It’s a long way from Sierra Leone to Westport.
But one nearby company, and another local organization, are doing what they can to bridge the miles, and the cultures.
Norwalk-based film Copper Pot Pictures recently made a documentary — Brownstones to Red Dirt — about pen pals from an orphanage in the African nation, and the projects of Bedford-Stuyvesant.
The children’s artwork and letters are currently being showcased at the Westport Arts Center.
This Friday at the WAC (6 p.m.), there’s a screening of the film, plus a reception, a Q-and-A with one of the Brooklyn students, and silent auction to benefit Schools for Salone.
For years, much of the news from Sierra Leone has been bad.
This news — and all the activity surrounding it — is very, very good.
(Tickets for this Friday’s film screening and other events are $10 for WAC members, $15 for non-members. To purchase tickets and view the silent auction items, click here.)
Part of "Penpals and Dreams."
