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- In Nazareth, an old couple lives wearily to the rhythm of the daily routine. On the other side of the border, in Ramallah, their son Tarek wishes to remain an eternal bachelor, their daughter is about to give birth while her husband lands a movie role and the grandmother loses her head ... Between check-points and dreams, frivolity and politics, some want to leave, others want to stay but all have personal affairs to resolve.
- Unexpected Peace follows social anthropologist Jonathan Bornman as he explores three stories: the Amish school shooting in Nickle Mines, Pa.; the murders of Murid (Sufi Muslim) migrants from Senegal in Harlem, New York; and Muslim-Christian conflict in Solo, Indonesia. In each case, communities responded to horrific acts of violence with forgiveness and actions of nonviolence. The camera captures the spirit, context, and energy of these places and people, and Bornman's quest reveals nonviolent and community peace-building practices that offer unexpected alternatives to violence. Bornman grew up in the Mennonite faith, which has a pacifist tradition. Through his quest, Bornman puts his core values and beliefs to the test. He explores three foundational questions: Can nonviolence work in the larger social context? The loss of innocent children was devastating.. The story drew immediate national and international attention. The Amish community chose to forgive the murderer, who took his own life, by supporting his wife and family. She recalls what she experienced at the receiving end of forgiveness. What role do shared beliefs play in practicing nonviolence? In the late 1980s, 48 Senegalese Sufi Muslims were murdered while driving taxis. Rather than seek retribution, the Harlem Murid community chose to forgive as a manifestation of their commitment to nonviolence. Aisatou Ndao, an early member of the community, attributes this stance to her community and the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. and Shaykh Amadou Bamba. For this community, nonviolence, is a way of life, modeled to their children and taught in Qur'anic schools. What does it take to create a viable and sustainable culture of nonviolence? With more than 30 militias, Solo, Indonesia, was known as a violent city, a city with a "short fuse." Unexpected Peace documents the friendship between the commander of a fundamentalist Islamic militia and the pastor of a Christian church in Solo. In the two decades since this friendship began, the militia and the church continue to take on humanitarian work within and beyond Solo, as community-building actions replace violence.
- An old man, a young man, and an orange tree Two neighbours, a garden, and no words exchanged What happens when interests clash and lines are crossed?
- A young man, who feels constrained living with his father takes drastic measures to liberate himself.
- Abed, a young Palestinian, enters Israel illegally by passing under the Wall, through the sewers. He works in a restaurant in the West of Jerusalem. On his day off, Abed decides to go home with a mysterious white box. It is the beginning of a long journey.