Peace Film Fest

Documentaries

1. Scared Sacred-
   
   “In a world teetering on the edge of self destruction, award-winning filmmaker Velcrow Ripper sets out on a unique pilgrimage visiting the ‘Ground Zeros’ of the world. [Cambodia, Afghanistan, Bhopal, New York, Bosnia, Hiroshima, Israel and Palestine] This powerful documentary captures the five year odyssey to discover if humanity can transform the ‘scared’ into the ‘sacred.”
   This film is available from the website www.scaredsacred.org 
   
   
2. I Know I’m Not Alone-
   
   “Michael Franti, world renowned musician and human rights worker, travels to Iraq, Palestine and Israel to explore the human cost of war with a group of friends, some video cameras and his guitar."
   This film is available from the website www.iknowimnotalone.com 
   
   
3. Long Night’s Journey Into Day-
   
   This documentary studies South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
   Information for ordering this film can be found on the website www.irisfilms.org/longnight/index.htm
   
   
4. Weapons of the Spirit - 
   
   This film tells the story of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a tiny Protestant village in the mountains of  south-central France.  The villagers provided a safe haven throughout the war for whoever knocked on the door.
   This film may be ordered through the website www.chambon.org/weapons_en.htm
   
   
5. A Force More Powerful (3 Hours - viewable as short segments)
   
   
6. and Bringing Down a Dictator- (1 Hour)
   
   A Force More Powerful is a 3 hour documentary series exploring how nonviolent power overcame oppression all over the world in the 20th Century.
   Bringing Down a Dictator is a 1 hour documentary of the massive civil disobedience that brought down Milosevic.
   
   Both films are available from
   www.aforcemorepowerful.org   

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