Robert Kennedy Jr. And Diane Foley Join Creative Visions At Turn On LA Gala To Celebrate & Honor Creative Activists!

WHAT:

Creative Visions hosts Turn On LA, Thursday, October 8 at Casa Del Mar – a celebration of creative activism honoring an impressive slate of journalists, filmmakers and artists who are making an extraordinary impact on critical and social issues through the power of media and the arts. Hosted by film director Jon Turteltaub (Cool Runnings, Last Vegas, National Treasure), Turn On LA is billed as "not your average gala." It's a high-energy, entertaining and inspirational event meant to honor and engage people in supporting those that tell stories about problems that need to be solved around the world. Highlights include a showcase of award-winning filmmakers, live music from singer/songwriter LP and a world exclusive first look at the long-awaited Hollywood film, Journey, about the late photojournalist and activist Dan Eldon.

WHO:

This year's honorees include parents of slain journalist James Foley whose mother, Diane Foley, will accept the Dan Eldon Courage in Journalism Award, Geralyn Dreyfous, producer of the Academy Award-winning Born Into Brothels and the force behind ten documentary films presented at Sundance this year.  Alejandra Amarilla, Juliana Penaranda-Loftus and Brad Allgood – SXSW award-winning filmmakers of Landfill Harmonic, a testament to the transformative power of music and the resilience of the human spirit – will also be recognized.

Other notables include: Kathy Eldon and Amy Eldon Turteltaub, co-founders of Creative Visions and mother and sister of Dan Eldon, environmental activist Robert Kennedy Jr. and his wife actress Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Think Like A Man Too), actors Maria Bello (Journey, Prisoners, ER), Alfred Molina (Show Me A Hero, Spider-Man 2), Rebecca Gayheart (Ugly Betty, Vanished), Sam Hazeldine (Resurrection, Journey) Mickey Sumner (Frances Ha), Joe Sumner (Fiction Plane), California Senator Ben Allen and film producer Kweku Mandela and Africa Rising founder Ndaba Mandela.

WHEN:

October 8, 2015

Press Check-in:

5:00 p.m. PDT

Red Carpet Closes:

6:55 p.m. PDT

Green Carpet Opens:

5:45 p.m. PDT

Event Concludes:

9:30 p.m. PDT

WHERE:

Casa del Mar | 1910 Ocean Way, Santa Monica, CA 90405

ABOUT CREATIVE VISIONS

Inspired by artist, adventurer and creative activist, Dan Eldon, a 22-year-old photojournalist killed in Somalia in 1993, Creative Visions inspires and empowers creative activism worldwide, supporting those who use media and the arts to ignite positive social change, particularly in the areas of human rights, the environment, and youth and education. www.creativevisions.org

CONTACT:

[email protected] | Nichole Wright or Marissa Charles | 310.456.1109