Monty Python's Life of Brian that the council had not seen the film, and had based their opinion on what they had been told by the Nationwide Festival of Light, a grouping with an evangelical Christian base, of which they knew nothing. Some bans continued into the 21st century. In 2008, Torbay Council finally permitted the film to be shown after it won an online vote for the English Riviera International Comedy Film Festival. In 2009, it was announced that a thirty-year-old ban of the film in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth had finally been lifted, and the subsequent showing was attended by Terry Jones
March for Life (Washington, D.C.) before and after the March. Such events include a Luau for Life at Georgetown University and a candlelight vigil at the Supreme Court. Additionally, independent films with a pro-life message have premiered or have been promoted in association with the March, including the Vatican endorsed film "Doonby", which was shown at Landmark E Street Cinema during the 2013 march, and "22 Weeks", which premiered at Union Station's Phoenix Theatre on the eve of the 2009 march. Students for Life of America typically holds its national conference the day after the March. The National Memorial for the Pre-Born and their Mother