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DESCRIPTION:Whiz Kids – A World Premiere – \n- http://whizkidsmovie.com/\n\nA 
 Benefit Screening for San Francisco’s Exploratorium and\nThe Whiz Kids 
 Outreach and Education Project\nTues. June 16, 2009 at the Herbst Theatre, 
 401 Van Ness Ave. SF 94102\n6 pm - VIP Reception\n7 pm -  Screening 
 followed by Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. \n\nTickets are $15 for 
 the screening only. \nContact City Box Office - www.cityboxoffice.com\nFor 
 Premium Seating and VIP Reception, contact 415-331-8333 or email 
 whizkidscreening@eventorganizers.com\n\nFilmmakers Tom Shepard, Tina 
 DiFeliciantonio, Jane C. Wagner and \nMichael Duca, and the three teenaged 
 subjects of the film will be in attendance, along with several special 
 guests.\n\nFrom the filmmakers who brought you the Sundance and Emmy 
 Award-winning films \nSCOUT’S HONOR (winner (best Director Sundance 2001) 
 and GIRLS LIKE US comes the new feature length documentary WHIZ KIDS. The 
 film chronicles a battle of brainiacs—in this case, the competition is 
 the nation's oldest, most prestigious science competition. The world 
 premiere of WHIZ KIDS is at 7 pm, June 16, 2009 at the Herbst Theatre and 
 will benefit the Exploratorium and the WHIZ KIDS Outreach and Education 
 Fund. A VIP Reception will precede the screening at 6 pm.\n\nWHIZ KIDS is a 
 coming-of-age documentary that marks the distinct paths of three remarkably 
 passionate 16-year-old scientists who vie to compete, win or lose, in the 
 Intel Science Talent Search, which was formerly sponsored by Westinghouse. 
 Spitfire \nAna Cisneros is a first generation Ecuadorian American whose 
 parents came to the U.S. in search of a better life for their family. The 
 daughter of a former DuPont chemist from West Virginia, Kelydra Welcker is 
 an earnest environmental watchdog. Pakistani-born Harmain Khan is a 
 mercurial teen with enormous ambition.  While the competition itself 
 provides a grueling and emotionally compelling narrative, the filmmakers 
 agreed that the coming of age stories of its contenders would comprise the 
 heart of the film. \nFor a year and a half, they visited high schools 
 around the country searching for teenagers who were engaged in 
 sophisticated research. The team found students, who at 16 and 17, were 
 already working in university and government labs, sometimes alongside 
 Nobel Prize winning scientists. They also found students with fewer 
 resources who were making discoveries in the apocryphal basement or garage 
 lab. Several traits were consistent among these ‘whiz kids’—an 
 insatiable curiosity, a deeply felt determination to communicate their work 
 to the public and a passion to make a difference in the world. The subjects 
 of this film raise questions about class, courage, personal sacrifice, 
 success and failure, and in the process, learn as much about themselves as 
 they do about science.  \n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/22/18596916.php
SUMMARY:Whiz Kids - World Premiere Screening
LOCATION:Herbst Theatre - 401 Van Ness Ave. in SF 941092
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/22/18596916.php
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