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"Truth and
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An Open
Invitation to Participate in -- "THE
MOMENT" -- Dr.
Freeman's Latest Book Project
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Here -- Check for Return To Glory Film Screenings in your area
An Open Letter:
Recently a Prison Chaplain reported,
"We showed the film to approximately 350 inmates (Christians, Muslims, atheists, Black, White and Hispanic) at the Indian Creek Correctional Facility, Chesapeake, VA. Normally, when we do something like this with this many in attendance, there is a lot of talking and shuffling about. We work with these guys every week and I know how tough many of them are to reach. But while the film was being shown we were amazed because there was absolute silence in the entire auditorium for 45 minutes. You could have heard a pin drop. When the film was finished the entire group spontaneously stood up with a standing ovation. I saw quite a few with tears in their eyes. I have never seen anything quite like this before. In this prison we deal with a few men who are philosophers and thinkers. They love to debate everything. After seeing the film, they told me that they were blown away by the message of this film. They want a copy of the film for their library. I am sure that it will be watched many times. Based upon this single experience, I am confident that this Return To Glory film will have a positive impact in every prison across
America."
An educator said, "...it fills a void in knowledge for all. The film was very accurate with the history and everyone can learn something, regardless...very
inspirational."
Endorsed by such
notables as Bill Cosby, Julius Erving, Ben Carson, Joe Frazier, Tony
Campolo and Tony Evans, RETURN TO GLORY: THE POWERFUL STIRRING OF
THE BLACK MAN has been enthusiastically received by an
international readership from many regions including: West Africa,
South Africa, North America, London, and the Caribbean. The visual,
film version of the book is powerful!
Through the Return To Glory Foundation Don and Joel are continuing to raise the funds necessary to donate a special
"not-for-resale" edition of the DVD version of the film (with uncut interviews, Ancient Egyptian Photo Gallery, music videos from DC Talk,
Lil' iROCC, NAS and more surprises) to every juvenile detention center, prison and school (Middle, Junior High, Senior High, College, University) in America. This is an enormous, ongoing project...
We welcome your financial help with this ambitious project, which includes plans to translate the film into French, Portuguese
and Spanish. We will then raise the funds necessary to donate over 100,000 copies of the PAL video version of the film throughout the continent of Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean and parts of Europe . Contact Freeman and Griffin with your creative fund raising ideas.
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RETURN
TO GLORY is the non-profit
vehicle we have established to raise the funds necessary to
distribute the video version to schools, prisons and juvenile
detention centers. Put your finger on our "organizational
pulse" as you read the bylaws. You can donate online below.
Read
Bylaws For This Film Project
Here is how
financial givers win:
- Tax deductible
donation and the satisfaction of being a part of an excellent
project that reveals an important message to this generation.
- Financial givers
realize that we can manufacture and mail a DVD version of the
film for $5 per DVD. (Example: a donation of $10,000 will enable
us to manufacture and distribute 2000 DVDs to schools or prisons
across America or Africa.)
- An individual
donor may want to have a special edition manufactured, with the
corporate logo on the lower front corner of the DVD case. We can
even include a special letter of introduction within the DVD
case. Call us to discuss this option.
- We are happy to
provide a link on our web site, pointing people to your
organization's web site, recognizing your organization's passion
for getting the "Return To Glory" message out.

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How sponsoring
organizations/corporations win:
- Every radio/TV
interviewer will be told about the various corporate sponsors
who made this possible.
- The sponsoring
corporate logos/links will be on the web site
returntoglory.org forever and also the logos of the
corporate sponsors can be included on the front cover of a
special edition of the DVD.
- Financial givers
realize that we can manufacture and mail a DVD version of the
film for $5 per DVD. (Example: A donation of $10,000 will enable
us to manufacture and distribute 2000 DVDs to schools or prisons
across America or Africa.)
- Obvious tax
deductions.
Destiny Image Publishers will be the
primary distributor of the film. Jeremiah Films, Lift Every Voice
and Urban
Ministries, Inc. (UMI, Chicago) will be some of the secondary
distributors of the film. UMI currently serves between 30K – 40K
African American churches with educational materials for all ages.
There are a number of other regional and international distributors
interested in non-exclusive distribution rights.
We are open to your creative distribution ideas.
Since this is a not-for-profit, charity model, no individual can or
will profit from revenues that may or may not come in from potential
video rentals, distribution rights, broadcast rights, etc. and there
are no guarantees that any money will be realized on this video/film
project.
Keeping that in mind, 25 percent of rebroadcast rights will go to
fund future film projects with a similar message made at the Regent
University School
of Cinema. Students interested in this type of
film will earn the right to hone their skills and to give them work
experience that will in turn help them become more marketable in the
film industry.
Our goal is to donate a special DVD version of the film to every juvenile detention
center, prison and school (Middle, Junior High, Senior High,
College, University) in America. Our youth need to be educated. We
want to do our small part to help with this education. How can you
help?
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In August, 2002 Dr. Freeman and Producer/Director
Steve Alston traveled to West Africa to collaborate on a 2nd project
tentatively titled African Kings: A White Man's Journey Into the
Past, Present and Future of African Kingdoms. Freeman and Alston
were given unprecedented access to many African Kings . The recorded
interviews with these Kings that can only be seen in this upcoming
documentary. To be released late 2003, this film
combines tribal dances and stunning photography while addressing the
past, present and future perspectives of the African Kingdoms. This
project serves as a sister project to the soon to be released
"Return to Glory" documentary.
Renowned painter,
Leonard
Freeman painted
the image used for the insert included in every video and DVD
case.
We are excited by his passion for these projects.
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-- D o
n a t i o n O p t i o n s f o r R e t
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How You Can
Participate In This Project?
1. Send a generous, tax deductible check or money order to:
Return to Glory
Attention: Film Project
Box 305
Gambrills, MD 21054
410-729-4011
2. Because of the ongoing impact of the message of this film,
your church can select Return To Glory to be a part of its
"Mission's Budget". The money donated will help to
distribute the special DVD version of the film to schools and
prisons across America and/or across Africa.
3. Perhaps you can host an area-wide screening of the film,
inviting a number of pastors and leaders to attend a screening
at your church. You can encourage a number of churches to make
Return To Glory a part of their annual "Mission's
Budgets". A wonderful by-product springing from this type
of screening -- the film can also serve as a tool for
cross-cultural understanding and dialogue when various
churches come together for such a purpose.
4. Your company/organization/family/sorority/fraternity/club
can commit to making a monthly or yearly donation.
5. Ask some neighbors, co-workers and friends to come over to
your home for a private screening of the film. See if they are
willing to help with their prayers and financial support.
6. Make a contribution in memory of or in honor of someone
dear to you. Please indicate a name and address of the
individual to whom an acknowledgement can be sent if you would
like the Return To Glory Foundation to do so. Dollar amounts
are not included in the letters of acknowledgement.
7. Don Griffin and Joel Freeman are available to attend
(schedule permitting) a limited number of regional film
screenings (may be viewed as fund raising events). Contact
them if you have some creative ideas you are confident can be
implemented. Don or Joel can attend, making some remarks after
the screening and then fielding some questions.
8. Donate by credit card:
Don and Joel are
excited about your participation in spreading the message of Return
To Glory. Thank you!
100,000 Blessings,
Joel
& Don
Joel
A. Freeman, Ph.D. &
Don B. Griffin, M.A.
Main
contact number: 410-729-4011
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