OKELLO SAM TALKS ABOUT THE THING THAT HAPPENED WITH MARY-LOUISE PARKER

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Cause Effect Agency

November 2011 was a big month for Hope North. Mary-Louise Parker, star of showtime's Weeds generously offered to bring to Okello Sam, founder of Hope North, to NYC. This opportunity fortuitously coincided with the release of a new documentary about Hope North,

For those who don't know, Hope North is a school for former child-soldiers and orphans in western Uganda. The new documentary about Hope North, entitled The Thing That Happened, was shot at the school in the fall of 2010. Directed by Andrew Walton with an original score by Michael Rohatyn and Adan Horovitz of the Beastes Boys, this film has already received awards both from the Woodstock Film Festival and the United Nations Film Festival in San Francisco.

Trailer for The Thing That Happened

Mary-Louise Parker took special interest in the piece and decided to host a screening of her own at the Mandarin Oriental on Columbus Circle. A few of the attendees included Joy Stoddard from the Whole Planet Foundation, Mo Sacirbey frrom Diplomatically Incorrect, the actor, stylist, and designer, Phillip Bloch, Brooke Wall, the founder of The Wall Group, and Dinda Elliot, Global Affairs Editor for Condé Nast Traveler.