{"id":525952,"date":"2021-01-11T18:10:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T18:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=525952"},"modified":"2021-01-11T18:10:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T18:10:01","slug":"cheektowagaomni-launch-fundraiser-for-debut-sociocultural-movie-my-name-is-brad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/cheektowagaomni-launch-fundraiser-for-debut-sociocultural-movie-my-name-is-brad_525952.html","title":{"rendered":"Cheektowaga-Omni Launch Fundraiser for Debut Socio-Cultural Movie &#8220;My Name Is Brad&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span><strong>January 11, 2021 &#8211;<\/strong> Cheektowaga-Omni, a production, media, and marketing company has today announced its foray into film making with the production of a socially conscious movie, &ldquo;My Name is Brad&rdquo;. The company hopes to engage the public and has started fundraising, soliciting support from keen donors and people who value movies with a cultural and socially significant theme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span>The prevailing atmosphere in the USA makes it ripe for movies like My Name is Brad to be an eye-opener for a public swayed by bigotry and misinformation moreover, homelessness is a growing issue that is affecting many people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span>&ldquo;My Name is Brad&ldquo; narrates the story of a young middle class suburban white man who struggles through University, only to end up deluded, and living on the street&#8217;s watching his promise die, like so many North American youth today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span>Cheektowaga-Omni is a production and media marketing company that was established as a tie up between Cheektowaga Music and Omni creative group Cheektowaga Music was formed by prolific musician, music, entertainment producer and, performer &#8220;Little&#8221; Herbert in 1986. Cheektowaga-Omni is in the process of reactivating a dormant Analogue TV station in Northern Washington State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span>The movie <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/mynameisbrad.org\/\"><span>My Name is Brad<\/span><\/a><span> being produced by Cheektowaga-Omni is in memory of Kelly Thomas, who was killed by members of the Fullerton police dept in 2011. Cheektowaga-Omni has launched fundraising efforts to support the movie and plans are afoot to launch a kick-starter and a web page. For supporting My name is Brad, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slated.com\/films\/736655\/\"><span>click here<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span>Cheektowaga &ndash; Omni media is based in Kelowna BC, with studios located in Abbotsford BC and Vancouver BC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TjSdHB5lh3o\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-68533c57-7fff-385b-bad3-a888810db8ee\"><span>For more information: <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/mynameisbrad.org\/\"><span>https:\/\/mynameisbrad.org\/<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:18px !important;'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/companyname\/cheektowaga-omni.com_67331.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cheektowaga &#8211; Omni Creative Group<\/a><br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Dale Corrigan<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/email_contact_us.php?pr=cheektowagaomni-launch-fundraiser-for-debut-sociocultural-movie-my-name-is-brad\" rel=\"nofollow\">Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> Canada<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cheektowaga-omni.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/cheektowaga-omni.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object type=\"text\/html\" data=\"https:\/\/cheektowaga-omni.com\/\" style=\"width:900px; height:400px;\"><\/object><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/press_stat.php?pr=cheektowagaomni-launch-fundraiser-for-debut-sociocultural-movie-my-name-is-brad\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 11, 2021 &#8211; Cheektowaga-Omni, a production, media, and marketing company has today announced its foray into film making with the production of a socially conscious movie, &ldquo;My Name is Brad&rdquo;. 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