Host a Premiere Party!

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Congratulations to the winners of the Nostalgia for the Light Premiere Party Pack Giveaway: Kiira Benzing (Ridgewood, NJ) & Patsy Raney (Eugene, OR)

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Ready to host your own Nostalgia for the Light Premiere Party? It's easy -- red carpet not required! Here's a guide to getting started.

Planning

Set a date and place -- Invite as many people as you like to your home, school, community center or any location to watch Nostalgia for the Light on your television or laptop. Nostalgia for the Light will have its national broadcast premiere on Thursday, October 18th at 10 p.m. (check local listings). Host your party the night of the premiere or during the first two weeks that the film is streaming online. http://video.pbs.org.

Invite your guests -- Use the Punchbowl invite template for an easy way to invite friends and family. Sign into Punchbowl for free and choose the Movie/TV theme to create your Premiere Party invitation-- www.punchbowl.com

Test your A/V equipment and check your local listings -- Make sure your TV or computer connection works before the big bash. And check to make sure that Nostalgia for the Light is airing at the right time on your PBS station by entering your zip code on POV's TV Schedule Page.

Watch Nostalgia for the Light!

Talk about the film -- Encourage your guests to share their insights and reactions. You can also give your guests a bit of context about the film (head over to the Film Description to read more about the film, and see what the filmmaker has to say).

One way to get a discussion going is to pose a general question such as:

  • If you could ask anyone in the film a single question, who would you ask and what would you ask him or her?
  • What did you learn from this film? What insights did it provide?
  • Describe a moment or scene in the film that you found particularly disturbing or moving. What was it about that scene that was especially compelling for you?

Or try a film-specific discussion question:

  • The filmmaker says, "Miguel and his wife are for me a metaphor of Chile. He is remembering whilst Anita is forgetting as she has Alzheimer's disease." Besides disease, what other things make us forget? What inspires us to intentionally preserve memory (like Miguel did by measuring the prisons where he was held so he could draw them later)? What prompts us to rediscover?
  • The filmmaker says, "Where do we come from? It's a key question. It has always been at the core of our civilizations." Why do you think "where do we come from?" has been a key question for humans? What do you think we hope to discover by finding the answer?
  • Victor's mother was exiled by the Pinochet regime, so he was raised in Germany. He observes, "I'm a child from nowhere. I'm not from Chile, nor am I from the country where I was born." Why does national identity matter to us? What is the impact of living in diaspora?

Take pictures-- Take pictures of your party and upload them to POV's Premiere Party Flickr group

Tweet, Blog, Facebook-- We want to know who joined in, what you thought of the film and what you talked about. Blog about your party and send us a link, Tweet @POVengage to tell POV what you discussed, or Fan POV on Facebook and leave us a comment.

Take Action-- Find out more about the issues and learn how you can take action.

Tell us about your Premiere Party for a chance to receive a POV Prize Pack-- Visit the Nostalgia for the Light Premiere Party Entry Page two weeks after the Thursday night premiere (the contest ends at 5 p.m. ET two weeks after the national broadcast premiere) to tell POV about your experience and to enter the giveaway.Make sure to leave us your email address, and you may be selected to receive a POV Party Pack!

There will be two Party Pack winners for each POV broadcast for a total of 26 winners. All entries will be eligible for the Grand Prize, which will include all of the gifts plus a Sony a77 DSLR camera and lens (Retail value: $1,999). The Grand Prize winner will be announced on January 29, 2013.