Potomac Flacks: Three Former Flacks Make Their Way Back-To-The-Beltway Promoting Article VI

January 21, 2008

Three Former Flacks Make Their Way Back-To-The-Beltway Promoting Article VI

PF has learned that three former Potomac Flacks, Reed Dickens, Ben Porritt, and Peter Watkins, are behind the promotion of a new film coming soon to a theatre near you. The film, Article VI: Faith.Politics.America, is an intense discussion of the role of faith in politics and explores the history of religious tests in America. Much discussed in political circles, the film debuted last week to standing room only crowds in Orange County, Atlanta, and Salt Lake City. More screenings are planned this month across the country, including Washington D.C. (date and time to be posted soon).

Dickens, former White House Assistant Press Secretary, and Porritt, former Press Secretary to Maj. Leader Tom Delay, run a high-octane PR shop out in California called Outside Eyes. Watkins, a media mogul and former Deputy Press Secretary to the First Lady and Spokesman in the Office of Media Affairs at The White House now lives in Salt Lake City and is the founder of Watkins Global Strategies.

Whether this is ploy to sell DVDs or not, it is smart marketing and lends an interesting story angle to a campaign season that is quickly becoming cliché. Check out the film and the trailer at article6themovie.com. (PF Tipster)

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