“Orphans of Apollo” Screening and Benefit Set in Los Angeles

The late great Mir space station.

EXCLUSIVE LOS ANGELES FILM PREMIERE
“ORPHANS OF APOLLO”
with Director’s Question & Answer
Keynote Speaker: Astronaut & Test Pilot Brian Binnie
at the Historic Warner Grand Theatre
Friday, May 28, 2010 | 6:00 p.m. | 478 West 6th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
A Special Benefit for Manna Energy Foundation’s
“Geeks Without Frontiers”
SPONSORED BY TIMESHARE RELIEF, INC.©

A Celebration of Entrepreneurialism and a non-profit fundraiser with an exclusive screening of the film “Orphans of Apollo” will take place at the Historic Warner Grand Theatre (478 West 6^th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731) on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

Tickets may be purchased at https://orphansofapollo.com/warner-grand

“Orphans of Apollo” chronicles the dramatic adventure of the boldest business plan the Earth has ever seen. At the center of the film is ‘MirCorp’ – the very first entrepreneurial company to have a sole focus on the privatization of space with a fantastic vision of transforming the Russian Mir space station into an outpost for what was intended to be the first phase of a trillion dollar business. The project was to include mining of asteroids, gravity free laboratories, a space ‘hotel’ and a research facility. MirCorp was the ultimate start-up company unlike any other the universe had ever seen.

Join this band of rebels out to change the course of history in space as they board a private jet, fly to Russia, and negotiate one of the most remarkable business deals of the final frontier. Follow this diverse group as they pioneer their way through the new business of space. Listen to the management team as they struggle with issues of branding, finance, technology, and engage in the ultimate slugfest with the most powerful governments and bureaucrats.

Free Radical Productions has now made the documentary film, “Orphans of Apollo,” available on DVD at www.OrphansofApollo.com, or at www.amazon.com. “Orphans of Apollo” is the award-winning documentary that has been called the “greatest space story never told.”

ABOUT KEYNOTE SPEAKER – BRIAN BINNIE

As one of the first commercial astronauts in the history of the world, Brian Binnie made the historic flight of SpaceShipOne to win the X PRIZE, a $10 million+ award given to the first team to achieve a specific goal, determined by the X PRIZE Foundation, and has the potential to benefit humanity. Rather than honoring past achievements or directly funding research, an X PRIZE incites innovation by tapping into our competitive and entrepreneurial spirits.

Binnie has served as Test Pilot at Scaled Composites, LLC and as Commander, USN (Ret.) He holds an MS in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics from Brown University, an MS in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University and is a graduate of the U.S. Navy’s Test Pilot School (class 93, June 1987-May 1988) at Patuxent River.

MANNA ENERGY FOUNDATION & “GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS”

GEEKS is currently involved with providing humanitarian telecommunications solutions to Haiti. The global vision of GEEKS is to empower 1 billion people to sustainably elevate themselves out of poverty (earning $1 or less per day) over the next 10 years by leveraging a unified infrastructure platform for renewable energy, clean water, low-powered telecommunications, and advanced SMS-mobile and text applications. GEEKS will roll out a franchised model with local service providers and innovative technology partners and scale this platform across the world for maximum impact. The Manna Energy Foundation is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) representing a revolution in philanthropy with the vision that positive change comes from a combination of philanthropic action and social enterprise. www.mannaenergy.org

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR – MICHAEL POTTER

Documentary filmmaker Michael Potter is an expert on international technology and business and is one degree of separation from most of the key players in this remarkable and historic epic. Potter has published extensively on technology policy issues. He worked with “Orphans of Apollo” key figure Walt Anderson in creating a publicly traded pan-European telecommunications company. Potter previously worked on the 13 part WGBH Series, “War & Peace in the Nuclear Age.” He is a graduate of the London School of Economics.

ABOUT TIMESHARE RELIEF, INC.

Timeshare Relief, Inc. is an Inc. 500 company ranking at No. 318. Timeshare Relief is the industry leader in helping timeshare owners transfer timeshares out of their names so that they will no longer be responsible for the recurring costs of timeshare ownership, including maintenance fees, special assessments, HOA fees, etc. The company’s five year track record and inclusion in this year’s Inc. 500 proves that the Timeshare Relief method is successful and that customers are satisfied.

THE GRAND VISION FOUNDATION

Grand Vision Foundation’s mission is to preserve and promote the 80-year old historic, art deco Warner Grand Theatre and to foster artistic, cultural and educational activities in the Theatre and the Harbor/South Bay area of Los Angeles.

Arts advocates in San Pedro since 1996, Grand Vision produces live concerts, films, performances and special events at the Historic Warner Grand Theatre and recently at the 100-seat Grand Annex. The goal is to become a regionally-significant performing arts center and film house while preserving the historic character and community appeal of the theatre.