JEWISH COMMUNITY

AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY about Israeli and Palestinian peace activists 
AT JCC ON May 4

Encounter Point, the award-winning feature documentary about ordinary heroes in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, will play at the Jewish Community Center of RI (JCC), 401 Elmgrove Avenue, Providence, on Sunday, May 4, at 3 pm.  The showing is sponsored by the RI chapter of Brit Tzedek v’Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, and is free and open to the public.  The film is an hour and a half long and will be followed by a brief discussion.

Brit Tzedek is a national organization with over 38,000 members in 39 chapters, whose mission is to educate and mobilize American Jews in support of a negotiated two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Encounter Point follows a former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk their lives and public standing to promote a nonviolent end to the conflict.  These civic leaders navigate suicide bombings and checkpoints to confront militancy on both sides, the wounded and apathetic masses.  The film explores what drives them and thousands of other like-minded civilians to overcome anger and grief to work for grassroots solutions. It is a film about the everyday heroes in our midst. 

Encounter Point won the 2006 San Francisco International Film Festival “Audience Award for Best Documentary;” played opening night at the 2006 Vancouver Film Festival; ranked among the top-five picks at the 2006 Hot Docs Film Festival; and has been an “Official Selection” at numerous film festivals around the world, including the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.

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