Partners for Peace
Director Ed Kucerak
Countries Canada
Duration 101 min
Synopsis
Partners for Peace follows a delegation of women on a journey to Israel and Palestine, their quest is to learn about the decades-long conflict and to reach out in solidarity to women activists striving amidst the turmoil. Confronted by the complex and brutal depth of the conflict, they are inspired by the commitment and sacrifices of the women they meet, and challenged to ask difficult questions of themselves, and of us all. We meet four of the delegates and main characters in the film and follow the journey through their eyes: activist and writer Jaclyn Friedman feels she has neglected understanding the conflict more fully and her role as an American Jew, Jody Williams, a grassroots activist and Nobel Prize recipient for her lead on the International Landmines Treaty, Lauren Embrey, a philanthropist from Texas, is committed to supporting women's rights and, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire is deeply committed to advancing peace in the region and to justice for Palestinian people, and spearheaded the delegation. The film offers a rare window on the work of women at the grassroots in Israel and Palestine, doing the hard, often invisible and unreported work of building peace.
Partners for Peace follows a delegation of women on a journey to Israel and Palestine, their quest is to learn about the decades-long conflict and to reach out in solidarity to women activists striving amidst the turmoil. Confronted by the complex and brutal depth of the conflict, they are inspired by the commitment and sacrifices of the women they meet, and challenged to ask difficult questions of themselves, and of us all. We meet four of the delegates and main characters in the film and follow the journey through their eyes: activist and writer Jaclyn Friedman feels she has neglected understanding the conflict more fully and her role as an American Jew, Jody Williams, a grassroots activist and Nobel Prize recipient for her lead on the International Landmines Treaty, Lauren Embrey, a philanthropist from Texas, is committed to supporting women's rights and, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire is deeply committed to advancing peace in the region and to justice for Palestinian people, and spearheaded the delegation. The film offers a rare window on the work of women at the grassroots in Israel and Palestine, doing the hard, often invisible and unreported work of building peace.