"Under Our Skin," Lyme disease film and panel

NEWS RELEASE
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Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival

P.O. Box 550, Bridgehampton, NY 11932

www.ht2ff.com          info@ht2ff.com

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEAS            E                            CONTACT: Jacqui Lofaro, Founder & Executive Director,      Ever been bitten by a deer tick? Do you want to know more about Lyme disease? Then this documentary film and panel discussion are for you.

The Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival, now in its fourth year, is hosting a pre-festival screening of “Under Our Skin,” the 86-minute critically acclaimed and Academy Award short-listed documentary on Lyme disease on Tuesday, October 18, 7 p.m. at Peconic Landing, 1500 Brecknock Road in Greenport.

Produced and directed by Andy Abrahams Wilson, the documentary, a 20-time winner at international film festivals, investigates one of the most controversial and fastest growing epidemics of our time and reveals the fault lines in medical research and healthcare for this disease.

After the film, Suffolk County Legislator Edward Romaine will speak on the issue. This will be followed by a previously-taped panel discussion featuring the renowned Lyme disease specialist Dr. Joseph Burrascano, the Southampton family practitioner Dr. Peter Raia, and Stacey Sobel, executive director of Turn the Corner Foundation, dedicated to education and research for Lyme disease.

Tickets at $10 will be available at the door.

“We feel hosting this screening is important to educate and inform the East End community, which is at the epicenter of an alarming increase in tick-borne diseases,” said Bridgehampton filmmaker Jacqui Lofaro, founder and executive director of the Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival.

Following up on the pre-festival screening of “Under Our Skin,” the Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival is scheduled this year for the weekend of November 18-20.

Opening night at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Friday, November 18, will honor the work of pioneering filmmaker Richard Leacock (1921-2011), who worked with other documentary greats D.A. Pennebaker and Albert Maysles. The film fest continues on Saturday, November 19, with all day and evening screenings at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre, and the identical schedule repeated for western audiences at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on Sunday, November 20.           

Further information is available from executive director Jacqui Lofaro at info@ht2ff.com.