Award-Winning Documentary "A Billion Lives" Premieres in North America Aug. 6 at Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee, WI

Award-Winning Documentary Feature Film
“A BILLION LIVES” Comes Home for North American Premiere at the Historic Pabst Theater in Milwaukee on Saturday, August 6, 2016.

After capturing rave reviews at international film festivals, the award-winning feature film A BILLION LIVES is coming home to Milwaukee to make its North American Red Carpet Premiere at the historicPabst Theater on August 6, 2016. The highly anticipated anti-corruption documentary exposes worldwide government failure, big business corruption, and the battle for a billion lives, which according to the World Health Organization (WHO), will be lost to smoking-related deaths this century. A BILLION LIVES reveals how vapor technology, which helps millions to safely stop their addiction to cigarettes, is being stifled by pharmaceutical companies, anti-smoking advocacy groups, tobacco companies, and even our own state and federal governments -- just as new FDA vapor technology regulations are going into effect.

Milwaukee native and award-winning director Aaron Biebert ignited a firestorm of controversy with his first feature film claiming global ‘Big Business’ entities are colluding to destroy the e-cigarette trade in its infancy. Biebert capturescompelling interviews with leading scientists, doctors, technologists, and policy makers from around the world. Featured experts attending the premiere include David Goerlitz (“The Winston Man”), and Dr. Delon Human (former president of the World Medical Association). Additional VIPs scheduled to attend include Herman Cain (Former Presidential Candidate & Media Personality), Senator Ron Johnson, Austin Pamaj (YouTube Celebrity with 4M+ followers), Vicki McKenna (Media Personality), Christian Berkey (local entrepreneur who sparked the entire U.S. vapor liquid industry), Ray Nitti (Top 40 hit “Bow”), Corey Pieper (Pop Artist), DJ Gee A and Joe Brown “The Judge” (Radio Personalities on KIIS-FM), and Mark Block (“Smoking Man” in legendary Herman Cain campaign ad), among numerous other influentials.

WHERE:
The Pabst Theater
144 East Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Tickets: http://www.pabsttheater.org/show/abillionlives2016
WHEN:
Saturday, August 6, 2016
Red Carpet arrivals begin at 7:00 pm

A Billion Lives, directed by Aaron Biebert,is a production of Milwaukee-basedAttention Era Media.Independently funded by the production company, the film premiered to rave reviews at the Doc Edge Festival in Wellington, New Zealand on May 11, its European premiere on June 12 at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland, and won both Best Director and Supreme Jury Prize at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival on July 10. A BILLION LIVES received a Remi Award from the Worldfest Houston International Film Festival, and the Dorn Award from the Global Forum on Nicotine. For additional information, visit ABillionLives.com.
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