September 21st, 2011: Premiere at the Museum of Fine Arts: Kenya - Passing the Baton
Scituate Rotary Members at the MFA Premiere Showing of Passing The Baton were Dietrich Bilger, Lambert Brandes, Lois Brandes, Janice Brown, Candace Cramer, James Gilmore, Walter Heller, Michael Johnson, John Miller, Bart Nuboer, Donna Nuzzo-Muller, Jeannie O'Donoghue, Joan Powers, Robert Schipul, Sandra Schipul, Janet Schmitz, Mimi Svenning, Lisa Tompson, and Veronica Vedensky.
Also in attendance were Karen Kelly, Raymond Helmick, SJ, Associate Producer, John J. Michalczyk, Producer and Director of Passing The Baton and Dan Schmelzer, director of Capstone Ministries in Kenya.
Many members and friends met before the film to have dinner together at Bravo, the newly renovated MFA restaurant.
Prior to the showing, Director and Producer, John Michalczyk, spoke briefly about the making of such a film.
Kenya: Passing The Baton, highlights a people and a government working to create a united, civil society amid tribal tensions, corruption, complex social issues, and a severe drought in 2009. Rotary International and the Jesuit Hakimani Center in Nairobi are working with Kenyans as they attempt to establish a strong moral foundation set forth in their new guiding document, The Constitution, Much hope and faith is placed in this new Constitution.
Following the film, four panelists, John Michalczyk, Dan Schmelzer, Raymond Helmick, and a native Kenyan interacted with the audience. A group of young Kenyans were also in the audience and provided much insight into this initiative in Kenya.
Scituate Rotary is proud to be involved in this effort to achieve a fair and lasting peace in Kenya.
