Hello all,
I want to let you know that the film "Barack Obama: The Man And His Journey" released to the world on January 20th, 2009 (Inauguration Day).
Here is a link to the product on the Walmart web site. The producers say that sales are strong.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10730496 Since November 4th, 2008 (Election Day) a lot has happened for which we are thankful.
We were invited to a black-tie Ball in Washington DC by CodeBlack entertainment, the promotional company involved in releasing the film. Being that Joe was too busy with his new daughter Chelsea, I wanted Pastor Patrinell Wright to go with me, but she had just taken another engagement the day before and did (understandably) not want to back out (that is integrity I'd say). You can
watch a two part inauguration video series that I put together that show some of the highlights of the trip to DC.
While there I attended a ball that CodeBlack was sponsoring, with the young Joshua Stroman a Harvard grad student seen on the campaign trail with Barack Obama. Joshua was a key organizer for the state of South Carolina and made a film called "
What Victory in South Carolina Looked Like" that used "
Fired Up, Ready To Go". He also stars in a similar film called "
An American Dream" that follows Joshua around his home town and gets his story and also used Fired Up. The campaign also shipped this video on "The Road To Change" DVD. Joshua was honored by Barack Obama himself at a press event during the campaign and met Barack on two different occasions. He has become a friend to use during this last year and agreed to attend the ball with me. We had a wonderful time.
At the ball Brian McKnight a talented Grammy Nominated singer and song writer performed the title track for the film called "Yes We Can".
Initially, we were going to be the title track for the film, but when the producers took the project to Hollywood, the Hollywood folks decided that they needed a name that people would recognize to be the title track composer for the film.
I also met Thomas Howard and his wife Maria Arita-Howard the producers for the film from Veridicus Films at the Ball in DC.
The next day, I met Tracy McConaughy a fan and friend of the Total Experience Gospel Choir and someone that Pastor Patrinell Wright graciously put me in touch with, and who offered to give me a ticket to attend the inauguration. We went to congressman Norm Dicks office on Monday January 19th, to pickup the tickets and meet the congressman. While there, we had our photos taken with him and I gave him a copy of the album 'Seven Songs For America And One For The World..
The next morning we were in line at 6:00 am to wait for nearly five hours to get into inauguration. We didn't have a great vantage point, but we were there and glad of it. I spent the afternoon filming the scenes from around the capitol, it was amazing. I got fairly close to the presidents motorcade. On the evening of inauguration, I attended the Southern States Regional Ball where I was planning on meeting up with our old friend Edith Childs. Unfortunately she did not make it to the event due to some transportation issues. But I had a great time anyway and was really close to President Barack Obama and the first lady Michelle. The band that played was Susan Tedschi if you get a chance to listen to her work, I highly recommend it. They absolutely rocked the old DC Armory, which is where the Ball was.
I stayed at a DC policeman's house who was working double time and decided to rent his house and stay with his sister. Also Tracy was able to grab a second room there for one night, since she did have tickets but didn't have lodging. We were only fifteen blocks from the capitol.
You can see some pictures from the trip on our web site or visit us on Flickr
Also on flickr there are photos of Election Night 2008.
We have been fortunate and blessed to work with so many great people this year.
A very special thanks to Jay Alan & Joshua Stanton of Avenue Films for making both videos happen so fast and getting all the footage to Texas in time. And also to Geoff and Jonathon at London Bridge Studios for doing such a great job with the sound engineering.
Warm regards!
Jon Bergevin
Bergevin Brothers Music, LLC
Links in case any of the embedded ones fail.
Two part Inauguration Video Series: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=69A0B4D9B1C33703
Fired Up, Ready To Go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyJ72iZ3tW4
What Victory Looked Like in South Carolina: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhqqOR68VSs
An American Dream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c92bbYZXw0A
Brian McKnight: http://www.brian-mcknight.com/
Veridicus Films: http://www.veridicusfilms.com/
Susan Tecschi: http://www.susantedeschi.com/
Bergevin Brothers Web Site: http://www.BergevinBrothersMusic.com
Bergevin Brothers Flickr: http://www.Flickr.com/BergevinBrothers
Bergevin Brothers YouTube: http://www.YouTube.com/BergevinBrothers