Oct. 10, 2007

Media contacts:

Diane Lachel, Click! Network, govt. & community relations manager, (253) 502-8537
Rachel Marecle, The Grand Cinema, director of community development, (253) 380-0616

The Grand Cinema, in partnership with Click! Cable TV, announces an exclusive playback arrangement of eight Tacoma Film Festival features on Click!’s video-on-demand.

Films include:

  • “South 5 – True Grit” – a sequel by Tacoma director Bryan Johnson that includes a cameo appearance by members of the city council
  • “Ray Hill’s Prison Show” – about cops, courts, jails, and a prison activist
  • “River Ways”- a perspective about the proposed removal of dams on the Snake River
  • "Vitruvius Toybox”- an experimental animated film directed by Denis Iannuzzi
  • “Washington, My School”- about Washington-Hoyt school, past and present
  • “The Phone Call”- about a man who receives a phone call from himself in the future
  • “My Eating Team has a Paddling Problem” – about a group of diverse individuals who find an extended family in their dragon boat team
  • “The Old Son”- about reconciliation in a futuristic world

Click! Cable TV customers can watch the films when they want, free, from Oct. 15 through the end of the year on local video-on-demand.

“The Grand Cinema is proud to further the success of the Tacoma Film Festival by showcasing a few of the films on Click! Cable TV's video-on-demand,” said Philip Cowan, executive director of The Grand Cinema. “This is a great opportunity to further our mission to enhance the cultural vitality of our community through the art of film. We are proud of this partnership with Click!”.

“Many of these films are local and for the first time ever on cable television,” said Mitch Robinson, marketing & business operations manager for Click! Network.

The Tacoma Film Festival culminates with closing night awards at Tacoma’s Landmark Convention Center on Thursday, Oct. 11.

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Tacoma Power’s Click! Network is the nation’s largest municipally owned telecommunications system. Click! provides competitive business services, including cable television, high-speed data, Internet and broadband services, in the cities of Tacoma, University Place, Fircrest, Lakewood, Fife and portions of unincorporated Pierce County. For more information, visit www.clickcabletv.com or call (253) 502-8900.