VOICES ACROSS THE DIVIDE
Alice Rothchild (USA 2013, 57 min.)
Narrated by Alice Rothchild, an American Jew raised on the tragedies of the Holocaust and the dream of a Jewish homeland in Israel, Voices Across the Divide follows her personal journey as she begins to understand the Palestinian narrative, while exploring the Palestinian experience of loss, occupation, statelessness, and immigration to the US.
The idea for the film was born after Alice traveled to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza to work with and interview Israelis and Palestinians starting in 2003 and wrote a book about these experiences, Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience. This led to an event organized by Jewish Voice for Peace in Detroit, where Palestinians shared their stories at a public event. As she actively searched for the mostly invisible stories of Palestinians she felt the enormous human commonalities that connect Arabs and Jews. Compelled to speak out and to organize for a positive future for all of us, she started working on Voices Across the Divide.
Website (from where it is possible to purchase the film on DVD): http://voicesacrossthedivide.com/documentary/
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/72614558
Narrated by Alice Rothchild, an American Jew raised on the tragedies of the Holocaust and the dream of a Jewish homeland in Israel, Voices Across the Divide follows her personal journey as she begins to understand the Palestinian narrative, while exploring the Palestinian experience of loss, occupation, statelessness, and immigration to the US.
The idea for the film was born after Alice traveled to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza to work with and interview Israelis and Palestinians starting in 2003 and wrote a book about these experiences, Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience. This led to an event organized by Jewish Voice for Peace in Detroit, where Palestinians shared their stories at a public event. As she actively searched for the mostly invisible stories of Palestinians she felt the enormous human commonalities that connect Arabs and Jews. Compelled to speak out and to organize for a positive future for all of us, she started working on Voices Across the Divide.
Website (from where it is possible to purchase the film on DVD): http://voicesacrossthedivide.com/documentary/
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/72614558
