FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 24, 2008
Media Contact: Donald J. Hughes 904.548.4481

FCCJ Nassau Center’s Courtyard Nights presents a special screening of “Beyond the Call”

The Florida Community College Betty P. Cook Nassau Center opens the Courtyard Nights season with a special film presentation of “Beyond the Call.” The program will be held Tuesday, October 7, at 7 p.m. in the Nassau Room. A reception with producer/director Adrian Belic will follow the 81 minute film. The event is sponsored by the FCCJ Nassau Center, the News Leader/Nassau County Record, the FCCJ Artist Series and the Amelia Island Film Festival and is on a tour supported by the Southern Arts Federation.

“Beyond the Call” was created by brothers Adrian and Roko Belic. The film has screened at more than 100 film festivals on five continents and has garnered 35 awards. The film is about Ed Artis, James Laws and Walt Ratterman, three middle-aged men whose idea of adventure is taking desperately needed food and medicine into the world’s most forbidding yet naturally beautiful places, often at the front lines of war. Following the motto of “High Adventure and Service to Humanity,” their specialty is going where death from landmines, bullets or bombs is as frequent as death from hunger, disease or the elements. They help out in places that other aid organizations deem too dangerous. One of the most honored documentaries in recent memory, “Beyond the Call,” inspires as it entertains.

The event is free and open to the public. The Betty P. Cook Nassau Center is at 76346 William Burgess Blvd., Yulee, located .5 miles east of Interstate 95/A1A intersection. Please call 904.548.4432 for additional information or directions.