BREAKING NEWS: We are thrilled to announce film director Dominic J. DeJoseph will screen his 2003 documentary, The Heart of America Tour: Africa’s Future And Ours, as a part of our opening night U2 conference kickoff at The Carolina Theater, October 2, 2009, starting at 9:20 p.m.  (Doors open at 9:00 p.m.)

We are grateful to ONE for their kind permission to show this unreleased film. This film has been screened only once before in the United States, at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2003.

The Heart of America Tour is a 30-minute documentary chronicling a grassroots trip through the Midwest by Bono of U2, Ashley Judd, Chris Tucker and Agnes Nyamayarwo, as they meet with the people of the Midwest, senators, AIDS activists, church groups, and others to discuss the AIDS emergency in Africa. Produced by the DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) Foundation - now ONE.

Dominic and Agnes Nyamayarwo will conduct a brief Q & A following the film.  After which, there will be a 10 minute break before the start of It Might Get Loud, the new Sony Pictures Classics film about the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.

Dominic J. DeJoseph is an independent film and video director and founder of the production company, Black Shoe Films, though which he has directed music videos for R.E.M. and the RED(WIRE) website. In 2001, he directed a documentary featuring Wim Wenders and Bono called The One Dollar Diary as well as The Heart of America Tour documentary.

Dominic’s films and videos have screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, South by Southwest, SILVERDOCS and the Robert Flaherty Documentary Seminar, among others. His work has also been shown on MTV, IFC, and Documentary Channel. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

This screening is part of our ticketed, Friday night reception and double feature film package.

(We regret to announce due to production problems, Meet Me In the Sound will not be ready to show at the conference.)

Order your Friday night ticket here.

Details about our pre-film reception at Bull McCabes Irish pub are here.