In Observance of Human Trafficking Awareness Month Thursday, January 18th, 7:30 pm WEAVE, Inc. the only Rape Crisis Center in Sacramento, in collaboration with International Rescue Sacramento, are hosting a Screening of SANDS OF SILENCE and a Q&A with director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle.
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SACRAMENTO — Jan. 18 Screening hosted by WEAVE, Inc & IRC Sacramento

Sands of Silence gets TheWIFTS Award
BEST DOCUMENTARY – HUMANITARIAN December 10th TheWIFTS (The Women in Film and Television Showcase) TheWIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards 2017 West Hollywood, California — TheWIFTS Award Jury’s Comment: “Sands of Silence is a remarkable film, in that through the potency of its storytelling, it exposes the humanitarian issue both on the surface and beneath, of the suffering of […]
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BEST DOCUMENTARY – HUMANITARIAN December 10th TheWIFTS (The Women in Film and Television Showcase) TheWIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards 2017 West Hollywood, California — TheWIFTS Award Jury’s Comment: “Sands of Silence is a remarkable film, in that through the potency of its storytelling, it exposes the humanitarian issue both on the surface and beneath, of the suffering of […]
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Agnès Films – Film Review of Sands of Silence | agnesfilms.com
Agnès Films, supporting women and feminist filmmakers recently reviewed, Chelo Alvarez-Stehle’s Sands of Silence, documentary film. The review by Julie Caper Roth, says: “Sands of Silence demonstrates that trauma is not merely the plight of women in far-off lands. It can exist close to home and can only be felled by transparency and communication. The […]
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Agnès Films, supporting women and feminist filmmakers recently reviewed, Chelo Alvarez-Stehle’s Sands of Silence, documentary film. The review by Julie Caper Roth, says: “Sands of Silence demonstrates that trauma is not merely the plight of women in far-off lands. It can exist close to home and can only be felled by transparency and communication. The […]
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RTVE Broadcast
SANDS OF SILENCE: Waves of Courage — Geolocalized broadcast in Spain’s territories on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women RTVE (Radio Televisión Española), the country’s public television system which counts with the largest audience. Read below my #MeToo article published in Spain’s daily EL PAÍS on the eve of the […]
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SANDS OF SILENCE: Waves of Courage — Geolocalized broadcast in Spain’s territories on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women RTVE (Radio Televisión Española), the country’s public television system which counts with the largest audience. Read below my #MeToo article published in Spain’s daily EL PAÍS on the eve of the […]
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Access to technology can counter sexual exploitation | FORBES
SANDS OF SILENCE Film Campaign Featured in Forbes Magazine: by Rebecca Sadwick and Sarah Godoy Forbes Magazine ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY CAN COUNTER SEXUAL EXPLOITATION Forbes Magazine – Febr. 29, 2016 – “In a campaign that calls for immediate action, Chelo Alvarez-Stehle’s film Sands of Silence: Waves of Courage has engaged a global community by […]
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SANDS OF SILENCE Film Campaign Featured in Forbes Magazine: by Rebecca Sadwick and Sarah Godoy Forbes Magazine ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY CAN COUNTER SEXUAL EXPLOITATION Forbes Magazine – Febr. 29, 2016 – “In a campaign that calls for immediate action, Chelo Alvarez-Stehle’s film Sands of Silence: Waves of Courage has engaged a global community by […]
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When there is no reason to feel grateful | Malibu Chronicle
By Chelo Alvarez-Stehle Feeling grateful when you have plenty is easy. Feeling grateful when you’ve been robbed of the most fundamental possessions in your life: your freedom, your dignity, your sense of being, seems like an impossible task. But not for Virginia Isaias, a survivor of sex trafficking whose journey is part of the documentary […]
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By Chelo Alvarez-Stehle Feeling grateful when you have plenty is easy. Feeling grateful when you’ve been robbed of the most fundamental possessions in your life: your freedom, your dignity, your sense of being, seems like an impossible task. But not for Virginia Isaias, a survivor of sex trafficking whose journey is part of the documentary […]
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