Blind director to introduce groundbreaking film at Jacksonville convention

Sight Unseen Pictures
Thursday, October 25, 2007

Blind director to introduce groundbreaking film at Jacksonville convention

By Jessie Lilley Campbell 

Contact: 
Jessie Lilley Campbell 
(831) 316-8027 
Jessie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

JaniCon to Host Advance Screening Of New Indie Thriller 

Jacksonville, Florida-Joseph M. Monks is no stranger to overcoming obstacles 
and surpassing expectations. The writer-turned-director has been swimming 
against the tide for years. Beginning with a small, upstart comic book 
publishing company in the early 1990s, Monks has continued to be a producer of 
horror stories-both prose and illustrated-since he first hit the publishing 
scene in 1989. Now, despite having lost his eyesight, Monks continues to break 
new ground and defy the odds, having produced a feature film that will see its 
latest screening at JaniCon, taking place at the Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk 
Hotel, November 2-4. 

Coming off a successful theatrical premiere at the Halloween Horror Picture 
Show film festival, Monks, who lost his eyesight in 2002 after a long battle 
with diabetic retinopathy, is currently showing the film to distributors, and 
is beginning to explore financing options for his next project. Says Monks of 
JaniCon, "This is the perfect place to hold a screening. I've been writing and 
publishing comic books for years, and this convention will have a huge 
crossover audience. Fans of comic books and animated films and live-action 
features. I'm happy to be a guest and look forward to having another audience 
get a chance to give me feedback about the film." 

The Bunker revolves around the story of 16-year-old Julia Jennings, the 
daughter of a congressman who runs away the night he announces his bid for 
reelection. Once on the streets of New York City, however, she finds life 
outside the media spotlight is even more terrifying, when she is kidnapped by a 
sadistic serial killer with a devastating secret.

With critical praise coming from the likes of FANGORIA's Tom Carnell, Rue 
Morgue Magazine, The Hacker's Source, and other genre trades, the word has 
spread to the mainstream, where Monks has been featured in the Miami Herald, 
and been a phone guest on the nationally syndicated Opie & Anthony radio 
program. 

For screening times and more information about JaniCon, please visit: 
http://www.janicon.org 

For more information on director Joe Monks and The Bunker, visit: 
http://www.sightunseenpictures.com 

To schedule an interview, for further questions, or to obtain a press kit, 
contact publicity coordinator Jessie Lilley Campbell at: 
(831) 316-8027 
or via E-mail at: 
Jessie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


http://www.sightunseenpictures.com 
BlindNews Mailing List
Subscribe: BlindNews-Request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" as subject

Unsubscribe: BlindNews-Request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" as subject

Moderator: BlindNews-Moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Archive: http://GeoffAndWen.com/blind

RSS: http://GeoffAndWen.com/BlindNewsRSS.asp

More information about RSS feeds will be published shortly.

Other related posts: