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Noted Filmmaker To Be Guest on VoiceAmerica Health & Wellness Channel's "Mind, Brain and Body with the Doctor"
Laura Bialis, Filmmaker of REFUSENIK, to be interviewed by Dr. Michael Kell, on VoiceAmericaTM's Health & Wellness Channel.
PHOENIX - Modavox, Inc. (OTCBB:MDVX - News),May 3, 2008 -- Broadcasting live on Friday, May 9th at 8am Pacific (11am Eastern), Filmmaker Laura Bialis on "Mind, Brain & Body with The Doctor", with host Dr. Michael Kell, found On VoiceAmerica's Health & Wellness Channel http://www.modavox.com/VoiceAmericaHealth/ . Tune in for her live global interview from New York the day of the film opening there.
Abramorama and The Foundation for Documenatry Projects are proud to present the US theatrical release of Laura Bialis' documentary film REFUSENIK. This film will open in New York at the Quad Cinema on May 9 and in Los Angeles at the Music Hall on May 23, other cities will follow.
REFUSENIK chronicles the thirty-year international movement to free Soviet Jews. Told through the eyes of activists on both sides of the Iron Curtain (including interviews with Natan Sharansky and L.A. Country Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky) -- many of whom survived punishment in Soviet Gulag labor camps -- the film is a tapestry of first-person accounts of heroism, sacrifice, and ultimately, liberation.
In the early 1960's, reports came to the West of blatant anti-Semitism in the Communist-controlled Soviet Union. Synagogues were being closed by the government and the study of Hebrew was forbidden. Soviet Jews were required by law to carry "internal passports" identifying their Jewish heritage. They were barred from studying at many universities; refused entrance into selected professions. Yet those who asked permission to emigrate were told they could never leave. Soviet Jews were prisoners in their own country.
Soviet Jews who applied for exit visas were refused, then immediately fired from their jobs. Many of these so-called "Refuseniks" took the unprecedented step of publicly challenging the communist regime. Their stories include courageous activism and tales of hardship: the development of an underground Hebrew school; risky smuggling of information to the West; fear of being arrested; shock of being brought to trial on trumped up charges; suffering in prison or in exile merely for demanding freedom.
Meanwhile, activists in the United States, England, Canada and France organized demonstrations, smuggled contraband to Refuseniks, and lobbied democratic governments to put pressure on the USSR. Eventually, the activists' incessant demands pushed the issue to the forefront of American foreign policy. American legislators enacted a law limiting the amount of business the United States would conduct with countries that violated human rights -- the first time the US placed restrictions on a country for rights abuses of its own population. Nuclear disarmament negotiations with the USSR included American demands for a change in Soviet emigration policies. In 1989, the Soviet Union finally succumbed to international pressure and the gates were opened.
REFUSENIK is a film about the triumph of grassroots activism. It is the story of ordinary people who -- with no money or political power -- successfully launched an ecumenical, non-violent movement that crossed all ethnic, racial, and religious boundaries. What had started as a fledgling movement of students and housewives eventually freed one and a half million Soviet Jews, and cracked the seemingly impenetrable wall of Soviet Communism.
www.refusenikmovie.com
About Dr. Michael Kell:
Michael Jon Kell, M.D., Ph.D. has dedicated his professional life to health. He has conducted scientific research in fields as diverse as quantum physics, artificial kidneys, polymer chemistry, drug addiction, pain management, quantitative urine drug monitoring, longevity medicine, herbal medicine, prayer and spirituality. Dr. Kell teaches, "Research without well-conceived application is often times a dangerous pursuit"; perhaps this is why he and his associates have spent untold hours converting their lab discoveries into commercially viable products.
He holds 11 U.S. patents (and hundreds of foreign filings) and has authored ten books and fifty scientific publications. He writes for both scientific and general audiences, presents seminars and workshops and has been interviewed on local and national radio and television as well as hosting an internationally acclaimed show on VoiceAmerica. To browse his site go to http://www.mindbrainbody.com and you can listen to past shows as well as this show a few hours after the live broadcast.
The VoiceAmericaTM Network offers the latest conversations in a talk radio format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues live, on demand as well as through pod cast download.
If interested in hosting a talk radio show on VoiceAmerica, contact Jeff Spenard, Vice President of Internet Radio at 480-294-6417 or at jeff.spenard @ modavox.com.
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(OTC.BB MDVX), Modavox is the leading producer and distributor of online talk radio content, streaming approximately 250 hours of live programs and scheduled replays weekly on its Modavox VoiceAmericaT Network ( http://www.voiceamerica.com ). Modavox, Inc. ( http://www.modavox.com ) is a pioneer in internet broadcasting, producing and syndicating online audio and video, and offering innovative, effective and comprehensive online tools for reaching targeted niche communities worldwide. Through its patented Modavox CentralT technology, Modavox "takes the search out of search," delivering content straight to desktops and internet-enabled devices. Through its proprietary StreamSafeT, WebcastWizardT and Stream SyndicateT tools, Modavox provides managed access for live and on-demand internet broadcasting and syndication, content management, online meetings, event management, enterprise communications and distance learning.
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