Sound Development

It’ Time (2008)

It’s Time: African Women Join Hands Against Domestic Violence gives an inside glimpse of the lives of African women and girls forced to flee abuse. It tells how a unique partnership between a Canadian agency and two African organizations is working to combat an epidemic of domestic violence.  

From the violent streets of post-apartheid Johannesburg, South Africa, to the impoverished countryside of Ethiopia, where up to 80% of marriages result from abduction and rape, this provocative film gives a glimpse of how domestic violence is entwined in the history and the social and cultural fabrics of these African countries.  

Broadcasts  

SIC Portugal (2010)  
TVNZ New Zealand (2010)

Awards and Festivals  

Vancouver Pan African Film Festival  

Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival
(Nominated best documentary short)  

Okanagan International Film Festival  

Video Excerpts

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Steven Hunt Producer, Director, Editor, Camera

Sarah McGregor Story Producer – South Africa Former correspondent with Reuters in Johannesburg and now working for Bloomberg in Nairobi, Kenya.

Esther Wamala Story Producer – Ethiopia Radio producer and journalist for Ugandan radio with extensive experience reporting on human rights issues.

Celeste Mackenzie Production Assistant Journalist/writer with experience in Latin America and Canada with stories appearing in newspapers such as the Miami Herald and radio documentaries on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).