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President Obama acknowledged the American Film Institute for its commitment to the motion picture arts when AFI returned to the White House, the place of its birth, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD on April 5.

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4/13 - 6/17 Jack Nicholson Retrospective AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center 4/22 - 6/11 AFI Life Achievement Award Retrospective: Shirley MacLaine AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center 6/7 AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute to Shirley MacLaine 6/13 AFI Conservatory Commencement 2012 more events	HIT SO HARD P. David Ebersole (AFI Class of 1991) Director/Editor LOSING CONTROL Valerie Weiss (AFI Directing Workshop for Women, Class of 2005) Director/Screenwriter NATURAL SELECTION Nicole Ettinger (AFI Class of 2004) Co-Producer/Line Producer SEEKING JUSTICE Jay Cassidy (AFI Class of 1976) Editor	ASK ANY GIRL Determined to find happiness in the big city, twenty-one-year-old Meg Wheeler leaves her small town to move to New York, where moments after arriving her suitcase containing all her clothes is stolen. Chagrined, Meg nevertheless makes her way to the Albemarle Hotel for Women and there joins a host of young, single girls looking for employment and husbands. Meg is quickly befriended by Jeannie Boyden and several other girls who offer her articles of clothing for her first interview the next day. Shirley MacLaine – 40th AFI Life Achievement Award Honoree read full entry	AFI Alum to Adapt "Peter and the Starcatchers" for Disney >> AFI Alumni Win Student Academy Awards >> Directing Workshop For Women - Showcase 2012 >> TCM PRESENTS: AFI’S MASTER CLASS – THE ART OF COLLABORATION: DAVID O. RUSSELL AND MARK WAHLBERG >> AFI Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at the White House >> AFI Life Achievement Award Retrospective: Shirley MacLaine >> Silverdocs Passes On Sale Now! >> more news