{"590961":{"#nid":"590961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"HTS Major Ali Yildirim Co-Produces Documentary Film","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYou are cordially invited to the premiere screening event for the film\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/zPMLHcZSMJo\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECame From Nothing: The Story of Benjamin \u0026#39;Big Mouth Ben\u0026#39; Graham\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003Eon\u0026nbsp;May 4th, 2017 at 7:30PM. The screening will be held at the APEX Museum, 135 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA. It is free to attend, with paid parking available on-site.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECame From Nothing\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a documentary film that chronicles the life story of Benjamin \u0026quot;Big Mouth Ben\u0026quot; Graham, an entrepreneur and motivational entertainer who owns a convenience store on historic Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. Big Mouth Ben\u0026nbsp;overcame 17 years of addiction and homelessness\u0026nbsp;on Auburn Avenue to open the store just two blocks from the same bridge under which he once slept, and\u0026nbsp;one block from the birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe film\u0026nbsp;was produced by\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;students\u0026nbsp;Nick Tippens\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;Ali Yildirim\u0026nbsp;as part of a project studio course titled\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;Sweet Auburn: Birthplace of Ideas.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/zPMLHcZSMJo\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EView the Trailer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Came From Nothing\u0022 chronicles the life of Benjamin \u0022Big Mouth Ben\u0022 Graham, who overcame addiction and homelessness to open his own store on historic Auburn Avenue."}],"uid":"27332","created_gmt":"2017-04-26 14:32:28","changed_gmt":"2017-04-26 14:32:28","author":"Amy D\u0027Unger","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"590959":{"id":"590959","type":"image","title":"Big Mouth Ben","body":null,"created":"1493216260","gmt_created":"2017-04-26 14:17:40","changed":"1493216260","gmt_changed":"2017-04-26 14:17:40","alt":"Big Mouth Ben logo (yellow bicycle and text)","file":{"fid":"225167","name":"Screen Shot 2017-04-26 at 9.43.02 AM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-04-26%20at%209.43.02%20AM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-04-26%20at%209.43.02%20AM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":503333,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-04-26%20at%209.43.02%20AM.png?itok=WCu5EIKe"}}},"media_ids":["590959"],"groups":[{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[{"id":"42931","name":"Performances"},{"id":"42951","name":"Student Art"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"147521","name":"HSOC"},{"id":"2518","name":"hts"},{"id":"167441","name":"student research"},{"id":"174207","name":"Big Mouth Ben"},{"id":"77991","name":"documentary film"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAli Yildirim\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ayildirim@gatech.edu?subject=Question%20about%20%22Came%20From%20Nothing%22%20Premiere\u0022\u003Eayildirim@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}