Contact: Rob. Walton
The Silverman Group
312-932-9950
rob@silvermangroupchicago.com
For Immediate Release
8TH PEACE ON EARTH FILM FESTIVAL PROMOTES THEMES OF NON-VIOLENCE,
TOLERANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Free annual showcase of feature films and shorts aims to catalyze change, March 19 - 22 at the
Chicago Cultural Center
(February 18, 2015) – The 2015 Peace on Earth Film Festival (POEFF), presented by Transcendence
Global Media, NFP, in partnership with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special events,
will showcase a captivating exploration of film in the areas of nonviolence, tolerance and social justice –
with corresponding panels and filmmaker Q&As – at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy
Theater, 78 East Washington, Thursday, March 19 through Sunday, March 22. All screenings are free
and open to the public. No reservations necessary. Individual screening dates and times below.
Last year audiences of all backgrounds and ages converged at the POEFF to watch dozens of World/US
and Midwest/Chicago Premieres including 2015 POEFF award winner for Best Short Narrative, dress,
directed by Lost’s Henry Ian Cusick. Additional filmmakers on hand to receive their awards include John
Marks, whose Under The Same Sun won Best Feature Narrative, and Illinois resident Edgar Barens, who
won Best Documentary Short at the 2014 Peace On Earth Film Festival for Prison Terminal: The Last Days
of Private Jack Hall before it went on to win the Oscar the following month.
The 2015 features promise to be equally compelling. They include the Chicago premiere of J Street: The
Art of the Possible, an urgent political story told with the intimacy of cinema vérité that takes viewers to
high-level strategy meetings and long nights on the road in a captivating glimpse at the role of lobbyists
in the American political process. And the powerful documentary Beyond the Divide follows a Vietnam
Veteran and a peace advocate in Missoula, Montana as they mend the decades of animosity left behind
by the Vietnam War.
Notable international entries include Memories on Stone, winner of Best Film at the Abu Dhabi Film
Festival, a tragicomic view on filmmaking in a war-affected country. From The Netherlands, Joan’s Boys
follows a warmhearted social worker’s efforts to save out-of-control minority adolescents, and Egyptian
student short MOOD follows the filmmaker’s depressed pianist father. A complete list of 2015 films is
below.
Begun in 2008, POEFF is an annual event shining a light on filmmakers’ challenging perspectives
regarding issues such as human rights, neighborhood violence, domestic violence, bullying, war, world
politics, environment, economics and more. The festival strives to put Chicago at the forefront of
international efforts for peace and environmental recoveries, while bringing together filmmakers,
academics and social activists in discussion panels and educational components.
Learn more at: www.peaceonearthfilmfestival.org/
This year’s selections include:
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Beyond the Divide (Jan Selby, USA, 88 min). Set in the
mountainous beauty of Missoula, Montana, Beyond
the Divide is a feature-length documentary film about
war, peace and the courage to find common ground.
Fifty years have passed since the beginning of the
Vietnam War. The politics and casualties are history,
yet deep scars remain between those who served and
those who fought a different war at home. In
Missoula, Montana, a mysterious graffiti peace
symbol inflamed the enduring animosity, dividing a
community for decades. Through the courageous acts
of Vietnam veteran Dan Gallagher and peace
advocate Betsy Mulligan-Dague, Beyond the Divide
illuminates a path to healing old wounds while reimagining peace. Their story inspires audiences to
focus on what unites us instead of what divides us. Shows Saturday, March 21, 7:14 p.m. Director Jan
Selby and cast members will be in attendance for a post-show Q&A.
Flames of Bodhichitta (Lhak Sam, USA, 75 min).
Between 2009 and the end of March 2014, 133
Tibetans self-immolated. Many in this world don't
understand why. The Chinese Communist Party
taught the Tibetan people there can only be one sun
in the sky at the same time. And the Tibetans who
self-immolated agree, and that is His Holiness the
Dalai Lama and the values and culture he embodies.
