REEL Justice Film Series presents: “Encounter Point”

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FREE

"A riveting documentary. . . blazes with a kind of spiritual grace.”
- Village Voice

Encounter Point is a film about hope, true courage and implicitly about the silence of journalists and politicians who pay little attention to vital grassroots peace efforts.

A true story about everyday leaders who refuse to sit back as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalates.

Encounter Point is a documentary film that 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. Their journeys lead them to the unlikeliest places to confront hatred within their communities.  It’s about everyday leaders in our midst. 

What drives these civic leaders to navigate suicide bombings and checkpoints, to confront militancy on both sides, to overcome anger and grief, and to work for grassroots solutions?