Upcoming Screenings
“HEARING IS BELIEVING”
a film by Lorenzo DeStefano
VIEW TEASER (1:21) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8g4lVQkslw
VIEW TRAILER (2:23) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ6kw1cmMh4&feature=youtu.be
Lorenzo DeStefano’s award-winning feature documentary, “HEARING IS BELIEVING“,
will have its Northwest Film Festival Premiere
with 2 screenings at the 2019 Friday Harbor Film Festival on San Juan Island, Wa.
FRI. OCT. 25, 2019 @ 1:15 pm / SA. OCT. 26, 2019 @ 4:15 pm
San Juan Community Theatre, 100 2nd St. N., Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Producer/Director DeStefano will attend along w/ Rachel, Jeanie, and Vaughan Flowers and Co-Producer Randal Brasher.
Both screenings will be followed by Q+A’s and a Live Musical Performance by Rachel & Jeanie Flowers.
More info at www.fhff.org/portfolio/hearing-is-believing & www.hearingisbelievingfilm.com.
“Documents a Rare Talent” – NY Times
“A beautiful, inspiring film. When Rachel Flowers smiles the world explodes with joy” – Tom Schnabel KCRW Rhythm Planet
“Mind, be ready to be blown” – Harper’s Bazaar
“Rachel Flowers reminds me just why music is so powerful.” – Dweezil Zappa
“…jaw-dropping talent on display.” – LA Times
“Inspiring is an exhausted word, but after I finished watching Hearing Is Believing
I couldn’t think of a more apt description.”
– Verily Magazine
“Lorenzo DeStefano’s remarkable documentary takes us on a musical journey of Rachel’s everyday life.
I laughed and cried and began to totally fall in love with her and her amazing gifts.” – Malcolm McDowell
Sight + Sound Film Festival (www.sightplussound.com)
“HEARING IS BELIEVING” – OPENING NIGHT FILM – Fri. Sept 20, 2019 @ 7pm – Oxnard Performing Arts Center
“HEARING IS BELIEVING” will be the OPENING NIGHT FILM at the 1st Annual SIGHT + SOUND FILM FESTIVAL, screening on FRI. SEPT. 20 @ 7pm at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center, followed by Q+A and after-party in the courtyard with refreshments, bites and live music.
This acclaimed feature documentary about Oxnard resident Rachel Flowers is the new film from award-winning Ventura-based producer/director Lorenzo DeStefano. Largely filmed in this vibrant multi-cultural community on California’s Central Coast, this is a great chance to see Rachel’s story and hear her music on the big screen. And to meet her, too. More info at www.sightplussound.com and www.hearingisbelievingfilm.com.
The Festival runs Sept. 20-22, 2019. Purchase tickets and see the impressive lineup of films at www.sightplussound.com.
Friday Harbor Film Festival, San Juan Island, Wa. (www.fhff.org) – “HEARING IS BELIEVING”
Fri. Oct. 25 @ 1:15pm
Sa. Oct. 26 @ 4:15pm
“HEARING IS BELIEVING” – NW Film Festival Premiere coming up in October at the FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL, San Juan Island, Washington (www.fhff.org/portfolio/hearing-is-believing/). Both screenings at the San Juan Community Theatre, 100 2nd St. N., Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Producer/Director Lorenzo DeStefano will attend along w/ Rachel, Jeanie, and Vaughan Flowers. Both screenings will be followed by Q+A’s and by Rachel Flowers Live in Concert. Ticket & event info @www.fhff.org
Past Screenings
KTLA MORNING NEWS – APRIL 8, 2019, featuring Rachel Flowers & Walter Zooi from the Young Musician Foundation. “Musical Prodigy Rachel Flowers Talks Young Musicians Foundation and Performs Live!”
GETTHEFUNKOUTSHOW.KUCI.ORG Filmmaker Lorenzo DeStefano joins Janeane to talk about Rachel Flowers up-coming Hearing is Believing Concert April 12 7pm Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles http://getthefunkoutshow.kuci.org/2019/04/4819-945am-pst-filmmaker-lorenzo.html“HEARING IS BELIEVING” SCREENING & RACHEL FLOWERS LIVE IN CONCERT
ADVANCE 2019 LOS ANGELES EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
“HEARING IS BELIEVING” SCREENING & RACHEL FLOWERS LIVE IN CONCERT
FRIDAY APRIL 12, 2019
THE WILSHIRE EBELL THEATRE 4401 West 8th Street @ Wilshire Los Angeles, California 90005
Special Screening of “HEARING IS BELIEVING”, a film by Lorenzo DeStefano, followed by RACHEL FLOWERS – LIVE IN CONCERT.
Rachel will join members of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, performing the World Premiere of Rachel’s compositions “OTHER VOICES” & “CONCERTO FOR ORGAN & ORCHESTRA”
Information available from:
HEARING IS BELIEVING PRODUCTIONS
info@hearingisbelievingfilm.
