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September 28, 2007

Documentary screening to benefit homeless shelter

What a weird name, Woonsocket.

If it hadn’t been for that thought, Mark and Normand, two homeless men who lived in the woods of Woonsocket, may not have been any better off today than they were before their lives were touched by two documentary filmmakers. Or maybe they would have.

Find out for yourself how a group of filmmakers who spend their time driving around looking for people help turned a chance visit to Rhode Island into a documentary film-worthy experience.

See the documentary film “Lost in Woonsocket,” tonight at the Blackstone Valley Visitors’ Center Theater at 7:30 p.m.

Director John Chester, and three of the film’s subjects -- Normand Cartier, Joe the Barber and Pastor Brian -- will be there after the movie for a discussion.

Proceeds for the screening, which costs $20, will help fund St. Paul’s Emergency Overnight Shelter in Pawtucket and the Lost and Found in America Foundation.

And if you're curious, find out where the name Woonsocket may have come from.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 11:58 AM | Permalink

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