September 15, 2003
For immediate release

APA FILM and NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PRESENT SPECIAL SCREENING OF MORNING SUN

Asian Pacific American Film (APA Film), a DC-based nonprofit organization that promotes and supports Asian American films and media, will co-sponsor with National Geographic a special one-night-only screening on September 24, 2003 of MORNING SUN. MORNING SUN is a feature-length documentary that explores the psychological impact and cultural intricacies of the Cultural Revolution through the eyes of the generation that was born around the time of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

MORNING SUN premiered at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival and has subsequently appeared at numerous other festivals, including the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

The screening will be held at the Grosvenor Auditorium of the National Geographic Society at 1145 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. The screening will begin at 7pm, followed by a Q&A session with Director Carma Hinton.

Tickets are available by telephone at the National Geographic ticket office, 202-857-7700, Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm ET. Credit card purchases only. (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD): 202-857-7198). There is a $2 handling charge for each telephone order. Tickets are also available in person at the National Geographic ticket office at 1600 M Street NW in Washington, DC, from 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. Tickets may be ordered online at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lectures. If still available, tickets will go on sale 45 minutes before the program.

Tickets are $13 to those who mention APA Film (phone or ticket office purchase only). Tickets are $13 for National Geographic members, $16 for nonmembers, $13 for seniors 64 and up, and $8 for children 12 and under.

For ticket information and directions, visit http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lectures.

For more information on the film visit http://www.morningsun.org.

For more information on APA Film visit http://www.apafilm.org.

For more information on National Geographic visit http://www.nationalgeographic.com.

Press inquires only may contact Greg McGruder, Director, Lectures & Public Programs, National Geographic Society, 202-828-5661.