Showing Saturday, March 21, 1:14 p.m. Filmmaker
Lhak Sam will be in attendance for a post-show Q&A.
Groundswell Rising (Matt & Renard Cohen, USA, 70
min).
Groundswell Rising documents the opposition from
both sides of the political spectrum to the
ubiquitous practice of fracking for natural gas, and
the health and environmental reasons behind it.
Parents, scientists, doctors, farmers and individuals
across the political spectrum decry the energy
extraction process known as fracking that puts
profits over people; and tracks a grassroots
movement exposing dangers to clean air, water and
civil rights. Shows Thursday, March 19, 7:06 p.m.
Filmmakers Renard Cohen and Matt Cohen will be in
attendance for a post-show Q&A facilitated by Jerome McDonnell
Inside Peace (Cynthia Fitzpatrick, USA, 77 min).
Criminal offenders, plagued by a lifetime of violence,
addiction and bad choices, find their way to the Peace
Class in a Texas prison where they discover their
humanity and struggle to change. Inside Peace follows
Trinidad, David and Jake for four years from their time
in prison to their return to the outside world. They
begin to drop their tough façades and transform the
way they interact with people and their surroundings,
as they put their lives back together from the inside
out. Shows Sunday, March 22, 3:45 p.m. Cast
members will be in attendance for a post-show Q&A.
J Street: The Art of the Possible (Ken Winikur and Ben Avishai, USA, 71 min). This gripping political
documentary takes viewers inside the world of lobbying as
it tracks a young, progressive pro-Israel advocacy group,
challenging the establishment and pushing the Obama
administration to take a more active role in negotiating a
two-state solution. Formed around progressive Jewish
groups, but seeking to organize all concerned Americans, J
Street offers a bold vision for Middle East peace and US
regional policy by asserting that a two-state solution is
Israel’s only hope for a viable future. Shows Friday, March
20, 6:57 p.m. Filmmaker Ken Winiker will be in attendance
for a post-show Q&A.
Joan's Boys (Catherine van Campen, Netherlands, 60
min). Joan Sträter offers psychotherapy to out-ofcontrol teenagers, predominantly of ethnic minorities.
Mostly boys. They have all had encounters with the
police, for reasons varying from robberies to abuse,
skipping class or shoplifting. This hour-long
documentary shows Joan counseling Alaa and Adil,
14-year old twins of Moroccan origin. Joan's Boys is
about the interaction between Joan and “her boys”
and how their often completely separate worlds can
connect. More than a double portrait of client and
counselor, it is also about “looking” and “being looked
at” and how we so easily judge worlds foreign to us.
Shows Sunday, March 22, 6:42 p.m.
FEATURE NARRATIVE
Memories on Stone (Bîranînên lí der kevírî) (Shawkat
Amin Korki, Kurdistan Regional Government
Iraq/Germany, 97 min). After Saddam’s collapse in
Iraq, childhood friends Hussein and Alan decide to
produce a film about the Al Anfal Kurdish genocide.
But making a film in post-war Kurdistan isn’t easy,
especially finding a lead actress. Enter Sinor, young,
beautiful and passionate about the project, since her
own childhood is deeply affected by the Al Anfal
campaign. But her cousin and uncle control her fate.
Something compels Sinor to star in the film, even as it
becomes clear that the only way to achieve this is by a
marriage deal with her cousin, whom she doesn’t
love. A tragicomic view on filmmaking in a war-affected country. Shows Saturday, March 21, 9:11 p.m.
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
African Grandmothers Tribunal: Seeking justice at the
Frontlines of the AIDS Crisis (Neal Hicks, Canada, 44
min). Grandmothers are the primary caregivers for a
large portion of children left orphaned and vulnerable
by HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. But their ability
to care for these children, and for themselves, is
greatly compromised by the effects of gender- and
age-based discrimination. This film chronicles the
journey of three African grandmothers from their
homes in Uganda and Swaziland to Canada to testify
in a People's Tribunal held in the fall of 2013, sending
the very timely message that a rights-based response
to the HIV and AIDS crisis is necessary to build a sustainable future for sub-Saharan Africa. Shows
Saturday, March 21, 4:11 p.m. followed by an extended Q&A in GAR Ballroom with Alexis Macdonald of
the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
The Chicago Boyz (Tiara Epps, USA, 13 min). Tim Shaw, founder of The Chicago Boyz Acrobatic Team, is
giving young men the opportunity to escape the epidemic of increasing violence in the city of Chicago.
