SANDS OF SILENCE: Waves of Courage
The film that inspires you speak out about sexual violence
“Through the searing stories Chelo Alvarez-Stehle tells in her Sands of Silence documentary film, she demonstrates that sexual abuse and sexual trafficking are but points on a continuum. In so doing, she has made an important contribution to the global conversation about sexual assault and rape culture.” —Jack Lerner, University of California, Irvine law professor
Universities
Presented at OXFORD, YALE, NYU, UCLA, and colleges from JAPAN and AUSTRALIA to POLAND and SPAIN
FULL LIST OF UNIVERSITIES USING OUR FILM
United Nations
European Parliament
Bar Associations
Non-Profits
Presented with our allies NuHive in SHANGHAI, SDDirect in LONDON, Center Simone de Beauvoir in PARIS, Equality Now in NEW YORK, One Loaf At A Time in MINNESOTTA, WISPPA-Women in South Pasadena Political Action and more
High Schools
Q&As with STUDENTS from CALIFORNIA to HIROSHIMA and SPAIN
Prisons
Q&As with SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENDERS throughout SPAIN and at YOUTH DETENTION CENTERS in CALIFORNIA
Cultural Institutions
Impactful screenings and Q&As from LOS ANGELES PRESS CLUB to TOKYO and SYDNEY CERVANTES INSTITUTE, MUSEUMS from CANARY ISLANDS to MEXICALI, PUBLIC LIBRARIES in LOS ANGELES with TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS, with DEPORTED MOTHERS and VETERANS in TIJUANA, and REFUGEES in SPAIN from Colombia to Senegal.