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A Billion For Free

Cinematic first ‘A Billion Lives’ has been released as free-to-view as part of producer Aaron Biebert’s resolutions for 2020

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‘A Billion Lives’ was a celebrated cinematic first and lifted many awards and rave reviews for the powerful way it told the story of vaping and those who campaign against it. Following a select tour of some cinema theatres, the film was available for purchase or rent. Now, people in certain countries can view it for free.

The Director/Executive Producer of A Billion Lives, Aaron Biebert, said: “2019 has seen the total collapse of truth-based reporting. Things are out of control. As we've been working hard on our new movie You Don't Know Nicotine, it's been difficult to watch country after country, state after state, city after city restrict safer nicotine options for adults who smoke cigarettes.”

“In some places, their only option left is smoking cigarettes. What is going on in India? Brazil? The United States, the ‘Land of the Free’? I'm ashamed of the anti-science rhetoric being exported from the US. This is embarrassing.”

Biebert is making some New Year resolutions to redress this.

First, the final touches are being made to You Don't Know Nicotine, his latest film that investigates nicotine, set to be released in April. Secondly, The David Goerlitz Story - Becoming Winston Man is being launched on Amazon Prime.

A Billion Lives

The biggest news is that A Billion Lives has been released as free-to-view on a number of platforms. It can be viewed outside of Europe on Tubi [link]; members of the POTV forum [link] might be able to help you with advice on how to see it if you live in the U.K. or the rest of Europe.

Biebert has also asked his distribution partners to release it on more platforms. It is now available for free on Amazon Prime in: Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Botswana, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Darussalam, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Belize, Cook Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, Heard and McDonald Islands, Virgin Islands, British Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Micronesia, Federated States Of Montserrat, Namibia, Nigeria, Norfolk Island, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts And Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Swaziland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, and the United States Minor Outlying Islands.

It will soon be free to view on:

  • GuideDoc (Worldwide)
  • XUMO, the smart TV app (Free in US & Canada)
  • Filmocracy (US & Canada)
  • Fearless (US & Canada)
  • A TBD UDU Digital channel (Free in US & Canada)

Finally, later this year it will be available to U.K. residents on SkootTV.

“I'm hoping for a much better 2020 for those making important health choices for the new year. We'll do everything we can to help get the science out,” adds Biebert. “Thanks for sticking with us.”

Related:

  • A Billion Lives on Tubi – [link]
  • The POTV Forum – [link]
  • You Don't Know Nicotine, Twitter – [link]
  • You Don't Know Nicotine, Facebook – [link]
  • You Don't Know Nicotine, Instagram – [link]
  • The David Goerlitz Story, Twitter – [link]
  • The David Goerlitz Story, Facebook – [link]
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Dave is a freelance writer; with articles on music, motorbikes, football, pop-science, vaping and tobacco harm reduction in Sounds, Melody Maker, UBG, AWoL, Bike, When Saturday Comes, Vape News Magazine, and syndicated across the Johnston Press group. He was published in an anthology of “Greatest Football Writing”, but still believes this was a mistake. Dave contributes sketches to comedy shows and used to co-host a radio sketch show. He’s worked with numerous start-ups to develop content for their websites.

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