gap, Gap Outlet, Banana Republic, Banana Republic Factory Stores and Old Navy) you’ll receive a 30% discount on in-store purchases – and Gap, Inc. will donate 5% of the purchase to CARE!
Visit http://www.gapinc.com/giveandget/care and print your coupon now!
Share some early holiday cheer, tell your family and friends, and support our partner CARE’s work around the world!
21 August 2009
Kudos for Kristof!
We are very excited that our ally and panelist on A POWERFUL NOISE Live, Nicholas Kristof, is shaking the tree and making lots of noise about the empowerment of women and girls around the world. Thanks to Mr. Kristof, this Sunday’s New York Times magazine is dedicated to international women’s issues. The magazine’s premiere article, The Woman’s Crusade, also mentions our main A POWERFUL NOISE partner CARE in the second paragraph. This will certainly go a long way in placing women’s issues and CARE’s great work at the center of a national dialogue. The catalyst for this issue is Kristof’s upcoming book, Half the Sky, which will be released September 8th. The book is an inspiring call-to-arms against the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. I encourage everyone to check out this extraordinary issue of the New York Times magazine and to purchase your copy of Half the Sky. Both will challenge and motivate you to make a real difference in the lives of women and girls everywhere.
10 March 2009
Americans Unite in 450 Theatres, Support Women in Fight against Global Poverty
We are so thankful and humbled by the tens of thousands who attended A POWERFUL NOISE Live last Thursday night and continue to send messages about it. It was a magical night!
People across America, linked by a satellite feed and a desire to end global poverty, flocked to their local cinemas Thursday, and connected with a movement to empower the world’s poorest women and girls.
The evening featured a one-time showing of our documentary A Powerful Noise, followed by a town hall discussion simulcast live from New York City into 450 participating theatres. A POWERFUL NOISE Live was presented by philanthropist Sheila C. Johnson with the international poverty-fighting organization CARE and National CineMedia’s (NCM) Fathom, in partnership with ONE and the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The event was among the largest ever staged in America to honor International Women’s Day. Our goal: expose how women and girls can turn the tide against global poverty.
Ms. Johnson, the film’s executive producer, set the stage from New York’s Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, expressing her hope that, in the glow of big screens, the world would grow smaller. “It’s so easy to set the problem of poverty aside,” said Ms. Johnson, an entrepreneur and CARE global ambassador. “We can tell ourselves that the problem is too big or that one person cannot make a difference. But after watching ‘A Powerful Noise,’ these excuses don’t work. Because you see what one person can do.”
Moviegoers were then transported into the lives of a girls’ education crusader from Mali, an HIV-positive widow from Vietnam and a peacemaking survivor of the war in Bosnia. After the credits rolled, big screens from Savannah to Seattle came to life with an inspiring discussion – moderated by Today show anchor Ann Curry -- on how to unleash the potential in women all over the developing world. The panelists were former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright; author and CARE maternal health advocate Christy Turlington Burns; Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof; actress and activist Natalie Portman; and CARE president and CEO Dr. Helene Gayle.
Dr. Gayle told audiences around the country that while we can’t wipe out global poverty overnight, women and girls offer hope for long-term solutions. She urged those watching to join CARE and other humanitarian organizations working to empower women both economically and politically. “The countries that have the highest percentage of women in their legislatures,” she said, “have the greatest social advancement.”
Mr. Kristof said investing in women is critical during the economic crisis because they tend to pump what they have back into their families. “At desperate times,” he said, “it becomes particularly important to use your resources effectively.”
Ms. Portman marveled at the success of microloan projects that allow women to start small business around the world. And she lauded innovative aid programs that don’t give families fuel rations, for instance, unless they send their daughters to school. Dr. Gayle cited CARE’s use of a similar strategy in Guatemala, where mothers who send their daughters to school qualify for loans.
Dr. Albright stressed the important role the U.S. government plays, calling America the world’s “indispensible nation.” And Ms. Turlington Burns urged Americans to write lawmakers or knock on their legislator’s door during CARE’s national conference May 5-6 in Washington, D.C. Do it for the world’s poor, she said, who often face discrimination and oppression in their own countries. “They don’t have the access we do.”
Our hope is that the conversation ignited by A POWERFUL NOISE Live gains momentum within community associations and university clubs, faith groups and families.
That’s why Ms. Johnson ended the night with a challenge. Don’t let poverty just happen, she said. Engage in the movement to help women and girls strike at its roots. “Our leaders are only half the equation,” she said. “We need you!”
Join our movement by visiting www.apowerfulnoise.org or www.care.org.
People across America, linked by a satellite feed and a desire to end global poverty, flocked to their local cinemas Thursday, and connected with a movement to empower the world’s poorest women and girls.
The evening featured a one-time showing of our documentary A Powerful Noise, followed by a town hall discussion simulcast live from New York City into 450 participating theatres. A POWERFUL NOISE Live was presented by philanthropist Sheila C. Johnson with the international poverty-fighting organization CARE and National CineMedia’s (NCM) Fathom, in partnership with ONE and the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The event was among the largest ever staged in America to honor International Women’s Day. Our goal: expose how women and girls can turn the tide against global poverty.
