Last night we had the first screening of our short film. Thank you to our panelists Sarah Caterina and Tatiana Gjergji for a great evening of dialogue and celebration of community engagement and empowerment. And thank you to the Madison Theatre for hosting our event....
Devika Brendon is a Sri Lankan Academic, Teacher, Editor, Reviewer, Blogger and Columnist who writes for Ceylon Today, Sunday Times/Island, Roar, Groundviews and more. She recently interviewed Jessica Palden as the creator of Teardrop on Fire, the extracts of which...
We are so excited to host the premier screening of the short documentary film! I stopped by yesterday to the Madison Theater where the event is taking place, and I was so stoked to see the new space. It's been completely renovated and I had a tour with the owner,...
Devika Salomon is the founder of Sambol Foundation. I first met Devika through Airbnb. She was looking for a place to rent for her family a few years ago when she first just starting her mission Down South in Matara. She didn’t end up renting my place, but she ended...
The Rosie May Foundation is an international children’s charity, keeping children in families and creating positive futures through education and training. They do work in various developing countries, one of which is Sri Lanka. When we heard about the Pink Tuk Tuks...
During our first block of shooting, we travelled out of Colombo to the East Coast of Sri Lanka to Arugambay, a fishing village and international surf Mecca. We went to Abay to meet Tiffany Carothers and the Girls Make Waves Surf Club. Founded in 2015, Girls Make...
Marini De Livera is the founder and Chair of Sisters-At-Law, one of the organizations with whom we are partnering in our outreach, fundraising, and the documentary itself. Marini is a champion of women’s and children’s rights in Sri Lanka. She is a former Chairperson...
I recorded this vlog back in May while I was still in Sri Lanka during the Delta strain out break. We were done with our first block of shoots and in the middle of the edit. I had been keeping the project on the down low and this was my first public announcement about...