HBO Documentary Films and The Chambliss Center for Children To Premiere "PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK: THE LIFE & TIMES OF KATRINA GILBERT" At Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium On Tuesday, March 4

HBO Documentary Films and The Chambliss Center for Children To Premiere "PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK: THE LIFE & TIMES OF KATRINA GILBERT" At Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium On Tuesday, March 4

Filmmakers Shari Cookson and Nick Doob; Film Subject Katrina Gilbert and Mayor Andy Berke scheduled to attend

Post Screening Discussion to Follow Film

WHAT: The invitation-only, Chattanooga premiere of the HBO Documentary Film PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK: THE LIFE & TIMES OF KATRINA GILBERT presented by HBO in partnership with The Chambliss Center for Children

From Maria Shriver's groundbreaking multi-platform project "The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink," PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KATRINA GILBERT tells the moving story of a year in the life of one mother whose daily struggles illuminate the challenges faced by more than 42 million American women and the 28 million children who depend on them. Directed and produced by Shari Cookson and Nick Doob (HBO's Emmy®-winning "The Memory Loss Tapes") and executive produced by Peabody and Emmy® winner Maria Shriver (HBO's "The Alzheimer's Project") and HBO's Sheila Nevins, the film is the unvarnished account of a single mom struggling to get ahead, but constantly getting knocked back by a system that almost seems designed to see her fail.

Filmed over the course of one year in Chattanooga, Tenn., PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK follows Katrina Gilbert, a 30-year-old mother of three who works as a certified nursing assistant in an extended-care facility while striving to address her own health-care issues. Overworked, underpaid, uninsured and lacking support, she chooses daily between purchasing her own medication and paying for the needs of her three children, which often leaves her struggling to make ends meet. Despite these obstacles, Gilbert works to better her circumstances--applying for college courses that could raise her income. But circumstances often leave her slipping backwards, wondering if she will ever truly be able to get ahead.

PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK was directed and produced by Emmy®-award winners Shari Cookson and Nick Doob (HBO's THE MEMORY LOSS TAPES, part of THE ALZHEIMER'S PROJECT); executive producers, Shelia Nevins and Maria Shriver; senior producer, Nancy Abraham; producer, Sascha Weiss and edited by Charlton McMillan.

WHO: The following are available for interviews:


-- Shari Cookson, director and producer of PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK
-- Nick Doob, director and producer of PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK
-- Sascha Weiss, producer of PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK
-- Katrina Gilbert, film subject and Chattanooga resident
-- Phil Acord, President & CEO, Chambliss Center for Children
-- Andy Berke, Mayor, City of Chattanooga




WHEN: Tuesday, March 4, 2014

5:00 pm Reception in lobby

5:15pm Red carpet media interviews
(inner lobby)

6:15 pm Screening in Robert Kirk Walker
Community Theatre

7:45 pm Post screening panel discussion
(approximate time)


WHERE: Soldiers and Sailors
Memorial Auditorium

399 Mc Callie Avenue

Chattanooga, TN 37402


DETAILS: PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK: THE LIFE & TIMES OF KATRINA GILBERT debuts exclusively on HBO on Monday, March 17 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, and will be available free online on hbo.com, ShriverReport.org and YouTube between March 17 and 24. For more on the film, visit Facebook.com/HBODocs and twitter.com @HBODocs#PaycheckToPaycheck.



About The Chambliss Center for Children

Chambliss Center for Children is a local non-profit organizing caring for children in two main programs: an early childhood education and child care program that is open 24 hours per day and charges a fee according to the parents' income as well as a residential program for children who have been removed from their home. The agency has served at-risk children since 1872 and today cares for more than 600 children a day through its network of child care centers, its group home, and foster homes. More information can be found at www.chamblisscenter.org, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/chamblisscenter, or on Twitter @caring4children.



Advance phone and onsite interviews available

Media requests should be directed to:

Valerie Harris, 404-966-2445/valerie@kinseygrouppr.com

*Clip reels are available for broadcast media;

To view the trailer visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrKMUzDxxWs

/PR Newswire - March 3, 2014/

SOURCE Home Box Office

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