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Steven Speilberg’s ‘Lincoln’: coming soon to a school near you | Movie Talk - Yahoo! Movies

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Steven Speilberg’s ‘Lincoln’: coming soon to a school near you

Photo: DreamworksFew recent movies have examined the minutia of a key moment in American history as closely as Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” and the filmmaker and his producers are eager to let educators take advantage of their efforts.
Participant Media, the production company who helped bring “Lincoln” to theaters, has announced a “social action campaign” they call “Stand Tall: Live Like Lincoln.” The campaign will use Spielberg’s film as part of an educational outreach program that will focus on history and encourage youngsters to learn from the sixteenth president’s example.
With this in mind, Participant Media will be hosting screenings for schools and will be giving a free