HBO and Comcast Host Premiere of the new HBO Sports documentary, 'JOE LOUIS: AMERICA'S HERO... BETRAYED' on Tuesday, February 12, 2008

HBO and Comcast Host Premiere of the new HBO Sports documentary, 'JOE LOUIS: AMERICA'S HERO... BETRAYED' on Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Who: Film producer Joe Lavine of HBO Sports

When:
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
5:30 p.m. - Reception
7:00 p.m. - Screening

Where:
The Gem Theater
333 Madison Avenue, Detroit

What: HBO in partnership with Comcast present an invitation-only advanced screening of the new HBO Sports documentary "Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed"

Details: JOE LOUIS: AMERICA'S HERO...BETRAYED underscores Louis' importance during a critical time in America's history. From the Great Depression through World War II and into the 1950s, Detroit's Joe Louis was the poster boy for the American way of life. In 1938, when Louis defeated Germany's Max Schmeling, his victory was interpreted as democracy's defeat of Nazism, boosting public morale and transforming him into a true American hero.

The high-profile list of interviewees who discuss Louis' impact in the documentary includes: his son, Joe Barrow, Jr.; former President Jimmy Carter; poet Maya Angelou; actor-comedian Jerry Lewis; comedian-activist Dick Gregory; Pete and Louis Marciano, brothers of boxer Rocky Marciano; writer Gay Talese; congressman Charles Rangel; and other notable writers, biographers and historians.

JOE LOUIS: AMERICA'S HERO...BETRAYED will premiere on HBO February 23, 2008

Journalists are encouraged to pre-register with Hugh McMullen at 312-408-2580 x15 / hugh@vdcom.com.

CONTACT: Hugh McMullen, Valerie Denney Communications, +1-312-408-2580 x15, +1-740- 707-7493 (cell), hugh@vdcom.com

/PRNewswire - Feb. 12/

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