CONTACT: Stephen Hays

hays@120dbfilms.com 646-872-1293

Rocksteady: Indie film world premiere at Woodstock Film Festival October 1, 2010

A coming-of-age drama set in the world of dirt track stock car racing featuring Grammy Award Winner Steel Pulse

South Salem, NY (September 25, 2010)

Rocksteady, produced by 120dB Films, in association with Indalo Productions and Dirty Rice, is a coming of age drama set in the world of dirt track stock car racing, against a heavy reggae soundscape. Twenty year old BC, the only black kid on a very white track, sees racing as his way out - and up into manhood.

Rocksteady opens at the Woodstock Film Festival with two screenings: October 1 at 7pm at the Festival’s Rosendale theatre, and October 2 at the Bearsville Theatre at 2:15pm. Both screenings will be followed by a Q & A session with the director, producers and lead actors.

Featuring acting and musical performances by Grammy award-winning reggae group Steel Pulse, Rocksteady follows a young man's journey (Cedric Sanders as BC) over the course of a racing season, but more importantly of self-discovery and growth. Along the way, he meets new people with whom he never could have imagined a connection, reconnects spiritually with his father and learns much about his community. The story is filled with humor, poignancy, subtle racial tension, intrigue and plenty of racing action.

Emmy-Award winning director Mustapha Khan (House on Fire, Reflections of A Native Son) makes his feature film debut directing the young cast, including leads Cedric Sanders (A Matter of Honor, The Least Among You, American Gangster) and Natalie Knepp (Going the Distance, Old Friends.) With pulsating race sequences coupled with tender and studious scenes, “Rocksteady is guaranteed to delight all who see it.” says Woodstock Film Festival’s Jacob Brades. For more information visit the film’s website:

Rocksteadymovie.com

Credits:

Cast: Cedric Sanders, Natalie Knepp, Jonny Orsini, Sharon Washington, Wass Stevens,

and Featuring David Hinds of Steel Pulse.

Director: Mustapha Khan; Producers: Anne Chaisson, Anthony Moody; Executive Producers: Stephen Hays, Peter Graham; Screenwriters: Kevin Shine, Stephen Hays. Cinematographer: Adrian Correia, Editors: John David Allen, Peter Devaney. Composers/Music: Clark Gayton, and Steel Pulse.

120dB Films (Henry’s Crime, Vamps, Dirty Girl, The Romantics, Machete) is a senior lender to the entertainment industry. The company has provided gap, presale, tax credit, finishing funds, prints and advertising as well as bridge financing for more than 50 films and TV series.

Tickets:

Woodstock Film Festivial

More about 120dB Films:

120dbfilms.com

Washington, DC – August 17 – Partners In Health (PIH), The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) and Grammy-winning reggae band Steel Pulse today announced the release of Hold On [4 Haiti], a new song composed by lead singer David Hinds and recorded to raise funds for the solar electrification of health clinics for PIH in Haiti. The clinics, operated by Zanmi Lasante, are located in the remote mountain highlands and do not have access to the electric grid. In the aftermath of the January earthquake in Port-au-Prince, the facilities have experienced a rise in demand for health-care services, countered by dangerous fluctuations in fuel supplies needed to operate their generators.

Steel Pulse has launched a new website,

www.holdon4haiti.org

where the song is available for download on a donation basis. One hundred percent of donations received will benefit Haiti.

Explained Mr. Hinds: “Because the initial media coverage has waned considerably, we want to revitalize the focus on Haiti's plight. We wrote Hold On [4 Haiti] to support the people of Haiti through the work being done by the Solar Electric Light Fund and Partners In Health. We’ve got to make a real difference on the ground — that’s what this project is all about.”

“Steel Pulse’s Hold On [4 Haiti] is a song of hope,” said SELF’s executive director, Bob Freling. “Our hope is that we can solar electrify all 12 hospitals and health centers for Partners In Health in Haiti. We were already working on electrifying PIH clinics, but in the wake of the earthquake we’ve been requested by PIH to accelerate our timeline for bringing solar power to all of their sites in Haiti.”

Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health, has been an advocate for the Solar Health Care Partnership between the two organizations from the very beginning, when SELF worked on electrifying PIH clinics in Africa. “We know that solar energy is self-replenishing and sustainable. It works for us in Africa, and we want to use it across all our facilities in Haiti; diesel is already in short supply and will likely become even more difficult to obtain as time goes by,” said Dr. Farmer. “This song by Steel Pulse serves as a reminder that we stand with the people of Haiti in solidarity and compassion.”

About PIH Partners In Health (PIH) works in 12 countries around the world to provide quality health care to people and communities devastated by joint burdens of poverty and disease. PIH has been providing vital health care services in Haiti for more than 20 years and is the largest health care provider in the country, working with the Haitian Ministry of Health to deliver comprehensive health care services to a catchment area of 1.2 million across the Central Plateau and the Lower Artibonite Valley. Learn more: www.pih.org

About SELF The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit working to reduce energy poverty and combat climate change by bringing solar power and wireless Internet access to remote rural villages in the developing world. SELF has pioneered innovative applications of solar power for drip irrigation in Benin, telemedicine in the Amazon rainforest, vaccine refrigeration in Rwanda, online distance learning in South Africa, and microenterprise development in Nigeria. These successful pilot projects culminated in SELF’s whole-village approach, or Solar Integrated Development model. Since 1990, SELF has completed projects in 20 countries, making it a leader among non-governmental organizations in realizing practical and cost-effective alternative energy solutions for rural villagers. For more information, please visit www.self.org

About Steel Pulse For over 35 years, Grammy-winning reggae band Steel Pulse has won the hearts and minds of audiences all over the world. Bob Marley numbered Steel Pulse among his favorite reggae bands when the group had just come up out of Birmingham in 1975. Steel Pulse performed at Bill Clinton's inaugural celebration, the first reggae band to appear at such an event. African Holocaust, their most recent album, was been hailed as "the rebirth of political consciousness in reggae music" and was received with accolades from fans and critics alike. The band is currently working on a new album and DVD. Visit: steelpulse.com

Contact:

Lauren Taylor, Communications Director

Solar Electric Light Fund

(202) 234-7265

lauren@self.org

Andrew Marx, Director of Communications

Partners In Health

(617) 998-8977

communications@pih.org

The production company has asked Steel Pulse to put out the word, as they are seeking archive materials that our fans might have (archive footage, photos, artwork, ticket stubs, live recordings, newspaper and press clippings, etc)

If you feel you may have materials that would be a good addition to this documentary, please e-mail the following: Name

Phone Number

Description of the item(s)

Photo of item (if you can)

If you have photos, film, or recorded media, you must own the copyright or have the copyright information

To: info@steelpulse.com

Thank you all again for your ongoing support!