Shows Saturday, March 21, 12:47 p.m. Filmmaker Tiara Epps will be in attendance for a post-show Q&A.
The Chikukwa Project (Gillian Leahy, Australia, 52
min). This feel-good story out of Africa is an amazing
tale of African villagers who turned their lives around.
For the last 20 years an incredible permaculture
project has been growing in Zimbabwe, the largest
such project in the world. Where the people of the
Chikukwa villages once suffered hunger, malnutrition
and high rates of disease, this community has turned
around its fortunes using permaculture farming
techniques. Shows Thursday, March 19, 9:42 p.m.
The Elmira Case (Jon Steckley, Canada, 16 min). A
drunken rampage in small-town Elmira, Ontario,
Canada sparks a worldwide revolution in the justice system in 1974. Today, more than 50 countries
around the world practice restorative justice as part of their legal system and all owe their roots to an
inspired probation officer, a forward-thinking judge and two wayward youth. Shows Sunday, March 22,
1:23 p.m. followed by Q&A with filmmakers Jonathan Steckley and Ken Ogasawara and Chris Cowe,
executive director of Community Justice Initiatives
Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story
(Robert H Gardner, USA, 60 min). Throughout the
1930's, an unimaginable evil tore through Europe as
Hitler's Third Reich terrorized its way to domination.
During these tumultuous times, a young Muslim
woman living in Paris found her calling. Noor Inayat
Khan (played here by Grace Srinivasan in this
reenacted documentary) grew up in a home that
fostered faith and hope. Leading with her heart, she
overcame her quiet nature and joined Winston
Churchill's covert operation to give the allies a new
chance at victory. This is her story, narrated by Helen
Mirren. Shows Saturday, March 21, 6:11 p.m.
The Fading Valley (HaEmek HaNe'elam) (Irit Gal,
Israel, 56 min). Without water there is no life - and
agriculture is disappearing in the fertile Jordan Valley
where a group of Palestinian farmers is hidden from
the eye. Their pastures have been declared military
areas, their water wells have been closed up and the
water has been diverted to the Jewish residents of the
valley, the beautiful valley which is the lowest on
earth. Shows Friday, March 20, 8:34 p.m. In Arabic
and Hebrew with English subtitles.
The Game Changer (Indrani Kopal, USA, 17 min).
Rehabilitation through arts. Every Sunday afternoon
for the last seven years, 68-year-old dance trainer
Susan Slotnick has driven an hour up the mountains
to the Woodbourne Correctional Facility, a medium
security prison for men, to teach modern dance. The
lives of men whom she touched have never been the
same since. This is her story... Shows Sunday, March
22, 12:37 p.m. Filmmaker Indrani Kopal will be in
attendance for a post-show Q&A.
HEAL! Veterans Speak About PTSD (Vicki Topaz, USA,
5 min). Among service members who suffer
psychological trauma from active duty, combat,
multiple tours, military sexual trauma, or survivor
guilt, all are contributing to the alarming rate of
veteran suicides (currently 22 each day). As stories
and imagery from HEAL! circulate, veterans in need
can learn about how the human-canine bond is a path
for hope and healing, and see that there is no shame
in asking for help. Shows Saturday, March 21, 5:50
p.m. followed by Q&A with filmmaker Vicki Topaz.
HOPE Credit Union, a Bank with a Twist (Micro
Documentaries, USA, 5 min). How might we address income inequality, the civil rights issue of our time?
