Showings, Awards and Highlights of FH Documentary

November 2013, Special Showing Colorado State EMS Conference, EMSAC Hero Award Presented to Freedom House Members September 2013, Special Showing National Association of State EMS Officials, NAEMSO Conference, Nashville Tenn. NAEMSO Public Service Award Presented to Freedom House Members August 2013, Special Event Freedom House Re-Born National Association of EMS Educators. NAEMSO Conference Washington DC Public Service Award from The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Presented to Freedom House Members. March 2013, Special Showing at JEMS EMS Conference in Washington DC JEMS Award presented to Freedom House Members February 2013, Special Screening in the August Coppola Theater at San Francisco State February 2013, Encore Showing at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco September 2012, BAL Theater, San Leandro, CA. Bay Area Premiere September 2012, Roxie Theater, San Francisco CA. San Francisco Premier April 2012 Special Event Showing at the City of St Paul, MN. Awarded St. Pauls Human Rights & Economic Opportunity Award April 2012, Special showing at Macalester College & Inver Hill College St Paul MN February 2011, Vanderbilt University, selection for International Lens Series October 2010, Official selection for Nashville Black Film Festival August 2010, Official selection Marthas Vineyard African American Film Festival, Nominated for HBO Award. November 2009, Official selection for the 3 Rivers Film Festival in Pittsburgh, PA Special 2 day Showing This compelling story is what BarbaraVancheri from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette calls, an eye opener for what happens today when someone calls 911 and a well-staffed and stocked ambulance rolls up, ready and able to save a life. Special note from Producer/Director Gene Starzenski
In 2009 when the Freedom House Street Saviors documentary was completed, the documentary was submitted to numerous white run film festivals. After being unsuccessful in getting accepted at any film festivals, (except as a 2 day special showing at the 2009, 3 Rivers Film Festival in Pittsburgh) I decided to enter into the black film festivals. The first black festival to accept the documentary was the 2010, Marthas Vineyard African American Film Festival. Not only was the doc accepted it was also nominated for an HBO award and the Saatchi & Saatchi Nothing is Impossible award. Success followed with acceptance to the 2010 Na shville Black Film Festival. While showing the documentary in Nashville, Vanderbilt University invited me back to show the documentary for its International Lens Series. Since then, the documentary has been showing at major EMS Conferences and Educational Institutions throughout the United State where it has gone on to receive numerous awards for the Freedom House members and the documentary. More to follow in 2014