Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 21:42:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Wemajbd@aol.com (by way of Bill Fishman)
Subject: (Fwd) Makers of IT'S ELEMENTARY seek subjects for New
  Documentary

Just passing this along.
Bf.

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Dear Friends,

I am happy to announce that Women's Educational Media, the award-winning
makers of IT'S ELEMENTARY: Talking About Gay Issues In School and Deadly
Deception are embarking on a new video entitled "My Family Is Special."  We
need your
help finding the families who will be featured!  Please join us and make this
exciting new idea a reality.  (No checkbooks required.)

"My Family Is Special" will introduce children in kindergarten through
third grade to a variety of family structures and provide positive images and
vocabulary to  help them better understand and appreciate our diverse
communities.  The twenty minute video, one of a three part series entitled
"Respect For All," profiles children whose families are virtually invisible
in most books and audio-visual productions, and gives
names to some situations which peers, and often teachers, frequently feel
confused or uncomfortable discussing in a neutral manner.  The children
in the videos will tell their own stories using the vocabulary of
divorce, adoption, single parenting, gay dads and lesbian moms etc.


This is where you come in.  We need families to participate in "My Family
Is Special."  We need engaging, articulate, outgoing kids between the ages of
6-10 years old, of every race.

Please Help Us Find Families In The Following Categories:
x Children of divorced parents
x Adopted children
x Children being raised by a family member other than their mother or
father (i.e. a grandparent, aunt, or uncle etc.)
x Children with single parents (whose other biological parent is not
involved)
x Children with gay or lesbian parents

Please send families our way!  It has been more difficult to cast this
film than you might imagine but the task will certainly be worth the
value of the film.  This is an important educational tool and we want to
make it available as soon as possible.  Please pass this email onto
families who might be interested in becoming involved.  Please contact
me, Ariella Ben-Dov at Women's Educational Media (415) 641-4616 or email
wemajbd@aol.com with any suggestions or questions.  We would also be
happy to send you extra flyers  and call or write specific families
directly.

I appreciate your time and look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely,

Ariella Ben-Dov
Associate Producer
Women's Educational Media

(415) 641-4616
(415) 641-4632 fax