What happens when you up-end all the negative stereotypes about banks and put them squarely in
service of the community? When banks started disappearing in the Mississippi Delta, transforming lowand mid-income communities into “bank deserts” where people couldn't get a loan or secure their
savings, William Bynum turned despair into hope by founding a new sort of community bank. Shows
Sunday, March 22, 11:01 a.m.
The Light at Walden (Pablo Frasconi, USA, 38 min). A visual poem shot at Walden Pond, Massachusetts,
interweaves pieces of Thoreau's texts and a war resister's personal journey on a wilderness island in
Canada. The filmmaker, as a young man during the US/Vietnam War, attempts to follow Thoreau's
principles: building a cabin and living sustainably in the woods, “to front only the essential facts of life.”
This is one story among the 125,000 conscientious objectors in Canada. Shows Thursday, March 19, 8:42
p.m. Filmmaker Pablo Frasconi will be in attendance for a post-show Q&A.
Madame Parliamentarian (Rouane Itani,
Lebanon/USA, 15 min). Although Lebanon is
considered the most progressive nation in the Arab
world, only four of the 128 Lebanese parliament
members are women. Lebanese-American filmmaker
Rouane Itani depicts women's active participation in
Lebanon's political life, explores the reasons behind
this situation and examines solutions adopted by
other countries to increase the number of women in
political leadership. Shows Friday, March 20, 6:03
p.m.
Memory of Forgotten War (Ramsay Liem and Deann
Borshay Liem, USA, 38 min). Memory of Forgotten
War conveys the human costs of military conflict
through deeply personal accounts of four Korean
American survivors whose experiences and memories
embrace the full circle of the war: its outbreak and
the day-to-day struggle for survival, separation from
family members across the DMZ, the aftermath of a
devastated Korean peninsula and immigration to the
United States. Shows Friday, March 20, 10:17 p.m.
The Road to Little Rock (Art Phillips, USA 30 min). The
story of one judge and nine teenagers who
demonstrated enduring positive human qualities of
courage, honor, determination and responsibility. In
1957, nine African-American teenagers sought
enrollment at an all-white high school in Little Rock,
Arkansas. This untold story features never-beforeseen interviews with three members of the Little Rock
Nine and Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. It
blends current interviews with archival footage to tell
the story of the integration of Central High School.
Federal Judge Ronald Davies, from Fargo, North
Dakota, followed the law, ignored political pressure
and required the school district in Little Rock to integrate. His ruling provided great urgency for the
desegregation of public schools and the course of the Civil Rights movement in America. Shows Sunday,
March 22, 12:06 p.m.
The Sacred Place Where Life Begins - Gwich'in
Women Speak (Miho Aida, USA, 20 min). The
Gwich'in people, native to northern Alaska and
Canada, call the coastal plain of the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge “The Sacred Place Where Life Begins.”
This area is the birthing and nursing ground for the
Porcupine Caribou Herd, on which the Gwich'in
people have depended for millennia. Since 1988, the
Gwich'in nation has been gathering every two years
to discuss the threat of oil and gas development on
this sacred land. This film shares the voices of
Gwich'in women at the 2010 gathering, who speak for
their sacred land, the caribou and their way of life.
These women inspire audiences around the country to join their effort to protect their sacred land.
Shows Friday, March 20, 9:30 p.m. Director Miho Aida will be in attendance for a post-show Q&A.
The Table of Alliance (La Tavola Dell'alleanza)
(Francesco Miccichè, Italy, 33 min). The titular table of
alliance is a banquet held around a table covered by a
tablecloth embroidered with a map of the human
genome. This documentary narrates the creation and
the realization of artist Daniela Papadia’s art project,
an embroidered tablecloth created in an Italian
women’s correctional center, bringing peace to the
participants, in a combination of art, science,
multiculturalism and spirituality. Shows Saturday
March 21, 5:00 p.m.
Unafraid: Voices from the Crime Victims Treatment
Center (Karin Venegas, USA, 45 min). Set at St. Luke's Hospital's pioneering Crime Victims Treatment
Center in New York City, this documentary about rape trauma and the obstacles rape victims face to
recovery tells the real stories of four female and male survivors - their struggles and ultimate triumphs
on the road to healing. More than a story of victimization, it is a story of courage, resilience and
activism. Shows Sunday, March 22, 11:08 a.m.
