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Award-Winning Documentary "Blues by the Beach" Officially Debuts Online April 30, 2008

(PRWEB) April 22, 2008 -- Fate brought filmmakers together in Israel in April of 2003. Setting out to make a documentary film (http://www.bluesbythebeachfilm.com/) about a popular international blues bar by the beach in Tel Aviv called Mike's Place, the filmmakers' peaceful good time was abruptly interrupted when harsh reality struck Mike's Place.

On April 30, 2003, two British Nationals executed a suicide bombing right next door to the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv at Mike's Place, while an American producer and his crew were filming what was intended as a lighthearted documentary about the bar staff and their multi-ethnic patrons. The film crew was on the scene and captured the before, during and the aftermath of the incident; this gripping footage has since aired around the world. In remembrance of the victims, survivors and heroes of Mike's Place, on the five-year memorial of the bombing, "Blues by the Beach," has its official online premiere.

The award-winning documentary is not distributed on DVD or broadcast on television. It is available online exclusively through new streaming video technology from VIVIDAS in a pay-per-view format that entitles viewers to three screenings for a one month period. Once purchased, any of the screenings may then be emailed to friends and family as gifts. Screenings can be viewed on computer in vibrant full-screen mode, and can also connect to television by using a cable.

Why distribute in this manner? American Jack Baxter, the film's producer, who was seriously injured in the attack, has this to say: "Everybody should see this film. With this new video streaming technology, anyone online anywhere, with any connection speed, can see a film that is truly unique in the history of documentary filmmaking. There are no downloads, no installation of programs and no waiting. Within seconds 'Blues' is ready to play. And you don't have to be a computer whiz. Listen," says Baxter, "nobody expects that swords will turn into plowshares overnight in the Middle East, but maybe, just maybe 'Blues by the Beach' can help jump-start the process a bit. That's why we made the film in the first place, and that's why this is the way to get it seen around the world everywhere online."

The online premiere of the award-winning documentary film (http://www.bluesbythebeachfilm.com/) coincides with both the fifth memorial of the tragic bombing depicted in the film and the 60th Anniversary Celebration of Israel. Film festivals in the U.S., Canada and Europe have lauded "Blues by the Beach." Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and movie director David Mamet calls it: "a very, very important film. It ranks along with 'One Day In September' as an actual, undeniable presentation of the unmitigated horror of terrorism."

For more information about the film and how to purchase viewings at the film's website and online cinema, visit BluesbytheBeachFilm.com (http://www.bluesbythebeachfilm.com/).

About "Blues by the Beach":

"Blues by the Beach," directed by Joshua Faudem and produced by Jack Baxter and Fran Strauss-Baxter, is a documentary film offering unprecedented and up-close views of the effects of a terrorist attack. The film crew captured the moments before, during, and immediately after the Mike's Place bombing in Tel Aviv, Israel on April 30, 2003. The resulting film has won awards at numerous film festivals.

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