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| Stacy & Ari Goldberg arrive for the premiere of Rina Goldberg's "The Magic Bracelet"... photo courtesy Ella Batalon |
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| Bailee Madison & Hailee Steinfeld... photos by Ella Batalon |
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| Lana Parrilla joins The Magic Bracelet's Bailee Madison & Tamika Lamison.... photo by Ella Batalon |
Last nite was the very moving premiere of the late Rina Goldberg's short film called "The Magic Bracelet" at the WGA in Beverly Hills. Rina was a smart, sweet, socially conscious creative teen from Philadelphia that died from mitochondrial disease in December 2010 a fews weeks after her 15th birthday. "Mito" is a genetic disorder that prevents the body's cells from producing enough energy for the body to function. Rina wrote a feature length film in the hope of raising awareness about the disease and one of her dying wishes was for the film to be completed and have a big Hollywood premiere. Rina's mantra was "Always Love Life, Dream Big, Be Positive". Last nite Rina's wish came true thanks to Tamika Lamison's extraordinary "Make A Film Foundation", who's mantra is "LIFE... Camera... Action!", the film became a reality. Academy Award winning writer Diablo Cody came on board to streamline the story into a wonderful, family friendly short film starring popular young actresses Bailee Madison as Ashley, a young girl living with mito and Academy Award Nominee Hailee Steinfeld as Angela. The cast of the very inspiring, magical film directed by Jon Poll also includes Jackson Rathbone, Kaitlin Doubleday, James Van Der Beek, J.K. Simmons, Scarlett Estevez, Eve Janey, Shawn Klush, Macy Victoria Gumm & canine thespians Biscotti & Ricochet The Surf Dog. The evening was hosted by the colorful J.R. Martinez & also included a Mentorship Award to actor Chad Coleman & a Humanitarian Award to producer philanthropist Peter Samuelson of First Star. Teen singer Vasi Hunton performed her lovely song "7 Wonders" featured in the film. To learn more about volunteering or donating to Make A Film Foundation visit www.makeafilmfoundation.org
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Director Jon Poll & Bailee Madison last December on location for Rina Goldberg's "The Magic Bracelet"... photo courtesy MAFF
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| "Putzel" is the opening nite film of The Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival which starts June 1st |
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| Visit www.lajfilmfest.org for more details |
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