Ms. Johnson, the film’s executive producer, set the stage from New York’s Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, expressing her hope that, in the glow of big screens, the world would grow smaller. “It’s so easy to set the problem of poverty aside,” said Ms. Johnson, an entrepreneur and CARE global ambassador. “We can tell ourselves that the problem is too big or that one person cannot make a difference. But after watching ‘A Powerful Noise,’ these excuses don’t work. Because you see what one person can do.”
Moviegoers were then transported into the lives of a girls’ education crusader from Mali, an HIV-positive widow from Vietnam and a peacemaking survivor of the war in Bosnia. After the credits rolled, big screens from Savannah to Seattle came to life with an inspiring discussion – moderated by Today show anchor Ann Curry -- on how to unleash the potential in women all over the developing world. The panelists were former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright; author and CARE maternal health advocate Christy Turlington Burns; Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof; actress and activist Natalie Portman; and CARE president and CEO Dr. Helene Gayle.
Dr. Gayle told audiences around the country that while we can’t wipe out global poverty overnight, women and girls offer hope for long-term solutions. She urged those watching to join CARE and other humanitarian organizations working to empower women both economically and politically. “The countries that have the highest percentage of women in their legislatures,” she said, “have the greatest social advancement.”
Mr. Kristof said investing in women is critical during the economic crisis because they tend to pump what they have back into their families. “At desperate times,” he said, “it becomes particularly important to use your resources effectively.”
Ms. Portman marveled at the success of microloan projects that allow women to start small business around the world. And she lauded innovative aid programs that don’t give families fuel rations, for instance, unless they send their daughters to school. Dr. Gayle cited CARE’s use of a similar strategy in Guatemala, where mothers who send their daughters to school qualify for loans.
Dr. Albright stressed the important role the U.S. government plays, calling America the world’s “indispensible nation.” And Ms. Turlington Burns urged Americans to write lawmakers or knock on their legislator’s door during CARE’s national conference May 5-6 in Washington, D.C. Do it for the world’s poor, she said, who often face discrimination and oppression in their own countries. “They don’t have the access we do.”
Our hope is that the conversation ignited by A POWERFUL NOISE Live gains momentum within community associations and university clubs, faith groups and families.
That’s why Ms. Johnson ended the night with a challenge. Don’t let poverty just happen, she said. Engage in the movement to help women and girls strike at its roots. “Our leaders are only half the equation,” she said. “We need you!”
Join our movement by visiting www.apowerfulnoise.org or www.care.org.
03 March 2009
Women Unite To Make A Powerful Noise
What if for one night you could make a difference by going to the movie theater? Now you can by seeing the break out film, “A Powerful Noise" this Thursday, March 5. Just by purchasing a ticket, you can galvanize a movement to eradicate global poverty and reverse centuries of injustice for women everywhere.
Join Natalie Portman, Madeleine Albright, Nicholas Kristof, Christy Turlington-Burns, and Dr. Helene Gayle of CARE this Thursday, March 5th, for A POWERFUL NOISE Live, an unprecedented ONE-NIGHT ONLY EVENT. In 450 movie theaters nationwide, these experts and advocates for empowering women will participate in a live town hall simulcast following the screening of the film.
“A Powerful Noise" takes a provocative look at three women from different countries who overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to bring great change to their society. If our sold out festival screenings are any indication, you will leave the theater inspired and determined to join forces with these women to make a lasting difference.
Filming with these women for three months truly changed my life and taught me the real meaning of courage, strength, and perseverance. Now I want them to change your life forever. Please support these women this Thursday night!
A POWERFUL NOISE Live begins at 7:30pmET/6:30pmCT/5:30pmMT/8:00pmPT (tape delayed). Come support this important film and the incredible movement it’s igniting - the movement to empower women and girls to fight global poverty! Click here to find a theater near you and buy tickets now.
Join Natalie Portman, Madeleine Albright, Nicholas Kristof, Christy Turlington-Burns, and Dr. Helene Gayle of CARE this Thursday, March 5th, for A POWERFUL NOISE Live, an unprecedented ONE-NIGHT ONLY EVENT. In 450 movie theaters nationwide, these experts and advocates for empowering women will participate in a live town hall simulcast following the screening of the film.
“A Powerful Noise" takes a provocative look at three women from different countries who overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to bring great change to their society. If our sold out festival screenings are any indication, you will leave the theater inspired and determined to join forces with these women to make a lasting difference.
Filming with these women for three months truly changed my life and taught me the real meaning of courage, strength, and perseverance. Now I want them to change your life forever. Please support these women this Thursday night!
A POWERFUL NOISE Live begins at 7:30pmET/6:30pmCT/5:30pmMT/8:00pmPT (tape delayed). Come support this important film and the incredible movement it’s igniting - the movement to empower women and girls to fight global poverty! Click here to find a theater near you and buy tickets now.
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