Lame Will Collaborate With The Way of the Rain on A Content
Series Narrated by Robert Redford To Highlight The Importance of
Sustainability
HEALDSBURG, Calif., Aug. 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Khaby Lame, the world's most followed TikToker
with over 250 million followers across his channels on social
media, will appear at the Festival Del
Sole on August
4th at the Green Music Center in Sonoma County, California, to announce a new
collaboration alongside Sibylle Szaggars Redford, the Founder and
Artistic Director of The Way of the Rain, Inc., and Barrett Wissman, the Founder and Executive
Director of the Festival Del Sole.
They will take the stage together at the theater to discuss their
plans and respond to a selection of questions.
Lame and The Way of the Rain, Inc. will be collaborating over
the next year on a content series to be filmed in his native
Senegal, bringing attention to the
importance of environmental sustainability. Lame will direct
and shoot the content to be narrated by Academy Award winning
actor, producer and director Robert Redford, who is also Vice
President of The Way of the Rain.
Lame, Szaggars Redford, and Wissman will attend the screening of
the performance film The Way of the Rain – Hope for Earth – A
Symphony for our Planet and the Gala fundraiser following the
performance at Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma.
"Having a voice like Khaby helping to reinforce our mission and
tell our story to his youthful generation of followers is a dream
come true," said Sibylle Szaggars Redford. "The future of our
planet is in the hands of Khaby's generation and there couldn't be
a better person to collaborate with us to magnify our message."
"Collaborating with Sibylle and Robert
Redford and The Way of the Rain, Inc. is an honor and
important responsibility for me," said Khaby Lame. "I want to do
what I can to communicate about environmental issues we face in my
native Senegal, on the African
continent and on a global scale. I look forward to
collaborating with Robert Redford in
having his iconic voice telling the story and to having his advice
and counsel when directing and editing the content. I have
been an admirer of his legacy of work as both an actor and
director."
"Collaboration across genres, generations and talent is what
makes the Festival Del Sole unique," said Barrett Wissman. "It is satisfying to bring
together extraordinary people like the Redfords and Khaby Lame
together to help achieve their aspirations and goals."
Tickets and information on the performances and events at the
Festival Del Sole can be found on the festival website,
www.festivaldelsolearts.com.
THE WAY OF THE RAIN was inspired by the annual monsoon rains
that sustain life on the fragile landscape of the high - desert
plateaus of the Southwest. This live multidisciplinary performance
invites the audience to remember their physical and spiritual
connection to our planet's beauty and plight through paintings,
music, dance, film, light and spoken word. Conceived by
environmental artist Sibylle Szaggars Redford to explore the issue
of climate change resulting in rapidly changing weather patterns,
Sibylle Redford collaborates with
world renowned artists to create a piece that illustrates crucial
environmental dilemmas through performance art.
www.thewayoftherain.org
ABOUT THE WAY OF THE RAIN, INC. A NEW MEXICO NON PROFIT
ORGANIZATION:
In November of 2015 Sibylle Szaggars Redford founded The Way of the
Rain Non-Profit Organization, which is organized exclusively for
charitable, cultural and educational purposes, including the
specific purpose of developing, producing and performing
educational and artistic performances themed and designed to
promote public awareness and support for the protection of our
Earth.
About Festival del Sole
The story of Festival del Sole, as its name suggests, starts in
Italy in the 1990's, where
Barrett Wissman and wife, cellist
Nina Kotova, had often discussed
organizing an event somewhere in the world where friends could make
music together in a warm welcoming atmosphere. In 2003, the
Festival del Sole was born in Cortona in Tuscany, and incorporated a vast array of
events including concerts, fine art exhibitions, culinary
events, wine tastings, and literary events. In
2006, Barrett Wissman brought the Festival Del Sole to
Napa Valley, which has now become
Festival Napa Valley. Barrett
Wissman has decided to bring back to Northern California in 2024, in partnership
with the stunning acoustic and architectural gem, the Green Music
Center at Sonoma State University and
its Executive Director Jacob
Yarrow.
Media Contact:
Festival del Sole
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