..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..R.J. Matson
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Michael Wilmington

August 04, 2006

The Letter From Magnolia Pictures
To The Traverse City Film Festival
Regarding Jesus Camp
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August 3, 2006

Mr. Michael Moore
Traverse City Film Festival
227 E. State Street
Traverse City, MI 49684

Re: Jesus Camp, a picture produced by Loki Films and directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (the "Film")

Dear Mr. Moore,

We are the licensee of the Film with distribution rights that include the United States. We have not authorized you to show or exploit the Film. We have the right to require credits that include the Magnolia logo, and we have the responsibility to cause all copies distributed under our authority to bear legally sufficient copyright notices in the form and position adherent with the Berne Union Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention.

We and the filmmakers are concerned that showing the film at a festival so closely aligned with Michael Moore will create the misimpression that the film is left-leaning and critical of its subject matter, when, in fact, the Film is a balanced and objective work. That is so in part because of the overwhelming public perception of Mr. Moore's affinity to liberal causes and anti-conservative agendas. We feel it is very important that, for this film to reach its widest possible audience, the neutrality and objectivity displayed in the film be reflected in the outreach to the public, something Mr. Moore's association does not engender.

For all of those reasons, we ask you to honor the filmmakers' and our request that the Film not be shown at the 2006 Traverse City Film Festival.

Respectfully,

Eamonn Bowles

c: Vinson & Elkins LLP

Traverse City Film Festival
P. O. Box 4064
Traverse City, MI 49685