Tickets & information available from: THE YOUNG MUSICIANS FOUNDATION 1844 Cypress Ave., Los Angeles, Ca. 93065 323 987-0065 / info@ymf.org / www.ymf.org
“HEARING IS BELIEVING” – UK FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE – SA. DEC. 8, 2018 – 6pm
Together! Disability Arts, Culture and Human Rights Film Festival
Old Town Hall Stratford
29 Broadway, London E15 4BQ, UK
“HEARING IS BELIEVING”
FESTIVAL WEBSITE
http://www.together2012.org.uk/activities-programme/together-2018-disability-film-festival/
Lorenzo DeStefano & Patti Channer are pleased to announce that “HEARING IS BELIEVING” will be screening at the AT LARGE MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL in Atlanta on SUNDAY OCTOBER 7 @ 1PM @ the Georgia State University’s Creative Media Industries Institute – 25 Park Pl NE, Atlanta, GA 30303.
Admission is free. For more information visit
http://atlargefest.com/portfolio-item/hearing-is-believing/
Thanks to Festival Director Rob Ganger for stepping up to share Rachel Flowers compelling story & music with his discerning festival audience.
EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS by famed Cuban Artist
PEDRO GONZÁLEZ PULIDO
OPENING NIGHT – FRIDAY – JUNE 8, 2018
The Martin V. and Martha K. Smith Pavilion – Museum of Ventura County
100 E. Main Street, Downtown Ventura
805.653.0323 / www.venturamuseum.org
6-7 pm Reception w/ music by RACHEL FLOWERS
7:15 Screening of “HEARING IS BELIEVING”
a film by Lorenzo DeStefano
Post-screening Q+A w/ Lorenzo DeStefano, Rachel Flowers, Jeanie Flowers & Patti Channer
TICKETS $20 and benefit the Flowers Family, the Museum of Ventura County, & Hearing is Believing Productions.
MOVIE TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON
CONTACT info@hearingisbelievingfilm.com / 805 302-2480 for further information.
www.hearingisbelievingfilm.com
GICLÉES of Pedro’s paintings are available for sale and benefit the artist.
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EXHBITION RUNS
FRIDAY JUNE 8TH – thru – SUNDAY JUNE 24, 2018
11 am to 5 pm • Tuesdays through Sundays
The exhibit in the Smith Pavilion will be available to the public on Wednesdays and Saturdays between 11 AM-5 PM,
or by appointment. Please call Denise Sindelar, Programs Director at 805-653-0323 ext 308 to request an appointment.
Museum Admission
$5.00 Adults (18 years & older)
$3.00 Seniors (62 and over) & Students with ID
$1.00 Children (17-6 years old)
Children 5 years old & younger are FREE
AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE @ THE AERO THEATRE
1328 Montana Ave, Santa Monica
WED. JUNE 7 @ 7PM
CINEMA VILLAGE
22 E. 12TH ST. , NYC
FRI. JUNE 16 THRU THURS. JUNE 22
1:15 / 3:15 / 5:15 / 7:15 / 9:15
LAEMMLE MUSIC HALL
9036 Wilshire Blvd. BEVERLY HILLS
FRI. JUNE 16 THRU THURS. JUNE 22
1:20 / 4:10 / 7:00 / 9:55
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART CINEMATHEQUE – SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
FRIDAY JUNE 30 thru SUN. JULY 2, 2017
14 PEWS CINEMA
800 AURORA ST, HOUSTON
THURS. JUNE 1 @ 7PM
ROXIE THEATRE
3117 16th ST, SAN FRANCISCO
SUNDAY MAY 28 @ 4:15PM
ASBURY PARK MUSIC + FILM FESTIVAL
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Saturday April 22 @ Noon
The Saint, 601 Main St.
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Filmmaker Lorenzo DeStefano Will Attend.
“HEARING IS BELIEVING” is an Official Selection of the 2017 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival and will be screening on Saturday March 18 & Sunday March 19. Rachel will also be performing. Thanks to Wendy Eidson, Nancy Ross Joynt & Stacey Snyder for this invitation to share Rachel’s story and music with their discerning audiences. More info available soon at www.slofilmfest.org.
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE DOCUMENTALES SANTIAGO ALVAREZ
Santiago de Cuba – March 6-11, 2017
http://www.santiagoalvarez.
http://www.ht2ff.com/ticket-2016/hearing-is-believing
The 36th Hawaii International Film Festival presents two screenings of “Hearing Is Believing,” the new feature documentary by award-winning, Hawaii-born writer and director Lorenzo DeStefano, on Tuesday November 8th at 5:45 p.m., with an encore screening on Friday November 11th at 1:30 p.m., both at the Regal Dole Cannery Theaters, 735 Iwilei Rd, Honolulu, HI 96817. Advance tickets & information http://program.hiff.org/films/
Berkeley Video & Film Festival – Oct. 28-30 / Nov. 4-6, 2016
http://www.berkeleyvideofilmfest.org/
Louisville’s International Festival of Film – Oct. 14, 2016
http://louisvillefilmfestival.org
Newburyport Documentary Film Festival – Sept 16-18, 2016
http://newburyportfilmfestival.org/
Oxnard Film Society – Mon. Sept 12, 2016
http://oxnardfilmsociety.org/?p=4688
Ventura Film Society – June 9, 2016
