A documentary that sheds light on how dialogues successfully lead to peacemaking even amongst the most conflicting groups will be shown at 精东传媒.
鈥淩efusing To Be Enemies: The Zeitouna Story鈥 will be shown on Wednesday, February 16 at 7 p.m. in Olin B Lecture Hall, located one block east of 50th Street and St. Paul Ave.
The 58-minute documentary profiles a self-formed group of 12 ordinary women calling themselves 鈥淶eitouna,鈥 the Arab word for 鈥渙live tree.鈥 The six Arabs and six Jews weave an unusual and intimate tapestry of sisterhood. Some of the women are American-born, others are immigrants; one is a Holocaust survivor, another is a survivor of the Nakbah鈥檚 terror. The film does not attempt to answer questions of right and wrong, or how to break the deadlock of the Middle East conflict. Instead it offers living proof of how the journey of personal transformation may pave the way to socio-political transformation and peace.
The film鈥檚 director, Laurie White, 鈥 who also co-produced 鈥淩oger and Me鈥 with Michael Moore 鈥 will be at the screening to answer questions. She will be joined by fellow Zeitouna co-founder Dr. Manya Arond-Thomas, a leadership and life design coach.
The screening is free and open to the public.