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DESCRIPTION:Kehilla Community Synagogue's Middle East Peace Committee is pleased to 
 host this moving documentary and a post-screening discussion with award 
 winning filmmaker, Connie Field (Have You Heard About Johannesburg) and Dr. 
 Clay Carson, Stanford professor and founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr. 
 Institute.  They went to Israel/Palestine as Carson's play about King was 
 being produced by the Palestinian National Theatre with the support of an 
 African-American gospel choir in 2011. The singers, who didn't know each 
 other beforehand, came from around the United States. They got to know one 
 another as they also learned about the lives of the Palestinian actors in 
 "The Holy Land" as they performed across the West Bank.\n\nField's film 
 catches the intensity of the cultural exchange between the performers 
 encompassing the joy and confusion of new friendships and creative 
 collaborations amidst the hardships of Palestinian life under occupation. 
 No one who participated remained unchanged.\n\nThe film is a moving tribute 
 to the power of nonviolent resistance and cultural life and interchange as 
 we commemorate the 49th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther 
 King Jr. and challenge 50 years of Israeli Occupation.\n\nThis program is a 
 fundraiser for the Center for Jewish 
 Nonviolence,\nwww.centerforjewishnonviolence.org, our partner organization 
 that leads delegations to Israel/Palestine, "engaging in creative 
 nonviolent activism with the aim of bringing an end to the 
 occupation."\n\n$10 to $20 donation (No one turned away for lack of 
 funds.).\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/03/19/18797534.php
SUMMARY:Al Helm: MLK in Palestine, Film & Discussion w/playwright & filmmaker
LOCATION:Kehilla Community Synagogue\n1300 Grand Ave.\nOakland, CA 94610
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/03/19/18797534.php
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