HBO, Cox Communications & Mediacom Join the Francis M. Weston Audubon Society to Host Florida Premiere of "SAVING PELICAN 895," Monday, April 11 at Pensacola's Historic Saenger Theatre, Marking First Anniversary of the BP Oil Spill

HBO, Cox Communications & Mediacom Join the Francis M. Weston Audubon Society to Host Florida Premiere of "SAVING PELICAN 895," Monday, April 11 at Pensacola's Historic Saenger Theatre, Marking First Anniversary of the BP Oil Spill

Documentary Follows the Efforts to Rescue One Endangered Oiled Pelican, Debuts April 20, Exclusively on HBO

Directed by Oscar® Nominee Irene Taylor Brodsky, Scheduled to Attend

HBO, Cox Communications and Mediacom
have partnered with the Francis M.
Weston Audubon Society to host the
invitation-only Florida premiere of
the HBO Documentary Films
Presentation SAVING PELICAN 895. More
than 7,000 birds were killed as a
result of the April 2010 BP oil spill
that spread throughout the Gulf of
Mexico. But after three months,
cleanup workers at the Fort Jackson
Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
of Louisiana had rescued 894
surviving oiled pelicans. SAVING
PELICAN 895 presents the story of the
effort to save the 895th surviving
oiled pelican in Louisiana, showing
how conservationists, government
agencies and wildlife activists
joined forces to preserve this one
life. The film follows LA 895 from
his rescue and recovery as an
incapacitated juvenile bird with oil-
slicked feathers through his ultimate
maturation and release back into the
What: wild.
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Producer, director, writer and
cinematographer Irene Taylor Brodsky,
an Emmy(R) and Peabody Award winner and
an Oscar(R) nominee, is scheduled to
attend and is available for
Who: interview.

When: Monday, April 11, 2011:
7:00 p.m. Screening

Where: Saenger Theatre
118 South Palafox Place
Downtown Pensacola

Media requests should be directed to: Carmen Argamasilla, HBO, 305-446-6695 or 305-491-3051 (cell) or Carmen@redfoxpr.com.

*Clip reels are available for broadcast media.

/PRNewswire -- March 30, 2011/

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