Friday, November 22, 2002

WILMINGTON, NC – In what has become a Wilmington holiday

tradition, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington will host its

annual screening of Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life at 7 p.m.,

Thursday, Dec. 5, in the Warwick Center Ballroom. The Capra family’s

35mm print will be used for the screening.

Following the film, there will be a panel discussion featuring Frank Capra

Jr. and UNCW film studies professors Todd Berliner and Chip Hackler.

This event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the

UNCW Film Studies Program, the Association for Campus Entertainment

and the Office of the Chancellor in conjunction with EUE Screen Gems

Studios, Joe Dunton Camera, the Italian Heritage Society of Cape Fear

and Barnes & Nobles Booksellers. Free popcorn and soft drinks will be

provided during the movie.

For more information, contact the UNCW Film Studies Program at

910/962-7502.