SPECIAL SCREENINGS:
SEWING HOPE
SHOWTIMES WED, 13 Nov | 5:30 pm YCC THEATER | Yountville FRI, 15 Nov | 1:00 pm GLIDERPORT | Calistoga SAT, 16 Nov | 10:00 am CADILLAC THEATER | Napa
Sewing Hope For 25 years, Joseph Kony and his infamous Lord’s Resistance Army terrorized Northern Uganda. Children were stolen from their families and brainwashed to be soldiers in his army. Young girls were additionally degraded by serving as sex slaves for Kony and his officers in the field. The gunfire has ceased, but one battle still remains — restoring dignity and a future to the children of Uganda. Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe leads a vocational school in Gulu, Uganda, where she uses practical skills to restore dignity, independence, and hope to formerly abducted women. She is an inspiration in the face of tyranny and desperation. Derek Watson’s provocative film mixes first person narration, edgy animation and compelling stories of hope. Forest Whitaker narrates this compelling story of one woman’s fight to bring hope back to her troubled nation. The Napa Valley Film Festival is honored to welcome Sister Rosemary to Napa where she will participate in post-screening Q&As. Sister Rosemary is also being honored as part of The New Power Lunch on Saturday, 16 November, at 500 First Street (Napa) at 12:30. See page 23 for more information. Generously supported by Lauren Ackerman
About the filmmaker Derek Watson is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who has worked on over 30 documentaries ranging on topics from the realities of the global water crisis to archeological finds buried in the Sahara desert. His previous work includes the documentary short This is Normal and serving as the Director of Photography on the National Geographic/PBS Special, Skeletons of the Sahara.
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FILM INFO RUN TIME: 54 min DIRECTOR: Derek Watson PRODUCER: Rachelle Whitten SCREENWRITER: Derek Watson NARRATED BY: Forest Whitaker