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Snow The Movie Wins Audience Award

Film Will Be Used To Commemorate Snow’s 200th Birthday

Snow The Movie, a short film 22 minute film, has won an audience award at the 11th annual International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing, China, according to Isaac Ergas, the director. The film has now been screened at several festivals and there has been a big resurgence of interest in the film over the last few months, Ergas told the Monitor. Schools and organizations have recently obtained copies of the film and many are planning on utilizing it leading up to the 200th anniversary, according to Ergas.

Visit this link to read our original story about the film when released last year. http://tinyurl.com/c4agxhw

New Script

In the meantime, Ergas is busy writing the full length feature version of the film. When asked about how far away it was before we might see such a film, Ergas replied “the plan is to finish the screenplay in the next 3-6 months.  Then spend 6 months to a year in fundraising and development.  Then spend 6 months to a year in production.  Then release.  So… all said, looking about 2 years (of course can always be fast tracked with the right kind of backing:).”  

Peek Ahead

When asked about the actors and why he was going to a full length film, he answered, “it will not be the same actors, but an entirely new cast.  The feature length movie needs to be done because the story is much larger than what was able to be presented in 20 min (need to include Whiteheads investigation and friendship with Snow, also need to include Soho residents such as Lewis family and Eley family, also need to get into the larger picture of miasmists vs contagionists and finally really get into how the entire investigation went down.  There is a very dramatic story here which is still quite relevant and can be shared in a theatrical setting and be interesting to movie goers beyond the public health academic community.

The short film is now available on Amazon for both personal ($24.99) and institutional use ($199.99).

PERSONAL EDITION:  
http://tinyurl.com/cvmbj2q


INSTITUTIONAL EDITION:  
http://tinyurl.com/ctxf2r6 


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