Brightness Of Noon – Part I

The Intersect of Faith, Immigration and Refugees (Part I)
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Narrated by actor Bambadjan Bamba (Black Panther)

If you give food to the hungry and satisfy those who are in need,
then the darkness around you, will turn to the brightness of noon.
– Isaiah 58:10

Offering sanctuary to the “stranger” is at the core of most religious traditions; sustaining them in an age of violence and cruelty is how we hold onto our human hearts.

Brightness of Noon: The Intersect of Faith, Immigration and Refugees, a two-part documentary, highlights the stories of undocumented immigrants and refugees – who fled economic despair and unfathomable violence only to face an uncertain future in the United States – and the faith groups who are posing a question to us all, “Are we willing to take some risks in order to protect human life and basic rights?”

Part I focuses on people of various faiths addressing the plight of undocumented immigrants.  Narrated by acclaimed actor-activist Bambadjan Bamba (The Good Place, Black Panther) the one-hour documentary premiered on ABC-affiliated stations across the country beginning Feb. 18, 2018.  Part II of Brightness of Noon, which chronicles refugees and asylees, began broadcasting on ABC affiliated stations February 17, 2019.

Bambadjan Bamba

About the narrator

Shortly after the Trump administration rescinded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), throwing into doubt the legal status of young people brought to the United States as children, Bambadjan Bamba publicly announced that he was a DACA recipient. No longer able to remain silent, he risked his career and freedom to petition the government to fix DACA or overhaul the United States’ immigration system. “When I was ten, my parents and I fled from a war-torn Ivory Coast, and sought political asylum in the United States,” says Bamba. “The reason I announced my undocumented status, and also chose to narrate Brightness of Noon, is to show that I and the other 800,000 other DACA recipients are young people who care, work hard and only want the opportunity to give back to this great nation.”

Jim Papoulis

About the composer

Scored by renowned composer Jim Papoulis, whose work has been featured at, among others, the Beijing Olympics, the Give Us Hope Permanent Exhibit at the 911 Museum of New York, the Pope’s visit to New York, and who has worked with Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion, Beyonce, the Tokyo String Quartet and the Moscow Philharmonic, this will be the twelfth documentary he has scored for Diva Communications.

Major funding for Brightness of Noon: Part I provided by the following:

Julian Grace Foundation, Presbyterian Women/PC USA, Knights of Columbus, and Women of the ELCA

Interviews for Part 1 include:

Carl Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Knights of Columbus

Rev. John Fife, co-creator of the Sanctuary movement of the 80’s and, more recently, No Mas Muerte

Linda Hartke, President of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services

Rev. Alison Harrington, Southside Presbyterian Church, Tucson, Arizona

Rabbi Shai Held, noted theologian, educator and author

Hilda Ramirez and her son Ivan, in sanctuary at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin Texas

Rev. Chris Jimmerson, First Unitarian Universalist Church, Austin, Texas

Rev. Ebenezer Martinez, First Pentecostal Church of Jerome Avenue

Kirssy Martinez, DACA recipient

Rev. Babs Miller, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas

Layli Miller-Muro, founder and CEO of The Tahirih Justice Center

Juanita Molina, Executive Director of Humane Borders

Peter Pedemonti, Director, New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia

Hilda Ramirez and her son Ivan, in sanctuary at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin Texas

Rev. Dr. Jim Rigby,  St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas

Sujitno Sajuti, in sanctuary at Unitarian Universalist Church, Meriden, Connecticut

Rev. Aldo Siahaan, Philadelphia Praise Center

Rev. Marie Tatro, Episcopal Diocese of Long Island

Rabbi Elliott Tepperman, Bnai Keshet, Montclair, New Jersey

Shadi Martini, director of Humanitarian Relief at the Multifaith Alliance For Syrian Refugees, has dedicated himself to helping those fleeing the civil war in his home country.

Rabbi Shai Held is a celebrated theologian and Chair of Jewish Thought at Yeshiva Hadar in New York City.

Kirssy Martinez, a DACA recipient from the Dominican Republic, talks about the challenges of getting an education while undocumented.

Stephen Lee Saltonstall, a volunteer for Humane Borders, leaves water tanks out in the desert to save the lives of migrants fleeing violence in their homelands.

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Brightness of Noon: The Intersect of Faith, Immigration and Refugees – Part I

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Brightness of Noon: The Intersect of Faith, Immigration and Refugees, a two-part documentary, highlights the stories of undocumented immigrants and refugees – who fled economic despair and unfathomable violence only to face an uncertain future in the United States – and the faith groups who are posing a question to us all, “Are we willing to take some risks in order to protect human life and basic rights?”

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Brightness of Noon: The Intersect of Faith, Immigration and Refugees – Part I — Diva Communications Inc.

Offering sanctuary to the “stranger” is at the core of most religious traditions; sustaining them in an age of violence and cruelty is how we hold onto our human hearts.

Brightness of Noon: The Intersect of Faith, Immigration and Refugees, a two-part documentary, highlights the stories of undocumented immigrants and refugees – who fled economic despair and unfathomable violence only to face an uncertain future in the United States – and the faith groups who are posing a question to us all, “Are we willing to take some risks in order to protect human life and basic rights?”

Part 1 focuses on people of various faiths addressing the plight of undocumented immigrants. Narrated by acclaimed actor-activist Bambadjan Bamba (The Good Place, Black Panther) the one-hour documentary premiered on ABC – affiliated stations across the country beginning Feb. 18, 2018.

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