DeVault Wins Award at Global Peace Film Festival

September 18, 2019

Award winning film Sanctity of Sanctuary: Paul Strauss and the Equinox Farm

The 60-min. education cut, is streaming in the Online Global Peace Film Festival from September 16-22, which runs congruent with the festival taking place in Orlando, Florida. The film is described as an Appalachian love affair between a man, his farm and his desire to make the world a better place. This film ignites the green spark within us to live a sustainably and to appreciate, cherish and protect our world. The film is produced and directed by Xavier Communication Department Associate Professor, Blis DeVault who is Director of the Digital Innovation, Film and Television Program. Access to the film can be found here during those dates. Film website: www.sanctityofsanctuary.com

About the Festival:

The Global Peace Film Festival, established in 2003, uses the power of the moving image to further the cause of peace on earth. From the outset, the GPFF envisioned “peace” not as the absence of conflict but as a framework for channeling, processing and resolving conflict through respectful and non-violent means.

People of good faith have real differences that deserve to be discussed, debated and contested.

GPFF works to connect expression – artistic, political, social and personal – to positive, respectful vehicles for action and change. The festival program is carefully curated to create a place for open dialogue, using the films as catalysts for change. https://peacefilmfest.org/