Contest Profiles Real People's Creativity and Enthusiasm for Barack
Obama
Winner Will Run On National Television
WASHINGTON, March 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MoveOn.org joined
forces today with Academy Award-winners Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Oliver
Stone, multiple Grammy-winner John Legend and author Naomi Wolf to announce
a new ad contest, "Obama in 30 Seconds." The contest provides a platform
for Obama supporters to show in 30-second spots what inspires them about
the Senator's candidacy. MoveOn will buy time to run the winning ad on
national television.
"After eight years of President Bush campaigning on fear and war,
people are feeling hopeful again. They're eager to talk about what inspires
them about our country -- and Senator Obama leading it," said Eli Pariser,
Executive Director of MoveOn. "Since creative and grassroots energy has
helped power Barack Obama's campaign from the start, this contest is a
great way to deliver that message of hope to voters in Pennsylvania and
across the nation."
Joining MoveOn today in announcing the contest:
Ben Affleck, Academy Award-winning writer/actor/director:
"MoveOn's 'Obama in 30 seconds' ad contest is a chance for everyone,
from aspiring filmmakers to armchair pundits, to raise their voices to put
Obama over the top and help make history."
John Legend, Grammy-winning Musician:
"Part of the joy of this campaign is the tremendous amount of positive
creativity it has inspired. I think this contest is a powerful way for
ordinary citizens to be involved in an extraordinary moment in our history.
I'm thrilled to be a part of it."
The ads, which will be submitted at the "Obama in 30 Seconds" website
http://www.obamain30seconds.org/, will be judged by a celebrity judging
panel that includes Academy Award-winning writer/actor/director Ben
Affleck; Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor/director Steve Buscemi;
Academy Award-winning writer/actor Matt Damon; progressive hero & future
Congresswoman Donna Edwards; musician/activist Michael Franti;
actor/musician/director Adrian Grenier; Academy Award-nominated producer
Ted Hope; author & civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson;
award-winning documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy; Grammy-winning recording
artist John Legend; Stanford Law professor & founder of the Center for
Internet and Society Lawrence Lessig; recording artist & Bush in 30 Seconds
co-founder Moby; Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas; President of Lionsgate
Entertainment Tom Ortenberg; Native American activist and documentary
filmmaker Heather Rae; President of Focus Features James Schamus; producer,
author, and entrepreneur Russell Simmons; author, lecturer, & experimental
hip hop musician DJ Spooky; Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker
Ricki Stern; Academy Award-winning writer/director Oliver Stone; Academy
Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Annie Sundberg; Grammy & Golden Globe
award-winning songwriter and musician Eddie Vedder; and New York Times
best-selling author Naomi Wolf.
Contestants will be allowed to submit their ads between March 27th and
April 1st. Beginning April 4th, 3.2 million MoveOn members and the public
will have a chance to vote on which ads advance to the finals. On April
10th, the finalists will be announced and the panel of judges will begin
judging the final ads. The winning ad, and ad-maker, will be announced on
April 17th--just before Pennsylvania's April 22nd primary.
MoveOn Political Action will purchase air time on national television
to air the winning ad, and the winning ad-maker will receive a gift
certificate for $20,000 in video equipment.
For a complete description of the contest, please visit:
http://www.obamain30seconds.org/.
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