Documentary Film On Israeli and Palestinian Conflict Tours Campuses with Message Of Nonviolence

Newton MA - “Little Town of Bethlehem ” a documentary featuring the stories of three peace activists - an Israeli and two Palestinians - had its North American premier earlier this week at Boston College in Newton. Over the next month the film is screening on university campuses across the U.S. The subjects of the film - a Muslim and Christian from the West Bank and an Israeli Jew – are participating in spirited discussions about the Middle East conflict. The film draws parallels between the budding nonviolence movement in the region and the crusade for civil and human rights in Muhatma Ghandi’s India and Martin Luther King’s America. OMB Audio Audio story prepared by Dave Goodman - with assistance from Annie Shreffler (13:40) Upcoming university stops on the tour include DePaul Carnegie Mellon Wayne State Oklahoma Christian USC and UC Berkeley. Previously Ethnographic Media held events at the University of Rhode Island and the Riverside Church in New York City the location of Martin Luther King's famous 1967 anti-Vietnam war speech. OMB Staff Writer Annie Shreffler's review of the film "Little Town of Bethlehem." OMB Video Annie Shreffler recorded Sami Awad discussing the nonviolence movement's relationship with other groups such as Hamas. Web Resources http://littletownofbethlehem.org/ http://www.egmfilms.org/ http://www.holylandtrust.org/ http://cfpeace.org/ http://www.shovrimshtika.org/index_e.asp (Breaking the Silence) Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Newsvine Facebook Google Yahoo Technorati