Court TV Acquires Rights to Gun Control Activist Sarah Brady's Upcoming Memoir A Good Fight.Entertainment Editors PASADENA, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2002 Court TV has secured the rights to A Good Fight, Sarah Brady's upcoming memoir memoir History or record composed from personal observation and experience. Closely related to autobiography, a memoir differs chiefly in the degree of emphasis on external events. , for development as part of its original 2002 movie slate, it was announced today by Henry Schleiff, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Court TV. The book is a striking memoir by the wife of former Reagan press secretary James Brady on the day that changed their lives and how she overcame personal tragedy to inspire public accomplishment. "This is a perfect project for Court TV," states Schleiff. "It addresses the serious and complex issues about the laws surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. gun control and the direct impact these laws have on our families. This emotionally compelling story chronicles Chronicles, two books of the Bible, originally a single work in the Hebrew canon (the final book of that canon), called First and Second Chronicles in the Authorized Version, and called First and Second Paralipomenon in the Septuagint and in the Vulgate. the difficulties that Sarah Brady Sarah Brady (born Sarah Jane Kemp on February 6, 1942) is the wife of former White House Press Secretary James Scott Brady. She was born to L. Stanley Kemp, a high school teacher and later FBI agent, and Frances Stufflebean Kemp, a former teacher and homemaker. and her family went through after the tragic shooting of her husband. The book traces the evolution of Ms. Brady from housewife to gun control activist and, ultimately, to the leader behind the successful passage of The Brady Bill. Sarah's book is an important one and we are both proud and delighted to be able to work with her and to bring her story to the screen. " "Our organization has had a long history with Court TV," states Sarah Brady. "I am so excited that this project found a home with them. I know they will do a superb job with my story." A Good Fight by Sarah Brady with Merrill McLoughlin, which will be in stores on Mother's Day, was acquired from PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group, for Court TV. Court TV will produce this movie in conjunction with Hearst Entertainment. Court TV Original Movies look at legal and social justice issues. Court TV (www.courttv.com or AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Keyword: Court TV), a basic cable network, provides a window on the American system The term American System can mean one of the following:
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