NEW FILMS that matter for Jews, Palestinians, everyone
Saturday, 27 January 2007
"Military
muscle is, in short, simply as out of date, as obsolete for the solution of the
conflicts in the
"We build massive military machines,"
continues international negotiator Craig Barnes, and "we are prepared to
fight (wars) better than we ever did before.
"But this is a new world and we have been
preparing for the wrong war.
"We cannot change the governmentor
that is, the source of moral authorityin
"They are the wrong tools.
"We have wasted our treasure and the lives of our
young on the wrong strategy.
". . .we cannot win a
war to convince an unwilling people in
Craig Barnes --pragmatic lawyer, seasoned
international mediator -- is anything but naive.
"At this time in history," he declares,
"military power is the exact opposite of what will create a peaceful or a
stable world.
"Ideas are more important than guns."
Today, new films are communicating ideas that
matter.
Now more than ever, because the
Internet is so democratic.
View this video of an inspiring new breed of
Energized, visionary Israeli and Palestinian citizens
reaching out to both peoples, finding common
ground.
Films can inspire and move us forward
together.
Film is new-found power -- people power.
Two new 2007
films
for Jews, Palestinians, everyone
Now available to you are two new videos
-- DVDs to illustrate what it looks like
when diverse people young and old, even enemies
Connect, Communicate, and Change.
The principles are universal, beginning with
a new quality of listening in homes, institutions, communities and nations.
Because of the urgency on Earth
these DVDs will continue to be gifted to whoever will use them.
=== 1 ===
DIALOGUE AT WASHINGTON
HIGH
DVD - 42 minutes
A Jewish and a
Palestinian exemplar model
how to connect with the "other" beginning with personal Story.
Tenth grade high school students then
engage each other in dyads with a new quality of listening.
The diverse youth speak about their new way of communicating.
A 2007 film by the
Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group
San Mateo, California, USA
Request DVD at http://traubman.igc.org/vidschool.htm
=== 2 ===
PEACEMAKERS:
Palestinians & Jews Together at Camp
DVD - 83 minutes
The partnership of a
Palestinian-Jewish Dialogue and 85-year-old camp
brings together in the California mountains
140 Muslims, Jews and Christians of all ages, including from
Israel and Palestine.
They discover one another and their ability to communicate and cooperate in new
ways.
Back down the mountain, they hold a public
tell the community about their struggles and breakthroughs.
A 2007 film by the
Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group
& Camp Tawonga
California, USA
Request DVD at http://traubman.igc.org/vidcamp.htm
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to creatively help films that matter spread around the world
however you are able.