Philadelphia Eagles' Wide Receiver DeSean Jackson's Documentary
Screened at Lake Tahoe During American Century Celebrity Golf Championship Inspires Boys and Girls Club
Stateline, Nevada/Lake Tahoe, CA-"#10 DeSean Jackson: The Making of a Father's Dream" by Byron
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Former Kansas City teammates Marcus Allen & Byron Jackson
Connect at the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Lake
Tahoe.
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Jackson and
Kern Konwiser was center stage at a screening highlighting the Boys and
Girls Club of Lake Tahoe at the Horizon Casino and Resort, Wednesday
July 17th during the NBC televised American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe, July 16-21. (NFL Quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver won the 24th American Century Tahoe Celebrity Golf Championship,
out performing Marcus Allen, Michael Phelps, Jerry Rice, Stephen
Curry, David Justice, Ray Allen, Chris Chandler, Ray Ramono, Emmitt
Smith, Alfonso Ribeiro, Tim Wakefield and the list goes on.)
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Filmmaker Byron Jackson
presents documentary to South Lake Tahoe City Council Woman Brooke
Laine. Jackson filmmed his brother over 18 years. The film chronicles
blood, sweat and tears of family and friends working to achieve
excellence.
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"It was a
great gesture to showcase the Boys and Girls Club to bring awareness to
the 25/26 Campaign and the upcoming October 17th Fundraising for the
Boys and Girls' Club," said Brooke Laine, South Lake Tahoe
City Council. "The film is a wonderful tribute to family, friends and
how hard work and determination can result in excellence."
"It's our
family story told very candidly-no holds barred. We believe many other
families and individuals will be inspired by the film to create their
own plan for excellence, " said Byron Jackson, DeSean's
older brother, filmmaker, former Kansas City Chief wide receiver and
currently sports editor at Fox Sports Net. "When I turned the camera on
DeSean, 18 years ago and kept it rolling all to improve his performance,
I never dreamed we'd make this into a film that also has an academic
curriculum that can help anyone trying to achieve a goal in any walk of
life, not just sports." The film and curriculum are based on five core
principles: Desire, Dream, Vision, Belief and Power.
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Boys & Girls Club Youth
Skypes with Philadelphia Eagles Wide Receiver DeSean Jackson as LaHitz
Media's Jacquie Taliaferro looks on.
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"Our youth were so jazzed to talk to DeSean Jackson via Skype after seeing the film," said Natalie Cazares-Rodriguez,
Program Director, Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe. "We'd love to
screen the film again, plus it's not everyday that our kids get to talk
to an NFL football player who's going to appear on Disney XD's "Crash
and Bernstein." Our kids talk to DeSean one week and the next they see
he's on the Disney Channel. Wow!"
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Jacquie Taliaferro (LS) of
LaHitz Media & Karlos Carter(RS) Academic Director of SportsRhythms,
flank Filmmaker & Former NFL Athlete Byron Jackson, South Lake
Tahoe City Council Woman Brooke Laine and BGCLT Program Director Natalie
Cazares-Rodriguez. ( Daniel, (LS) son of the Concierge at Horizon
Casino & Resort won a DVD autographed by DeSean Jackson for asking
the "best question" during the Skype session).
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Chris Strauss of "USA Today" wrote about DeSean Jackson's acting debut for the Disney Channel with Mickey (Danny Woodburn) of "Seinfeld." Here's a link to the story with a clip of Jackson in action off the field (http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/07/desean-jackson-mickey-seinfeld-disney-philadelphia-eagles/) Jackson's guest appearance on "Crash and Bernstein" will air on Monday, July 22, 2013. Check local listings for details.
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