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Tapestries of Hope Movie Premier September 28


homeimagesizedb.jpgGet a babysitter this Tuesday night for this amazing film, Tapestries of Hope, as it will be showing for one night and one night only at 100 theaters around the country.  It is an extremely important film to attend for two reasons.  One because the content will blow your mind and inspire you, and two because by showing up at the theater you are sending a message to congress that you CARE--  that you are not happy that it is 2010 and congress STILL has not passed the International Violence Against Women Act.   Argh!  As women we hear about things like acid being thrown women's faces for talking back to their husbands, women being stoned to death for suspected adultery and girls gang raped as prizes of war--and we are horrified.  But there is even more violence happening against women that we don't hear about in the news.

Every day around the world a war is waged against women and girls, taking millions of lives and causing terrible suffering. Approximately one out of every three women globally has been beaten coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime. One in three!  Let's face it women and girls around the world are getting treated like sh*t and we shouldn't stand by and let this happen.  We can take action by sending a message to Congress by clicking here or better yet by showing up to see the film Tapestries of Hope.

Tapestries of Hope documents a kind of violence against girls that I had never heard of before.  Thanks to my friend, film maker, Michealene Cristini Risley, women like myself are now hearing about these horrors and can step up to make things right for the women and children that can't help themselves.  Michealene's film exposes a myth in Zimbabwe that the raping of a virgin can cure AIDS.  Girls as young as one day old are being raped, infected and tossed aside in the attempt to cure men's HIV/AIDS.  The heroine in the film is Betty Makoni, founder of the Girl Child Network, a series of shelters that offer food, housing and rehabilitation to the girls who are mentally and physically suffering this abuse.  Betty has helped more than 300,000 girls to date yet millions more need our help.

"The most striking element of the documentary Taperstries of Hope is not the hell that the young rape suriviors profiled have lived through, but their unbreakable spirit. The film is a vibrant international call to action and a breathtaking portrait of hope in the face of overwhelming odds." 

Now what are you doing Tuesday night that could be more important? For a list of theaters and to buy a ticket now, click here.
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