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CONTACT:  Allen Admire, Executive Producer
  Phone: (314) 946-3456
  Fax:  (314) 946-9196


BANYAN FILMS PARTNERS WITH PBS TO SAVE MEN'S LIVES

Banyan Communications, a St. Charles, Missouri, documentary film
production company announced today the completion of their latest film
for PBS entitled, "Prostate Cancer:  A Journey of Hope."  This
emotionally compelling, one-hour film follows six men through their
discovery, acceptance of, and individual battles with this deadly
disease.

"This year, nearly 200,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer
and 40,000 will die from it" says the film's Executive Producer, Allen
Admire.  "It's as deadly as breast cancer is for women and takes twice
as many lives as AIDS but receives very little media attention.  Men
just don't want to talk about it.  We're hoping that through this film
we will raise awareness of this disease not only with men but with their
families as well."

The film scheduled for national broadcast on PBS in prime time on June
11th, 1999 will be accompanied by a nationwide outreach campaign with
local phone numbers broadcast in each city to encourage viewers to learn
more about the disease and it's prevention.  Many local hospitals and
clinics are partnering with PBS affiliates to provide free prostate
cancer screenings.

"I made this film because my brother-in-law and cousin both were
diagnosed with prostate cancer and didn't know where to turn for help.
There are so many misconceptions about the disease, and so many
different treatments that I felt something had to be done to educate men
and women about it.  The sad thing is, prostate cancer kills twice as
many African-Americans as any other ethnic group in America but so
little is known about it in that community.  We're hopeful this film
will help."

"Prostate Cancer:  A Journey of Hope" is another in a series of
successful films produced by Banyan including the Emmy award-winning "A
Light in the Darkness" -- the story of Stalin's purge of ethnic Germans
to forced labor camps in Siberia during WWII, and "An Avalanche of
Snows" -- an environmental film exposing the permanent destruction of
Arctic habitats by the exploding population of geese that summer in the
Canadian tundra.

For more information, visit the "Journey of Hope" website at
http://www.prostateawareness.com.

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CONTACT:&nbsp; Allen Admire, Executive Producer
<br>&nbsp; Phone: (314) 946-3456
<br>&nbsp; Fax:&nbsp; (314) 946-9196
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<p>BANYAN FILMS PARTNERS WITH PBS TO SAVE MEN'S LIVES
<p>Banyan Communications, a St. Charles, Missouri, documentary film production
company announced today the completion of their latest film for PBS entitled,
"Prostate Cancer:&nbsp; A Journey of Hope."&nbsp; This emotionally compelling,
one-hour film follows six men through their discovery, acceptance of, and
individual battles with this deadly disease.
<p>"This year, nearly 200,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer
and 40,000 will die from it" says the film's Executive Producer, Allen
Admire.&nbsp; "It's as deadly as breast cancer is for women and takes twice
as many lives as AIDS but receives very little media attention.&nbsp; Men
just don't want to talk about it.&nbsp; We're hoping that through this
film we will raise awareness of this disease not only with men but with
their families as well."
<p>The film scheduled for national broadcast on PBS in prime time on June
11th, 1999 will be accompanied by a nationwide outreach campaign with local
phone numbers broadcast in each city to encourage viewers to learn more
about the disease and it's prevention.&nbsp; Many local hospitals and clinics
are partnering with PBS affiliates to provide free prostate cancer screenings.
<p>"I made this film because my brother-in-law and cousin both were diagnosed
with prostate cancer and didn't know where to turn for help.&nbsp; There
are so many misconceptions about the disease, and so many different treatments
that I felt something had to be done to educate men and women about it.&nbsp;
The sad thing is, prostate cancer kills twice as many African-Americans
as any other ethnic group in America but so little is known about it in
that community.&nbsp; We're hopeful this film will help."
<p>"Prostate Cancer:&nbsp; A Journey of Hope" is another in a series of
successful films produced by Banyan including the Emmy award-winning "A
Light in the Darkness" -- the story of Stalin's purge of ethnic Germans
to forced labor camps in Siberia during WWII, and "An Avalanche of Snows"
-- an environmental film exposing the permanent destruction of Arctic habitats
by the exploding population of geese that summer in the Canadian tundra.
<p>For more information, visit the "Journey of Hope" website at <font color="#CC0000"><A HREF="http://www.prostateawareness.com">http://www.prostateawareness.com</A></font>.
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