| THE NARROW BRIDGE (56 min) Australia/Israel/Palestine/Spain/US |
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Director/Producer: Esther Takac
Description:
An eye-opening journey into the souls of Palestinian and Israeli women and men who lost a child or parent in the conflict. Yet instead of responding with hate and anger, Bushra, Rami, Meytal and Bassam are transforming their grief into a bridge for reconciliation. The film follows their paths from devastating trauma to courageous activism. But their stories are not just personal. They all belong to a controversial grassroots movement of broken-hearted people “Israeli Palestinian Bereaved Families” who stand side-by-side to end the violence and build a future based on dignity and equality. Despite fierce political and family opposition, they refuse to give up, even with the current devastation. Guns and violence will not solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We need a solution based on understanding the pain of the other and compromise on both sides.Biography:
Esther Takac is a filmmaker, an author and a child and adult psychologist. She is currently working on a number of film projects, including a feature drama about the power of finding one’s own story explored through the relationship between a child psychologist and her child patient, and an interactive film about memory. As an author Esther has published three books and received awards–US National Jewish Book Award, Sydney Taylor Award, Victorian Children’s Reading List, Australian Intercultural Curriculum. As a psychologist she is in private practice, has worked as a consultant with The Lighthouse Institute and Monash University and delivers training on trauma locally and overseas. She also consults in the paediatric department of a Jerusalem hospital and has developed “My Journey to Hospital Land”, a therapeutic program for Israeli and Palestinian children.
Contact Information:
e: esthertakac@gmail.com
w: www.thenarrowbridge.com/contact
