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World Premiere of ALL EYES ON US

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On Sunday ALL EYES ON US was well-received at the East End Film Festival. The film looked great at the Rio Cinema in Dalston and was followed by a lively Q&A with cast and crew. We were also joined by Jenny Sealey, co-Artistic Director of the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games. We're now gearing up to a series of screenings in September that will mark the one-year anniversary of the London 2012 Paralympics.

Photo from left to right: Steve Moffitt, Jenny Sealey, Jacqui Adeniji-Williams, David Ellington, Sandy Abdelrahman, Eelyn Lee, Muzzammil Hashmi, Shajna Begum. 

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