UNA-USA GREATER ORLANDO CHAPTER 

Date: Thursday, June 9 @ 7:30 PM
Cost: $10 for UNA members, $12 for nonmembers
(food/refreshments included)
Location: TBD

Discover what's happening in  countries around the world and how their peoples are working with communities to
make their voices heard.  Each documentary in this series varies between 1 - 2 hours in length, followed by a discussion for those who'd like to stay and  participate.

Synopsis: Israel’s Wadi Ara region is  inhabited by Jews and Palestinians who live in close proximity, but in very  separate communities. In 2004, a group of parents met for the first time with  the vision of establishing a joint Arab-Jewish school there. Despite mutual  suspicion, racist sentiments and legal battles with the Ministry of Education,
the school opened its doors and met with amazing success. The difficulties never  disappeared, however, and continue challenging the school’s existence. Some parents withdrew their children, fearing they were losing their cultural
identity in a multicultural environment. Yet contrary to many films on the  subject of the Israeli Palestinian conflict, which leave a persistent aftertaste  of despair and pessimism, BRIDGE OVER THE WADI offers a very realistic  alternative: a hundred children, Arab and Jewish, growing up side by side. A  hundred children, whose nfluence in Israeli society is bound to grow, proving  that it is possible to live together in peace.