KAMLOOPS – TRU alumna Sylvia Coates has had one of her films, The Chair Affair, accepted into the North West Projections film festival in Bellingham, Washington, to be shown Nov. 10 and 11.

The movie’s storyline is as follows:

“When three grandmothers sat and listened to a speech given by Stephen Lewis in their hometown of Kamloops, BC, they decided to do something for the grandmothers in Africa. They asked 20 artists to voluntarily paint a Muskoka Chair to be auctioned off with all proceeds going to the Stephen Lewis Foundation. This movie is about those artists, their own art, and their chairs. Usually working alone, as a group they produced an amazing array of original art. Each tells a story of inspiration, of contribution, of living in the art world and about their own work. A South-African dancer opens the film, in the dark, and alone, opening the door for each viewer to see in the light, both the plight of grandmothers and orphans in Africa, and the private studios and thoughts of an eclectic group of artists.

The two-minute trailer for the film can be viewed on the net at http://www.nwprojections.com/ or by googling nwprojections. Click on “2006 selections and updates,” and scroll down to “The Chair Affair,” then click on “trailer.”

For more information, please contact Ila Crawford at 250-371-5706