Recent Press

Hello again,

Wanted to give you the chance to read a couple pieces of recent press the film has received. (Click on each image to view a larger version).


Philadelphia Weekly's writeup:




PIFF's summary:



Also, the flyer from the recent Mt. Airy screening:

Latest happenings

Exciting news!

I am happy to announce that our intergenerational documentary film, “I CANNOT BE SILENT: Testimonies of Peacemaking”, was recently accepted by the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, and will be screened on Sunday, June 28 at 5:05 p.m. at Dave and Busters, 325 N. Columbia Blvd. A full listing of all of the festival films and their venues will be posted in the next few days on the festival’s website at http://www.philadelphiaindependentfilmfestival.com/ and very reasonably priced tickets can then be purchased online as well. Some additional festival information is also at http://piff2009.blogspot.com/ including directions to the venues.

Our film team is also delighted that Philadelphia Weekly magazine will be reviewing the film soon–hopefully, very favorably J--in the context of the festival.

Another screening, which is FREE, will be occurring this Sunday evening, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. in Mt. Airy at the Summit Presbyterian Church, 6757 Greene Street. A beautiful flyer, which I hope you will also share with your friends and the wider community, is attached with further details. This screening is being co-sponsored by the Northwest Interfaith Movement, the Interfaith Peace Walk, Weaver’s Way, Mothers in Charge and others.

We are hoping very much that some of the youth and elders who appear in the film will be able to attend these screenings in order to be recognized and to join with me in the Q and A’s which will follow.

Please join us for either of these screenings, if you have not yet seen the film already.

Best wishes,

Vic Compher

Executive Producer

Philadelphia Stories

“I CANNOT BE SILENT…” has been accepted by public television station WYBE‘s Philadelphia Stories 7 series for a post-production grant.

In addition to the current 48 minute version of the film, we will create a 26:40 minute version for broadcast as a part of this series and for classroom workshops on peacemaking.

Media Film Festival

We are happy to announce the official selection of our film as part of the Media Film Festival. Spring screening date will be listed soon.

Spring Screenings

Please note our new calendar in the right column. As you can see, we've got a few events coming up this spring. We'll be sure to keep it updated with dates and information.

You can click on each individual event to find out more about it. You can also add these events to your google calendar, pda, etc. by clicking on the small "+Google" button.

Here's a quick rundown of what's coming up:

1. Feb. 24, 1:00 p.m.
TARP program (Temple University Association of Retired Persons) is hosting a screening at the Temple University Center City Campus at 15th and Market Streets.

2. March 22, 6:30 p.m.
A film series and discussion hosted by Central Baptist Church of Wayne, PA
http://www.cbcwayne.org

3. April 26, 2:00 p.m.
Film Festival of the Fellowship of Reconciliation at Nyack, NY
http://www.forusa.org

4. May 17, 12:00 noon
Tab.edu Adult Education Program at Tabernacle United Church at 37th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia.
http://www.tabunited.org

Videos are up!

Due to our desire to get our film to the widest audience possible, we have taken advantage of blip.tv's free video hosting service and have created an internet version of the film which anyone can watch. For the purposes of internet broadcast, we have broken the 45 minute film into six sections, according to the chapters in the film. Though not available at full resolution or with the accompanying montages that link the sections together, these six interviews make up the bulk of the film.

Here is the link to our blip.tv page: I Cannot Be Silent. The image at the top of the right column is also a shortcut to the same page.

If you are an educator who would like to utilize either the DVD or internet versions of the film, we would love to accommodate you. Please let the filmmaker know:
viccompher [at] comcast [dot] net

Enjoy!