D tour

Pat speaks at Share The Beat.

adam — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:34:08 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, Pat Spurgeon spoke at Share The Beat in San Francisco, a special event featuring music and stories to raise awareness about organ donation. Check out the video here. April is Donate Life Awareness Month! If you haven’t already, please consider signing up to become a donor. Thank You!

For our friend Kristi Wingler, Rest In Peace.

adam — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:46:40 +0000

Kristi Wingler (pictured far left) passed away March 22, 2011

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Our friend Kristi Wingler passed away two days ago in Indiana awaiting another chance at life. She was a double lung recipient and had very recently celebrated her 5 year transplant anniversary. But, as fate would have it, her body rejected the lungs some months ago and Kristi was back in the hospital. She was back on the organ list for lungs, apparently at the top, but this time that opportunity didn’t come.

Pat and I met Kristi, along with her cousin Lynn, a liver recipient (also pictured above, far right) on March 29, 2009 in Bloomington, IN. This was the world premiere of our film D TOUR. A lot of emotion was in the air that night as we brought our friend Evan back to his friends and family on screen for an hour or so. Kristi and Lynn were there as volunteers for the Indiana Organ Procurement Organization (IOPO) to help distribute information about organ donation to our audience after the screening. I met them just minutes before I was supposed to go on stage and caught their stories (in a nutshell) about being in and out of hospitals, waiting for their much needed organs, getting another chance to live.

This was the first of many, MANY brief accounts that I’ve heard about after several subsequent D TOUR screenings these past two years. I wish I had the power and the resources to share these with everyone. They are all quite powerful and (naturally) Pat and I can’t endorse becoming organ donors any more than we already do. Unfortunately, Kristi (as far as I know) is the first of folks we’ve made personal contact with who lost her battle with her illness. She was only 29 years old. April is Donate Life awareness month. If you haven’t already, please take the time to sign up and become an organ donor. You can do that here.

Thank You, Kristi! We will keep trying…

My Best,

Jim Granato

Pat Spurgeon is at SXSW this year speaking on a panel about musicians and health care

adam — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:14:59 +0000

Hello D tour friends! If you, or anyone you know, is at SXSW this week please try and drop in on Pat as he is taking part in a panel discussing musicians and health care reform. This Wednesday afternoon!!

Details here.

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

jim — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:38:28 +0000

Please contact us at dtourthemovie (at) gmail (dot) com if you’re interested in bringing a screening of D TOUR to your town, home or classroom.

Los Angeles, CA
Apr 28 @ 8pm
Echo Park Film Center

Jim Granato will be in attendance for Q&A!

San Francisco, CA
May 5 @ 7:30pm
Cinema Speakeasy SF

Pat Spurgeon & Jim Granato will be in attendance for Q&A!

NY College Student reviews our film (Spoilers included!)

adam — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:34:48 +0000

After our recent New York screening at 92Y Tribeca, I met Felicia, a Eugene Lang New School student, who had a “make-up” assignment for her contemporary cinema class, and decided to try D tour. Here is her reaction to the film. For those of you who haven’t seen the film, SPOILERS AHEAD!

Thank You, Felicia.

D TOUR wins Inspire Award from Donate Life Hollywood

jim — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:48:18 +0000

Back in June, Donate Life Hollywood Film Festival awarded (L-R) Pat Spurgeon , Lois Vossen (Series Producer for Independent Lens), and Jim Granato an Inspire Award for D TOUR. Thank you Donate Life, and thanks for your support, everyone!

D TOUR on Hulu and Netflix.

adam — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:19:13 +0000

D TOUR can now be seen for a limited time FREE on Hulu.com and if you have a Netflix account, the film is available for digital download there too!

And don’t forget to check our Upcoming Screenings for special events that may come your way.

Tallahasse And Bloomington DVD Release Party

adam — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:46:05 +0000

A couple events coming up, including a hometown DVD release party in Bloomington! Come join us.

Tallahassee Film Festival
April 10, 4pm (Jim will be there.)
http://www.tallahasseefilmfestival.com/films/index.php?type=film&id=139

Bloomington DVD Release Screening
April 18th
Bear’s Place The Ryder Film Series at 5pm (Pat, Jill & Jim are going to be there!)
http://www.bearsplacebar.com/cal/view_entry.php?id=92&date=20100418

Cinematical.com: Great D tour Review

adam — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:40:47 +0000

“D Tour is a powerful, evocative and deeply personal story.”

Read the rest at: http://www.cinematical.com/2010/02/13/off-review-d-tour/

D tour Screening: Oxford, MS

adam — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:30:51 +0000

D tour will be screening at the Oxford Film Festival in Oxford, MS on Friday Feb 5 and Saturday Feb 6.

Fun fact, Rogue Wave just finished recording their new album, Permalight, in Oxford at Dennis Herring’s Sweet Tea studios.

Go see D tour:

Oxford, MS
Friday, February 5 at 1:30pm
Saturday, February 6 at 2:30pm
http://oxford.bside.com/2010/films/dtour0_jimgranato_oxford2010