A few updates

· Director Vic Compher spent January – May, 2010, in Botswana and shared “I Cannot be Silent” with staff of the Holy Cross Hospice, where he worked as a social work volunteer 2 days/ week. The film was shown in February, 2010 in Lobatse, Botswana, to the staff of the Botswana Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation. In February and March in workshops relative to themes and scenes in the film, he and they also shared their cultural perspectives of trauma, grief and healing. Also in Lobatse he interviewed and filmed in April 2 older adults of historical interest to that country.

· On May 9, 2010, “I Cannot Be Silent” was featured with 3 other films in an annual Mothers’ Day Film Festival at the African-American Museum in Philadelphia, attended by 300 people.

· A curriculum is currently being developed that will accompany the film in high school settings in the fall of 2010. The input of Laura Richlin, former peace coordinator for the High School for Peace and Justice (featured in the film) have been invaluable. We are also collaborating on this project with Dorothy Johnson-Speight, founder of Mothers in Charge (also featured in the film). Jo Viviani of the Moore College of Art has also provided helpful input.