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"  A Passion for Giving, Robin Baker Leacock&amp;#039;s philanthropy-focused new film, was f\u00EAted last night with a screening and cocktail party (featuring refreshing passion-fruit libations from Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur) in the elegant Pool Room Terrace at the Four Seasons. Albert Maysles and Phillip Bloch were among the evening&amp;#039;s hosts; Maysles offered opening remarks on the documentary, which spotlights the humanitarian efforts of an eclectic group of subjects, including Donna Karan, Bill Gates, Russell Simmons, Run DMC&amp;#039;s Darryl McDaniels, and VH1&amp;#039;s Save the Music founder John Sykes. The Grey Gardens filmmaker emphasized his appreciation for the film&amp;#039;s positive message: &amp;quot;Hollywood people think, `It&amp;#039;s got to have conflict,&amp;#039; so you see lousy people doing lousy things to one another. The newspaper&amp;#039;s that way too. When my daughter was four years old, I took her to the newsstand and the paper hadn&amp;#039;t arrived yet. She said, `Daddy, the paper&amp;#039;s not ready because the people haven&amp;#039;t been killed yet.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; He continued, &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s so nice about this film is that it&amp;#039;s not sentimentalized; it&amp;#039;s just people being themselves.&amp;quot; A Passion for Giving airs Saturday, November 21, at 1pm on PBS. Visit www.passiongiving.com for more information. \u2014Erin Clements  Albert Maysles and Robin Baker Leacock   Catherine Malandrino Photos: Patrick McMullan "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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