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National Dodos Darwin Day

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LOS ANGELES, January 10, 2007 -- Charles Darwin and his birthday are about to attain national prominence like never before. More than 30 cities will celebrate National Darwin Day on and around February 12 (Darwin's birthday) with screenings and panel discussions at some of America's most prestigious museums and theater houses, debuting the critically acclaimed feature documentary, FLOCK OF DODOS: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus.

The highlight of the national movement is the celebration in Kansas, the epicenter of recent evolution conflicts, saluting the actions of the new pro-evolution Kansas School board. On February 13 it will become the first school board in US history to overturn intelligent design standards (which were established by the previous board).

The Kansas event will include a Dodos screening underscoring the local victory celebration hosted by The University of Kansas Natural History Museum with a Rocky Horror-style costume contest where the audience will be encouraged to come dressed as Charles Darwin, a dodo or Muffy Moose, the star of the film.

Originally invited to showcase at the Tribeca Film Festival, FLOCK OF DODOS played to sold-out audiences and was critically acclaimed with reviews including the following:

"You'll flip for FLOCK OF DODOS." - New York Times

"Poised for instant success." - Variety

"Humorous and entertaining" - Reuters

"..An entertaining film that will gently prod it's viewers in the direction of the truth. For the sake of sound thinking, this is an important accomplishment." - National Review

"The film lends a hand to the public in understanding the controversy swirling around the teaching of evolution vs. intelligent design," says writer-director, Dr. Randy Olson, who is both an accomplished evolutionary biologist and a filmmaker.

This year Flock of Dodos will provide the highest profile activity for Darwin Day celebrations across the country. Some of the highlights will include appearances by filmmaker Randy Olson, Muffy Moose, 3 live dodos and, if luck has it, Charles Darwin.

Cities featuring National Darwin Day events and screenings of the film include New York, Washington, DC, Chicago and virtually every major city around the country. Prominent venues include the American Cinematheque/Eqyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, Seattle's Pacific Science Center, among many others.

In addition to filling theaters with laughter, the film has won praise from major academics including Harvard University evolutionary psychologist, Dr. Steven Pinker who said, "its great fun to watch and scientists would do well to look into the mirror it holds up."

Synopsis

FLOCK OF DODOS is the first feature documentary (85 mins.) to present both sides of the evolution vs. intelligent design controversy that recently appeared on the covers of Time and Newsweek. Filmmaker and evolutionary biologist Dr. Randy Olson chronicles the ongoing brouhaha between condescending scientists and extremist intelligent designers, a movement that evolutionists refer to as "creationism in a cheap tuxedo." Along the way, Olson finds time to poke equal fun at both sides of the debate, and at the same time delve head first into the seriousness of the issue that is at the heart of our country's current political division.

Release Dates

-Theatrical: Dodos Darwin Day (See Map Above)

-Educational DVD (for classroom and library use): ask your local library or University to purchase a copy at Documentary Educational Resources www.der.org

-Cable/TV: Showtime starting Summer of 2007

-Home DVD: Summer of 2007