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WHO WILL REMEMBER THE PENNY?
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Once a worthy monetary citizen, the penny has been relegated to
junk-status; humiliated, beaten and kicked around like an old 8-track
compilation cassette. A second-class monetary citizen that has been
indiscriminately silenced and unjustly locked up in overcrowded
glass jars, rudimentary piggy banks, barren shoeboxes and yes, even
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a small group of avant-garde filmmakers are working hard to change
all that by bringing together one million pennies to help create
The
first film starring a CANADIAN PENNY.
The film, “The Hermitian
Penny”, is a short story that follows the final days
of a homeless Canadian Penny searching for its place within society.
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FADE IN:
INT. ROOM – DAY
A dimly lit
room. Our hero, the CANADIAN PENNY sits, waiting, locked up in
the corner of a decomposing shoebox. The pungent smell of an old
pair of sneakers that once took up residency still lingers in
the air.
The Penny makes an attempt to scale the cardboard walls, quickly
realizing it does not posses the required limbs one would need
to crawl out with.
The Penny tries
to cry. But, lacking necessary tear glands and vocal box, it cannot
indulge in such a perfunctory task.
So, the Penny
sits there, quiet, patient. All alone…
(To be continued)
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scene might sound like an excerpt from the film, but it’s
not. The harsh reality is that situations like this are occurring
everywhere and everyday to millions of Canadian pennies across the
country.
Don’t turn a blind eye on these helpless penny prisoners.
We can all do something to help.
HERE ARE SOME SHORT FILMS WE RECEIVED ON PENNY'S


RELEASE
YOUR PENNY PRISONERS!
Help us raise the Penny’s voice so
they can unite one million strong and take part in this historic
film event.
Free a thousand, a hundred, or even one. Canadian or American, shiny
or faded, loose or rolled up, we don’t discriminate. Every
penny truly can make a difference and brings us one step closer
to bringing their film to life.
THE
PENNY CAN FEEL LIKE A FIRST-CLASS MONETARY CITIZEN
AGAIN.
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