SHORT NARRATIVE
For Francis (Angelique Letizia, USA, 15 min). Francis is a seven year old boy who loves dresses. When his
teacher makes Francis a dress, his father Matt becomes enraged. Fearing the worst, Matt is forced to
face his own fears and to choose between protecting his son from an intolerant world and allowing the
boy to live truthfully. Shows Sunday, March 22, 5:28 p.m. Filmmaker Angelique Letizia will be in
attendance for post-show Q&A.
Home Delivery (Tom Brandau, USA, 15 min). Home
Delivery is a story of two 13-year-old-newspaper
delivery boys in adjacent Baltimore neighborhoods in
1974; the white boy delivers the Baltimore News
American and the Black paperboy delivers the
Baltimore Afro-American. When the Black paperboy is
chased down by a group of white teenagers for taking
a shortcut through their neighborhood in order to
deliver his papers, the white paperboy comes to his
aid. Shows Sunday, March 22, 11:50 a.m.
Of Stones and Water (Tonia Shimin, USA, 9 min).
Meditative, poetic and vibrant, Of Stones and Water
traces a dancer's response and relationship to a labyrinth of stone and to the sea, finding the point of
connection where the two worlds come together with his own. Shows Sunday, March 22, 6:10 p.m.
followed by Q&A with filmmaker Tonia Shimin
Silent Tears (Mouna Vizhiththuligal) (Ilango
Ramanathan, Sri Lanka, 13 min). An innocent father
and his blind daughter with a doll spend their days
within the walls of a bunker during the final stages of
civil war in Sri Lanka. A surprising third character
connects the father, daughter and the doll in this
award-winning short and festival favorite. The blood
tears they shed during the darkest hours are unheard
by many. The characters represent the current stages
of the tamils in Sri Lanka. The ones who died,
disappeared and the living dead. Shows Friday, March
20, 6:19 p.m. In Tamil with English subtitles.
A Story About Rain (Bracha Yaniger, Israel, 18 min). In a world without rain, a couple discovers that they
have the power to create water. The man’s special powers challenge the couple’s relationship. Shows
Thursday, March 19, 6:08 p.m.
STUDENT FILMMAKERS
Abdulai (Aidan Avery and Lane Brown, USA, 14 min).
Through the eyes of a village patriarch, this poetic and
observational portrait piece sets out to reveal the
basis of joy and sense of community in EkumfiAtakwa, Ghana. While exploring both the strength
and resilience found in this remote African village, the
film shines light on the source of happiness from a
new perspective. Shows Saturday, March 21, 10:10
a.m.
Anonymous: Giving a Voice to the Voiceless (Joshua
Rosario, USA, 6 min). Young women recount their
sexual assaults. Rather than living in fear, these are strong young women who remind us, “You are not
alone. You are not anonymous.” Shows Saturday, March 21, 11:18 a.m.
City of the Damned (Nate Skeen, USA, 15 min). City of
the Damned focuses on LGBT rights in the face of the
brutal anti-homosexuality bill before the Ugandan
Parliament. Although the death penalty has been
withdrawn from the bill due heavily to international
pressure, punishments are harsh and public opinion
remains the biggest threat to the Ugandan LGBT
community. The daring non-governmental
organization Youth on Rock Foundation is fighting
against this stigma by promoting economic
empowerment among its members. Najib, YRF's
treasurer, sells clothes in Uganda's largest market. He
wants to prove that his sexuality does not define him;
it's his respect for life, his determination for equality and his aspirations to become a lawyer and selfrespecting Ugandan citizen. Shows Saturday, March 21, 10:57 a.m.
