Please join JBFC Founder Stephen Apkon for a preview screening of his new documentary, which is a follow up to the award-winning Disturbing the Peace (2016).

In the midst of darkness, we discover who we truly are. There is Another Way tells the story of a group of visionaries who refuse to surrender to violence and injustice, and in doing so show that another path is possible—for them, for us, and for all humanity. As we are all faced with essential questions about who we are, will we choose collective liberation, where the needs, rights, and safety of all are prioritized—in which our humanity comes first, knowing that no one is free until everyone is free.

Combatants for Peace, nominated for two Nobel Peace Prizes, is an extraordinary bi-national group of former enemy combatants—Israelis and Palestinians—working together during an ongoing armed conflict. Faced with escalating devastation and violence, the very core of the movement must face great challenges and show that there is another way. The first question they have to face is their own belief…is this even possible?

Disturbing the Peace (2016) is about questioning the narrative we are born into, while There is Another Way is about choosing our future. It takes courage to walk a path even when you yourself feel overwhelmed and afraid—a path where you don’t know the final answer, only that it will emerge from standing in the grief of what we, as humanity, have experienced and created, and find yourself unable to turn away.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Stephen Apkon, Producer Marcina Hale, and members of Combatants for Peace: Mai Shahin and Iris Gur.

For more information about the film: www.thereisanotherwayfilm.com