Denver, CO - August 14th, 2008

The Starz Green Room announced today the lineup of films and talent for its events at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Among the films to be featured in the Green Room at the DNC is Producer/Director David M. Edwards’ feature documentary Sprawling From Grace; Driven To Madness. The film is scheduled to make its Denver, CO premiere at the Starz Film Center on Saturday, August 23rd, and will continue its run every day through August 25th. The film has been invited to eight festivals worldwide and has recently been honored with an invitation to screen at The Clinton Presidential Library on October 12th. Admission is limited to DNC delegates, party officials, invited guests and press. For additional information, please visit www.starzgreenroom.com.

The film explores the problems created by suburban sprawl. It details the difficulties and dangers we face from an aging transportation infrastructure, and brings attention to the growing problem of Peak Oil. It explores how our nation is responding to these growing concerns, and investigates the ability of alternative energy to replace petroleum. The film reveals the relationship between transportation and development, and advocates for a necessary change to the way in which we build our cities. It stresses the importance of the reintroduction of public transportation and transit back into our nation’s cities in order to guide city development in a more sensible and sustainable fashion.

The film features: former President Bill Clinton, former MA Gov. Michael Dukakis, Author of The Long Emergency, James Howard Kunstler, and Denver’s very own Mayor John Hickenlooper.

With oil prices spiraling out of control there is no more important issue facing Americans today. Whether a person’s main concern is about the economy or the war in Iraq, it all comes back to oil. Our country’s economic structure is based on cheap energy, and without cheap transportation fuels, all areas of our economy begin to wobble. We are seeing these effects reported in the news everyday. If we are to solve the problems that this situation has created we must abandon the old strategies of treating the symptoms, and look for a sustainable cure. This can only be done through curbing consumption. As stated in the movie, “Contrary to popular belief, Americans are not addicted to oil. Americans are addicted to unencumbered transportation, and it is this addiction we must address before the American dream becomes the American nightmare.”