Wednesday, April 29th, 2015

2:40 PM, Admiralty Room

SANDS OF SILENCE: Journey into Trafficking

presented by Chelo Alvarez-Stehle

A multi-platform engagement campaign that aims to break the silence on sexual violence through the SANDS OF SILENCE: JOURNEY INTO TRAFFICKING, a feature-length documentary, and SOS-SLAVES, a social impact game and the SOS interactive micro-documentary series.

World reporter and filmmaker Chelo Alvarez-Stehle has worked for over two decades years denouncing gender violence and trafficking through her creative and humanitarian work. She became foreign correspondent for Spain’s El Mundo daily in Tokyo and then in Los Angeles. Chelo was interviewer and assistant director on TIN GIRLS documentary on child trafficking in Nepal, where she co-founded the Masala Project, an income-generating spice factory for survivors. She has directed/produced several short documentaries, among them, SOLD IN AMERICA: A Modern-Day Tale of Sex Slavery. She is currently producing the short documentary THROUGH THE WALL: A family divided by the border, and producing/directing a cross-platform project on sexual exploitation and trafficking encompassing the SANDS OF SILENCE: Journey into Trafficking documentary, the SOS_SLAVES social impact video game and the SOS Interactive micro-documentary series.

 

Special Event at Digital Hollywood

Curated by WIF Women in Film