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DESCRIPTION:Whiz Kids \nWORLD PREMIERE  - http://whizkidsmovie.com/\nA Benefit 
 Screening for San Francisco’s Exploratorium and\nThe Whiz Kids Outreach 
 and Education Project\nJune 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. 
 Contact City Box Office at www.cityboxoffice.com\nFor Premium Seating and 
 VIP Reception, contact 415-331-8333 or email 
 whizkidsscreening@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 and GIRLS LIKE US comes the new 
 feature length documentary \nWHIZ 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 Ana 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. For 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\nAbout the Filmmakers\nDirector and co-producer Tom Shepard was a teen 
 scientist and a Science Talent Search finalist in 1987 and has directed and 
 produced documentaries for over 12 years.  SCOUT’S HONOR won the Audience 
 Award for Best Documentary and Freedom of Expression Award at the 2001 
 Sundance Film Festival. He also co-directed and produced KNOCKING, a film 
 about Jehovah’s Witnesses, which garnered several national awards. 
 \n\nCo-director, co-producer and director of photography Tina 
 DiFeliciantonio and editor, writer and sound recordist Jane C. Wagner's 
 collaboration began while they were in Stanford University's masters film 
 program, where DiFeliciantonio made her directing debut with the student 
 Oscar-winning LIVING WITH AIDS. Their film GIRLS LIKE US won the Grand Jury 
 Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/29/18599264.php
SUMMARY:Whiz Kids - Benefit Screening June 16, 2009
LOCATION:Herbst Theatre 401 VAn Ness Ave, SF CA 94102
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/29/18599264.php
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