The Collapse of Evil (Steven Olivieri, USA, 10 min). John Garrison is a man on a personal campaign
against evil itself, and has written a book titled, Violence in 21st Century America. As he becomes more
broadly recognized for his work, he contends with media moguls who plot to shut him down in their
relentless pursuit of a buck, while forcefully perpetuating the most violent programming on the face of
the earth. Shows Saturday, March 21, 12:29 p.m.
Daughters of Emmonak (Samantha Andre, USA, 17
min). A documentary film about a Yup'ik Eskimo
woman, Lenora “Lynn” Hootch, working to bring an
end to domestic abuse in her rural village of
Emmonak, Alaska. In 1982, Lynn opened the
Emmonak Women's Shelter to provide a safe place for
women and children from surrounding villages. Lynn
has dedicated her life to reclaiming her people's
culture and traditional values as alcohol, drugs and
violence have torn through her community.
Daughters of Emmonak brings these powerful stories
to the fore, highlighting Lynn's dream of a future
where her grandchildren will walk the streets without
fear. Shows Saturday, March 21, 10:26 a.m.
MOOD (Mahmoud Yossry, Egypt, 22 min). This darkly comic documentary short is about the filmmaker’s
pianist father struggling with fear and depression. In Arabic with English subtitles. Shows Saturday,
March 21, 11:37 a.m.
My Fellow Americans (Garret Laver, USA, 7 min). An American President addresses the nation about the
impending WWIII while he reflects on the country's past, as well as his own. He surveys the surprisingly
similar circumstances that Franklin D. Roosevelt faced during his presidency and the preparation for
WWII. The president alludes to his own experience as a child with bullies and ultimately war. These
flashbacks synthesize with the speech in moments of oppression, violence and the destruction of
nature. Shows Saturday, March 21, 10:02 a.m.
The Peace Exchange (Free Spirit Media, USA, 16 min).
Calling themselves “Peace Builders,” five young
Chicagoans traveled to Thailand and Burma in the
winter of 2013-14. Hosted by local community and
peace leaders, they continue their studies on how
culture, spiritual and social factors contribute to
either peace or violence. Shows Thursday, March 19,
6:27 p.m. Cast and filmmakers will be in attendance
for a post-show Q&A facilitated by Jerome McDonnell.
Soldiers Song (Roger Bell, UK, 2 min).
A man lays in a field with his wife near Passchendaele
and reflects on what it must have been like for his
great grandfather who died in battle there 100 years before. Shows Saturday, March 21, 10:54 a.m.
The War on Drugs: And Its Effect on Low Income Communities (Free Spirit Media, USA, 11 min). This
documentary explores three possible solutions to improve and heal the negative effects of the war on
drugs, mass incarceration and the lack of opportunities that exist in neighborhoods throughout the US:
decriminalizating certain drug crimes; improving support and treatment for drug addicts and exoffenders that are re-entering communities; and providing a stronger base of education for community
members. Shows Saturday, March 21, 11:25 a.m.
You are Special (Sherryn Sim, USA, 4 min). This lovely
four-minute film about bullying is a result of a
program called Young Writers, started by Zita
Lefebvre at Cartoon Network of Burbank. Cartoon
Network and the Burbank Unified School District
partnered to send animators into the school to talk
with kids and encourage them to write a story. The
teachers and principal judged the stories, and sixth
grader Sherryn Sim won with You Are Special. Sherryn
then worked with artists to design characters and
create a storyboard for her film. Shows Saturday,
