Independent Cleveland Movie Production Company to Premiere ...

NEWS RELEASEFor immediate release: Contact: Cortney KilburyTuesday, March 5, 2013 (216) 271-2065Independent Cleveland Movie Production Company to Premiere Film Basedon Cleveland Urban Fiction Novel at GCUFFCleveland, OHThere couldn’t be a more fitting place for Cleveland-based indie movie production company, HWICFilmworks, to premiere their latest feature film than the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival. “SwingLowe Sweet Chariote,” a film based on the urban fiction novel of the same name by Cleveland authorStella Hall, will be featured in the Spotlight Section of the festival.HWIC Filmworks co-owners and cousins, John Delserone and David C. Snyder, have Cleveland rootsand are looking for opportunities to feature films that capture the essence of inner-city Cleveland life.Held at the Shaker Square cinema, the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival showcases groundbreakingshort and feature films that depict the African-American experience and provides a platform for emergingand established talented visionaries in the filmmaking industry.“This is an amazing opportunity, not only for us, but for Cleveland talent as a whole, to be recognized ona local and international stage,” said executive producer John Delserone. “We are extremely happy aboutwhat looks to be a dynamic year for Cleveland in the entertainment industry and for HWIC Filmworks asa company. Most people don’t think of Cleveland when they think of movies but we are working tochange that.”“Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote” stars a majority of seasoned Cleveland actors in an emotionally chargedurban drama about a good girl whose best friend is murdered just before graduation. She gets caught upwith Ace, a local drug dealer that takes her deeper into the violent futility of the streets.The movie was filmed in and around the inner-city Cleveland area including CMHA’s Outhwaite Estates,Executive Lounge Club, Grown Ups Martini & Wine Bar, and Euclid Square Mall. A number of scenestake place outside of the old Big “Q” Furniture Store on E. 55 th and Woodland.Delserone added, “HWIC Filmworks is constantly looking to connect with talented urban Clevelandauthors, actors, and artists to create high quality movie projects that can be filmed in the area. It’simportant for us to show audiences the level of talent that the city of Cleveland possesses, through filmand video, as well as benefit the area’s economy during production.”

The 2013 Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival will be held April 18 th through April 21 st at the ShakerSquare Cinema. “Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote” will have an additional theatrical world premiere in lateJune and be released on DVD and VOD shortly thereafter.To see the trailer click here: www.swinglowemovie.comABOUT HWIC Filmworks:HWIC Filmworks was founded by cousins John Delserone and David C Snyder in 2008 but they havebeen making movies since they were 9 and 12 years old. With a resume of short and feature films to theircredit, HWIC’s company mission is to create independent film and video of any budget with nocompromising of quality.With a focal point on the Cleveland urban experience, HWIC plans on producing many more independentfeature films in the years to come while maintaining a thriving business doing corporate and musicvideos.