Road To Oprah Tour
The 1 Second Film launched a Road to Oprah tour in October 2007, with the goal of reaching Oprah Winfrey's studio in Chicago and asking her for $1 to become a producer. The tour was organized online by sending a newsletter to over 7,400 producers of the project with a request to help set up presentations from Los Angeles to Chicago. Presentations were organized by online supporters at YouTube, Google, Universities, high schools, coffee shops, skate parks, a veterans' home, and house parties across America. A used school bus was purchased on eBay for $3,100, and converted to a bio-diesel production bus. The 30-day tour, covering 10,000 miles, took place from October–November 2007. An alt-country folk band called the Evangenitals joined the tour, performing music at presentations and composing songs for the documentary. The day the Road to Oprah bus reached Harpo Studios in Chicago, Oprah had traveled unexpectedly to Africa to address a crisis at her Leadership Academy for Girls. The tour will be included as part of the documentary. Another tour is being planned before the film is completed.
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