March 21, 10:48 a.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 19
“Peace of Mind...Peaceful Earth” with emcee Jerome McDonnell, host of WBEZ’s Worldview
6:00PM
6:08PM
6:27PM
7:06PM
Opening remarks
A Story About Rain (Israel, 19 min)
The Peace Exchange (US, Burma, 16 min) followed by a Q&A with cast and
filmmakers facilitated by Jerome McDonnell
Groundswell Rising (US, 70 min) followed by Q&A with filmmakers Renard
Cohen and Matt Cohen facilitated by Jerome McDonnell
8:42PM
9:42PM
The Light at Walden (US, 39 min) followed by Q&A with filmmaker Pablo
Frasconi
The Chikukwa Project (Australia, 53 min)
FRIDAY, MARCH 20
"Politics and War"
6:00PM
6:03PM
6:19PM
6:57PM
8:34PM
9:32PM
10:17PM
Welcome
Madame Parliamentarian (US, 16 min)
Mouna Vizhithuligal (“Silent Tears”) (Sri Lanka, 13 min) followed by Q&A with
filmmakers Ilango Ramanathan and Hiranya Perera
J Street: The Art of the Possible (US, 71 min) followed by Q&A with filmmaker
Ken Winiker
HaEmek HaNe'elam (“The Fading Valley”) (Israel, 54 min)
The Sacred Place Where Life Begins - Gwich'in Women Speak (US, 20 min)
followed by Q&A with director Miho Aida
Memory of the Forgotten War (US, 38 min)
SATURDAY, MARCH 21
STUDENT FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE
10:00AM
Welcome
10:02AM
My Fellow Americans (US, 7 min)
10:10AM
Abdulai (US, 15 min)
10:26AM
Daughters of Emmonak (US, 17 min)
10:48AM
You Are Special (US, 5 min)
10:54AM
Soldiers Song (UK, 2 min)
10:57AM
City of the Damned (US, 16 min)
11:18AM
Anonymous: Giving A Voice to the Voiceless (US, 6 min)
11:25AM
The War on Drugs and Its Effect on Low Income Communities (US, 11 min)
11:37AM
MOOD (Egypt, 22 min)
12:00PM
Student filmmakers Q&A
“A World Seeking Justice”
12:27PM
Welcome
12:29PM
The Collapse of Evil (US, 17 min)
12:47PM
The Chicago Boyz (US, 12 min) followed by Q&A with filmmaker Tiara Epps
1:14PM
Flames of Bodhichitta (US, 75 min) followed by Q&A with filmmaker Lhak Sam
2:55PM
FILMMAKERS' PANEL DISCUSSION
4:11PM
African Grandmothers Tribunal: Seeking justice at the frontlines of the AIDS
crisis (Canada, 44 min) followed by extended Q&A in GAR Ballroom with
Stephen Lewis Foundation
5:00PM
La Tavola Dell'alleanza (“The Table of Alliance”) (Italy, 33 min)
“Honoring Veterans - Seeking Common Ground"
5:50PM
HEAL! Veterans Speak About PTSD (US, 5 min) followed by Q&A with filmmaker
Vicki Topaz
6:11PM
Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story (US, 57 min)
7:14PM
Beyond the Divide (US, 85) followed by Q&A with director Jan Selby and cast
members
9:11PM
Bîranînên lí der kevírî (“Memories on Stone”) (Germany, 97 min)
SUNDAY, MARCH 22
“Restoring Justice”
11:00AM
11:01AM
11:08AM
11:50AM
12:06PM
12:37PM
1:23PM
2:05PM
3:45PM
5:28PM
EVENING PROGRAM
6:10PM
6:42PM
7:50PM
Welcome
HOPE Credit Union, a Bank with a Twist (US, 6 min)
Unafraid: Voices from the Crime Victims Treatment Center (US, 44 min)
Home Delivery (US, 15 min)
The Road to Little Rock (US, 30 min)
The Game Changer (US, 18 min) followed by Q&A with filmmaker Indrani Kopal
The Elmira Case (US, 17 min) followed by Q&A with filmmakers Jonathan
Steckley and Ken Ogasawara, and Chris Cowe, Executive Director of Community
Justice Initiatives
PEACEMAKERS' PANEL DISCUSSION
Inside Peace (US, 77 min) followed by Q&A with cast members
For Francis (US, 15 min) followed by Q&A with filmmaker Angelique Letizia
Of Stones and Water (US, 10 min) followed by Q&A with filmmaker Tonia
Shimin
Joan's Boys (Netherlands, 60 min)
2015 Peace on Earth Film Festival Awards
POEFF’s mission is … raising awareness of peace, nonviolence, social justice and an eco-balanced world.
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