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NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY LITERACY ENDORSES �THE READING ROOM,� THE TWO-HOUR HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE ABOUT HUMANITY, DIGNITY AND ONE MAN�S LEGACY TO RESTORE BOTH TO THE INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOOD OF HIS YOUTH PREMIERES NOVEMBER 26
Award-winning Cast Includes Acclaimed Actors James Earl Jones, Georg
Stanford Brown and Tim Reid; Movie Also Stars
�Six Feet Under� Star Joanna Cassidy, �Over There� Star Keith Robinson,
�Band of Brothers� Star Douglas Spain, �Roots� Star Lynne Moody, and
�Judging Amy� Star Kathryne Dora Brown;
Movie Also Supported by Reading is Fundamental, First Book, the United
States Navy Memorial Foundation, et al
The National Center for Family Literacy has endorsed �The Reading Room,� a
two-hour Hallmark Channel Original movie about humanity, dignity and one man�s
legacy to fulfill his dying wife�s last request to restore both to the inner city
neighborhood of the couple�s youth. �The Reading Room� is also supported by Reading
is Fundamental, First Book, the United States Navy Memorial, and dozens of other
organizations who strive to uplift humanity through reading and literacy.
�The Reading Room,� stars Academy Award� nominee (�The Great White Hope�)
and three-time Emmy� Award winner and Golden Globe Award winner (�I Know What
the Deaf Man Heard�) James Earl Jones, Emmy� Award winner (�Cagney & Lacey�)
Georg Stanford Brown (who acts in and directs �The Reading Room�), Emmy� Award
nominee Tim Reid (�Frank�s Place�), �Over There� star Keith Robinson, �Band of
Brothers� star Douglas Spain, �Six Feet Under� star Joanna Cassidy and �Roots� star
Lynne Moody. The film also stars Kathryne Dora Brown (�Judging Amy�), daughter
of the director and famed dramatic actress Tyne Daly.
Since 1989, the National Center for Family Literacy has pioneered educational
initiatives that open pathways to continuous life improvement for the nation�s most atrisk
children and families. Working with family literacy programs and practitioners in
schools and communities across the nation, NCFL has helped thousands break the
intergenerational cycle of poverty and low literacy and move forward to become
stronger and more self-sufficient. To learn more or to donate to this effort, call 1-877-
FAMLIT or visit www.famlit.org.
Hallmark Channel is a 24-hour basic cable channel that provides a diverse slate
of high-quality entertainment programming to a national audience of over 69 million
subscribers. Since its launch four years ago (August 5, 2001), the network has added
37.2 million new subscriber homes, the largest increase in that time frame of any cable
network. The program service is distributed through 5,020 cable systems and
communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the country. In 2004,
Crown launched its second 24-hour linear channel, Hallmark Movie Channel. Through its
subsidiary, Crown Media Distribution, LLC, Crown also distributes titles from its awardwinning
collection of movies, miniseries and films for exhibition in a variety of television
media including broadcast, cable, Video-on-Demand and High Definition Television.
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