{"590843":{"#nid":"590843","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u0022Came from Nothing\u0022 Documentary Screening","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYou are cordially invited to the premiere screening event for the film on\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMay 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\/strong\u003E\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;\u003Cstrong\u003Eovercame 17 years of addiction and homelessness\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Auburn Avenue to open the store just two blocks from the same bridge under which he once slept, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003Eone block from the birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EThe film\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ewas produced by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;students\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ENick Tippens\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAli Yildirim\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;as part of a project studio course titled\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/designstudio.gatech.edu\/socialjustice.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026quot;Sweet Auburn: Birthplace of Ideas.\u0026quot;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/zPMLHcZSMJo\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EView the Trailer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe faculty advisor for this project is\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ENassim JafariNaimi\u003C\/strong\u003E, a professor in the Digital Media department at Georgia Tech and the director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/designstudio.gatech.edu\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDesign and Social Interaction Studio\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Came From Nothing\u00a0is a documentary film co-produced by HTS major Ali Yildirim that chronicles the life of Benjamin \u0022Big Mouth Ben\u0022 Graham, an entrepreneur and motivational entertainer who owns a convenience store on historic Auburn Avenue in Atlanta."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2017-04-24 19:24:20","changed_gmt":"2017-04-24 19:24:56","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"590842":{"id":"590842","type":"image","title":"documentary screening","body":null,"created":"1493061843","gmt_created":"2017-04-24 19:24:03","changed":"1493061843","gmt_changed":"2017-04-24 19:24:03","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225111","name":"Screen Shot 2017-04-24 at 3.22.50 PM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-04-24%20at%203.22.50%20PM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-04-24%20at%203.22.50%20PM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1009585,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-04-24%20at%203.22.50%20PM.png?itok=giEQ9mec"}}},"media_ids":["590842"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}