SANDS OF SILENCE: Waves of Courage
A 15-year quest to expose the underworld of sexual exploitation and trafficking
from Asia to the Americas leads world-reporter
Chelo Alvarez-Stehle to the windswept beach where her
childhood ended and family secrets began.
The film that inspires you to speak out about sexual violence
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Chelo undertakes a parallel journey of healing and introspection as she sets out to shatter the silence about abuse in her own life.
Through the transformation of sex trafficking survivor
Virginia Isaias into an inspiring advocate, Sands of Silence celebrates the triumph of the spirit with a call to action to break the chains of sexual violence worldwide
A 15-year quest to expose the underworld of sexual exploitation and trafficking from Asia to the Americas leads world-reporter Chelo Alvarez-Stehle to the windswept beach where her childhood ended and family secrets began. As she documents the transformation of sex-trafficking survivor Virginia Isaias—a Mexican-American woman whose past is engulfed in a cycle of sexual exploitation—into an inspiring advocate committed to breaking that pattern, Chelo undertakes a parallel journey of healing and introspection as she sets out to shatter the silence about abuse in her own life. An intimate story about an endemic problem, Sands of Silence celebrates the triumph of the spirit with a call to action to break the chains of sexual violence worldwide.
Our main characters Virginia Isaias and daughter Lala Isaias
The film addresses the full spectrum of sexual violence, from child sexual abuse and priest abuse to sexual assault and sex trafficking.
Sands of Silence inspires you speak out about sexual violence
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ENGLISH ~ ESPAÑOL ~ FRANÇAIS ~ PORTUGUÊS
JAPANESE 日本語 ~ CHINESE 中国人
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Sands of Silence trajectory on the world stage
L.A. Times echoes Sands of Silence PBS premiere
L.A. Times echoes Sands of Silence WORLD Channel and PBS premiere By SERGIO BURSTEIN WRITER SEPT. 23, 2020 3:04 PM To celebrate the International Day...
Ms. Magazine features Sands of Silence PBS premiere
Sands of Silence airs and streams on WORLD Channel and PBS Tune in on Sunday Sept. 27, 2020, 7pm PT / 10pm ET or Stream...
Sands of Silence Premieres WORLD Channel / PBS ~ Sun 9/27/2020
Photo Credit: William Sparkes WORLD Channel’s “Doc World” Series & 174 PBS Stations September 27, 2020 @ 7p PT / 10 p ET Celebrating International...
Los Angeles Press Club Screening with Patt Morrison of the Los Angeles Times
“SANDS OF SILENCE: Waves of Courage” is the LA Press Club’s 2017 SoCal Journalism Awards Feature Documentary Winner Exclusive screening of “SANDS OF SILENCE: Waves...
Movement du Nid: Prostitution et Société revue trimestrelle
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Universities – Feedback
FEEDBACK from Students and Faculty “I’ve had three sexual assaults and I didn't know that it was an assault because I wasn't "raped." I compared...
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