Dear Friends,
EchoChamber in conjunction with HBO Documentary Films would like to invite you to a private screening of the International Emmy award-winning documentary Saving Africa's Witch Children, a film by Mags Gavan and Joost Van Der Valk (with narration by Sophie Okonedo), this Monday, May 24, at 6PM at the HBO Theater in New York City. A Q&A with the filmmakers will follow the screening. Please see the invite below for details. If you can make it, please RSVP to rsvp@startanecho.org as soon as possible, as space is limited.
ABOUT THE FILM
In the poorest parts of Nigeria, where an extreme form of Pentecostal Christianity has combined with deep-rooted belief in black magic, thousands of children are branded as witches, blamed for disease and death, and often abandoned. SAVING AFRICA’S WITCH CHILDREN follows Gary Foxcroft, a 29-year old Briton who works to help these vulnerable children through his charity, Stepping Stones Nigeria, which raises funds to aid children living in the Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) shelter. Sam Itauma, a Nigerian, runs the shelter and cares for over 150 orphans. Though Nigeria has passed a Child rights Act, the Akwa Ibom region had not enacted the law. After Gary organizes a demonstration, the law is passed, but children still arrive at CRARN daily.
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