Nicaraguan Plight, Salvation Focus of Documentary
Morristown filmmaker is working with the PeaceWorks initiative on documentary of humanitarian organization's two-plus decades of aiding the small Central American country.
There is a difference between seeing someone's troubles on TV, and witnessing them firsthand. Jim Burchell recognized this when he founded PeaceWorks in 1990, just as an-over decade-old revolution finally was easing into new government. Since then, Burchell and few dedicated volunteers have organized and shipped humanitarian aid packages to Nicaragua, one of the poorest nations in the world, every year. Every January, a small delegation heads to the tiny Central American country to meet and work with the farmers and other small business owners Burchell has cultivated relationships with over two-plus decades. This January, for 12 days, Morristown resident and filmmaker Christian Schuller decided to join the delegation and begin what he …
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