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'DEBATERS' SCREENED AT BAFTA/LA EVENT: Film's young stars on hand to meet and greet packed crowd of families.
*"The Great Debaters" got the royal treatment in Los Angeles Sunday at a special screening hosted for families by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles' Inner City Cinema.
The kid-filled gathering took place at Athens Park Gym at Helen Keller Park, which was once plagued by nearby rival gangs.
"Debaters" screenwriter Robert Eisele and the film's young stars Jurnee Smollett, Nate Parker and Denzel Whitaker were on hand at the screening to meet the families. The event was co-hosted by The Weinstein Company, C.U.R.E, Kalicoat Kids and P.C.I. in honor and memory of LAPD Officer Randal Simmons.
"This is bringing together two rival groups that are coming together to only do good for children," explained BAFTA/LA's Katy Haber. Since June 2005, BAFTA/LA has been holding monthly screenings at Helen Keller Park, in association with CURE, the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation/South County Community Services Agency, and Hollywood Outdoor Movies.
Parker, who posed for pictures and signed autographs alongside his "Debaters" co-stars, told the Associated Press: "God gave me this opportunity to be an actor, to be able to have this certain level of celebrity, and there is no greater use of that than to help kids."
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