Home Box Office and SIFF Cinema Present the Premiere Screening of New Drama Series The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Home Box Office and SIFF Cinema Present the Premiere Screening of New Drama Series The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Q&A To Follow With Alexander McCall Smith, Author Of Best-Selling Novels Series Is Based On

   WHAT:       Home Box Office and SIFF Cinema present the Seattle premiere               of the new seven-episode drama series NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE               AGENCY, on Thursday, March 26 in advance of the HBO debut.                The international bestselling novels by Alexander McCall               Smith chronicle the adventures of Precious Ramotswe, the               eminently sensible and wise proprietor of the only               female-owned detective agency in Botswana. Filmed in               Botswana, the series stars Grammy Award winner Jill Scott               as heroine Precious Ramotswe, one of the most beloved               characters in contemporary fiction.                The Pilot episode debuts on HBO Sunday, March 29 (8pm ET/PT).    WHEN:       THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2009               6:30 P.M. - Screening               8:30 P.M. - Filmmaker Discussion               8:45 P.M. - Reception    WHERE:      SIFF CINEMA: MCCAW HALL, SEATTLE CENTER, 321 Mercer St.    WHO:        ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH, Author, "The No.1 Ladies'               Detective Agency"                McCall Smith was born in what is now Zimbabwe and was               educated there and in Scotland. He has written more than               60 books, including specialist academic titles, short               story collections, and a number of immensely popular               children's books. The "Detective Agency" series has now               been translated into 39 languages and has sold over 14               million copies worldwide.                Electronic Clip Reels and JPEG's available upon request    PRESS CONTACT:  Suzanne Baum: suzanne.baum@hbo.com or 510.610.3911    /PRNewswire -- March 10/  

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