Real Art Ways and Film-Truth Productions
present
the Theatrical Release of
"A Certain Kind of Beauty"
May 11, 2006 at 8pm
Hartford, Connecticut, April 26, 2006 – Real
Art Ways will present the theatrical release of Film-Truth Productions
new film,
A CERTAIN KIND OF BEAUTY on Thursday, May 11 at 8:00 p.m.
The documentary, which has been six years in the making, is about
Dan Aronie, son of acclaimed writer and
former Hartford resident Nancy Aronie, whose battle with Multiple
Sclerosis has been diligently and beautifully filmed by family and
friends
since
his
diagnosis six years ago.
“A CERTAIN KIND OF BEAUTY broke my heart and
renewed my spirit. A film like this makes the world better.”-
Wally Lamb, best selling author of SHE'S COME UNDONE & I KNOW
THIS MUCH IS TRUE.
The first rough cut of selected scenes from 
A
CERTAIN KIND OF BEAUTY were screened at Real Art Ways two years ago
to an enthusiastic sold-out
crowd, and the family and filmmakers are thrilled to return there
for the theatrical premiere. There is a 7:30pm reception,
as well as post screening reception. Dan Aronie, his parents Nancy
and Joel,
and filmmakers Liz Witham and Ken Wentworth will be at the film’s
pre- and post-
screening receptions, and will give a brief Q&A
following the film. Admission is $5 for Real Art Ways Members; $9
for Non-Members. Student/ senior admission is $4.50 for Real Art
Ways Members; $6.25 for Non-Members. Advance tickets suggested. Please
call 860-232-1006 x222. Additional information about the screening
can be found at www.realartways.org.
Twenty-seven when his mother, the accomplished writer and author, Nancy Aronie,
first began filming him, Dan was a model and aspiring actor, handsome,
strong-willed, able-bodied. As his story unfolds
through the eyes of people closest to him, we come to know a man
who is no longer built like a rock, but whose heart could move a
mountain.
The film was co-directed by Nancy Aronie and filmmaker Liz Witham,
of Film-Truth Productions. Witham and her partner Ken Wentworth,
who co-produced the film, decided to take the project on in 2003,
after watching footage that the family had shot of Dan. “When
I saw their tapes, I was blown away by the intimacy and honesty that
they had captured, and I realized how important, and yet how seldom
we get to explore the difficult, but often inspirational and strangely
life-affirming aspects of a disease such as MS,” Witham says.
Witham and Wentworth, who founded Film-Truth productions together,
were also inspired to take on this project because they felt that
a film like this one would be an important tool to stimulate dialogue
and raise awareness about degenerative diseases such as Multiple
Sclerosis. The film, and the Circle of Hope outreach campaign, have
been supported by celebrities such
as directors Harold Ramis and Peter Farrelly and actors Ted
Danson and Mary Steenburgen. For more information about
this film, and the Circle of Hope Campaign, visit www.film-truth.com.
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