Hi all,
SamaTo (With Aly, Amara, Ibrahima and co) will be playing for a
reception at a movie premiere at the Carter Center on Tuesday 11/30.

Tickets to the reception and the movie are $50 each, for sale at
www.tix.com. The event is sponsored by Lionsgate Films, but all of
the funds from ticket purchases are being donated to the
International Community School in DeKalb County, which is a new
Charter school opened to serve refugee, immigrant and local children.

The performance will be from 6-7pm, as people enter, and will be
reception-style, with gongoma, krin, drum, singing and some dancing.

Here are the details of the event from the invitation:

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Lt. Governor Mark
Taylor, Hon. Kathy Ashe, Hon. Sam and Robin Zamarripa, Martin Luther
King III, Sallie Adams Daniel, Michelle Nunn and Ron Martin,
Monique and Ferdinand Seefried and Wendy and Cedric Suzman
Invite you to a special screening of Lions Gate Films and Walden
Media's I AM DAVID
Believe in the Power to Change Your Destiny
The story of a 12-year-old refugee boy, David, who escapes a
Communist labor camp carrying a compass, a pocketknife, a sealed
letter, a bar of soap, a half-loaf of bread and instructions to go
to Denmark. Based on the acclaimed children's novel by Anne Holm,
the film stars Joan Plowright, Jim Caviezel, and Ben Tibber.
Benefiting International Community School A DeKalb County public
charter school for refugee, immigrant and local children.
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
6 pm – Check-in • 7 pm – Screening
The Carter Presidential Center, Cecil B. Day Chapel
453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia
VIP Reception to Follow
Tickets for Screening – $50
Tickets for VIP Reception and Screening – $100
For tickets call 800-595-4849 and refer to "I Am David" or place
orders online
at www.tix.com and look for the "I Am David" screening.
All ticket sales to benefit the International Community School.
Ticket sales are tax-deductible.
Please note: For security purposes, your name will be placed on a
list and admission tickets will be held for you
at Will Call. A valid photo ID will be required to redeem your
tickets. There will be no exceptions. In light of this
procedure, please allow extra time for your arrival.