Keep updated on recent news about Chasing Daybreak!
1/29/06:
The redesigned Chasing Daybreak website is launched at www.chasingdaybreak.com.
1/26/06:
The short film "Eracesure" by Chasing Daybreak Director Justin Leroy is screened at the Northwest Asian American Film Festival in Seattle.
1/25/06:
MAVIN Foundation sponsors a screening of Chasing Daybreak and facilitated dialogue with Seattle University students.
1/19/06:
Chasing Daybreak is reviewed in New York's Village Voice, which praised the Film for, "...illuminat[ing] facets of race and racism that don’t often get the attention they deserve... in this case, five mixed people traversing a literal landscape gets to the ideological heart of America's racial landscape."
1/19/06:
MAVIN Foundation officially announces Chasing Daybreak's release via a press release.
1/19/06:
Over 200 guests pack the University of Washington's Mary Gates Hall for the official premiere of Chasing Daybreak!
12/13/05:
Chasing Daybreak holds its South American premiere in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
10/24/05:
MAVIN Foundation's Matt Kelley conducts a work-in-progress screening in Seoul, Korea, as part of his trip to an international conference of interracially married women.
10/1/05:
MAVIN Foundation announces release of Chasing Daybreak: A Film About Mixed Race in America, via nationwide series of premieres. See the press release here.
9/10/05:
Director Justin Leroy and Crew member Charles Yesuwan hosted a special work-in-progress screening of Chasing Daybreak in Seattle. See photos here.
8/22/05:
Pre-release workshop at the Life Learning Academy in San Francisco.
8/15/05:
The Chasing Daybreak website is live!
7/27/05:
A trailer for the Film is now publicly available.
7/1/05:
The postproduction team has begun the process of gathering secondary materials, including copies of media clippings and archival photographs, to begin assembly of the first rough cut.
5/10/05:
After 10,000 miles, the Tour ends with a Seattle homecoming celebration.
4/29/05:
The crew interviews U.S. Senator Barack Obama in Washington, D.C.
4/24/05:
Generation MIX is featured in the New York Times and later on National Public Radio (NPR).
4/4/05:
The Tour officially begins. The crew is on the road for five weeks, making over 20 stops around the nation to raise awareness of multiracial issues.
3/21/05 - 4/4/05:
The Generation MIX crew begins an intensive two-week crash course in filmmaking.
12/1/04:
Filmmaker Justin Leroy partners with the MAVIN Foundation to document the Generation MIX National Awareness Tour.
