A Call To Action Screening & Concert

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:00PM in Asheville, NC

Dave Matthews, Bob Weir, Trey Anastasio, Bela Fleck and many other musicians will appear in a soon-to-be released documentary entitled A Call to Action, chronicling how the HeadCount organization has brought political action to the live music community.

The movie debuted at The HBO Screening Room in New York City on January 31st, 2008 and was featured on the main stage of The Langerado Music Festival, which drew 20,000 people to Southern Florida earlier this month. The documentary will have its Asheville premiere at Cinebarre on April 16th, 2008.

"A Call to Action" was produced by Christopher Gaspar of Concepts4Charity (C4C) a non-profit organization devoted to promoting philanthropy through music and the arts. Several notable Asheville media professionals contributed to the project including David Bourne of Bourne Media, who not only edited the final project, but is also an executive producer of the documentary. David Schmidt of Acapella Audio took the lead on sound design for the movie and was in charge of delivering the final audio mix in post production.

Most of the project was filmed on location at the 2007 Langerado Music Festival, in the political hotbed of Broward County , Florida . Artists were asked to reflect on their support for the HeadCount organization and the role music can play in shaping American politics. Michael Franti, jazz trio Medeski, Martin and Wood, members of O.A.R., Galactic, STS9 and the North Mississippi All-Stars also appear in the movie. HeadCount co-chair Marc Brownstein of The Disco Biscuits and HeadCount board member Al Schnier of moe. were also interviewed for the project and gave their own unique insights into creating social change through music.