From the African Rain Forest to Sunset Boulevard, "PUNCTURED HOPE" is Screening in Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES, CA, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - The feature film "PUNCTURED HOPE - A STORY ABOUT TROKOSI AND YOUNG GIRLS' SLAVERY IN TODAY'S WEST AFRICA" is Toronto Pictures' Academy Awards(R) and Golden Globe Awards(R) entry.

Gala opening in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theater on Tuesday, November 10 at 7:30 PM (8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood).

Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association(R) and members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association are invited to attend. RSVP at (1) 647-296-3459.

Public screenings of PUNCTURED HOPE take place in Encino at the Laemmle Town Center 5 Theater - November 13 to 19 - one screening per day at 8:15 PM (17200 Ventura Blvd.).

Director Bruno Pischiutta and Producer Daria Trifu are in Los Angeles and they are available for interviews with the media. Inquiries: (1) 647-296-3459

PUNCTURED HOPE is based on the true life story of a West African Trokosi slave. She was genitally mutilated and sexually abused for years when, as a virgin girl, she was enslaved to become a victim of the Trokosi custom practice. Trokosi is one of the widest spread forms of women slavery that exists today in the world.

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448093

Video Clips: http://www.youtube.com/TorontoPictures

PUNCTURED HOPE was an official selection at the Montreal World Film Festival where it achieved critical and public success. News: http://www.editurl.com/3jv

About Maestro Bruno Pischiutta:

Born in Udine, Italy in 1947, Bruno Pischiutta began his film career in the late 1960s as an actor in films by Francesco Rosi, Nanni Loy and Billy Wilder. In 1975 he founded the Centro Iniziative di Azione Culturale in Rome. He made his directorial debut in 1975 with COMPAGNE NUDE, and he moved to Canada in 1983. His other films include ULTIMO INCONTRO A VENEZIA (1977), ISOLA MECCANICA (1978), THE COMOEDIA (1981), LIFE'S CHARADE (1987), MAYBE (2003).

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0994395

About Toronto Pictures (Symbol: TTOPF):

Targeting a global audience, Toronto Pictures explores different cultures and addresses controversial issues of our time in dramatic format. Toronto Pictures produces Hollywood standard, 35 mm feature films that provoke thought not violence.

Website: http://torontopictures.ning.com

SOURCE Toronto Pictures Inc.

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