Plane Crash Survivors Screen their documentary on world-wide poverty "What Matters?"

On
Tuesday, February 18th, AMC Esquire
will take a break from its normal line-up of Hollywood blockbusters to screen a
film that will both educate and motivate the community about an issue of global
significance – extreme poverty.  The Esquire will host local filmmaker Dan
Parris, of Speak Up Productions, as he kicks off the national
screening campaign of What
Matters? in his hometown of St. Louis
at 6:30pm. 
Filmmakers and subjects Parris and David Peterka will conduct a Q&A session
with the audience after the film. 

This feature length
documentary focuses on 3 friends from St. Louis (two idealistic activists and
one skeptic) who attempt to live on $1.25 a day, the world’s standard for
extreme poverty, as they journey across 3 continents. Their adventure takes an
unexpected turn when two of them survive a deadly plane crash in Africa and all
three must fight to finish what they started.  The film chronicles the
lives of many poverty-stricken families and offers insight as to how this
problem can be addressed.  The filmmakers’ core goal is to
connect people who need something to live for with people who just need
something to live.

$12 *Please purchase tickets online by February
11  http://www.tugg.com/events/7568