Theater chain AMC is team with theGive a youngster the Universeinitiative to help underprivileged kids seeA Wrinkle in Timefor gratuitous through ticket donations . The initiative was start out byColor of Change , a nonprofit advocacy chemical group that plan “ campaigns knock-down enough to end practices that below the belt hold Black people back , and protagonist solvent that move us all forward . ”
" Color of Change believes in the king of images and support those work out to change the rules in Hollywood so that inclusive , empathetic and human portrayals of black people and the great unwashed of colour are big on the concealment , ” the first step ’s executive director , Rashad Robinson , saidin a financial statement :
Director Ava DuVernay’sA Wrinkle in Timeis the staring content for the chemical group because , as Robinson puts it , “ By casting a bootleg teenaged actress , Storm Reid , as the heroine at the center of this storey , the film maker and the studio send a powerful message to millions of young people who will see someone like them adopt their personal identity and strength to save the man . ”
The motion picture shoot a line a diverse hurl that includes Mindy Kaling , Oprah Winfrey , Reese Witherspoon , Zach Galifianakis , and Chris Pine . The most important phallus of the mold , though , is 14 - twelvemonth - old Storm Reid , who plays the main character Meg Murry , a young girl who tries to save her founding father ( Pine ) who is snare in another dimension . The moving-picture show is base on the acclaimed1962 fantasy novelby author Madeleine L’Engle .
If you ’d like to donate a ticket ( or more ) , you may just guide over to the Give a Child the Universewebsiteand pledge an amount . AMC will provide one ticket to children and teens across the country for every $ 10 given to the cause .
And if you ’re interested in seeing the moving-picture show yourself , A Wrinkle in Timeopens on March 9 , 2018 .
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