Expanding the Conversation: Israel/Palestine Film Screening

On Saturday, July 5, at 2:30pm, at the West Tisbury Library, the public is invited to a screening of the film, “There is Another Way.” There will be a discussion to follow. This event is presented by Expanding the Conversation: Israel/Palestine. Free and open to the public.

About the film: “In the midst of darkness, we discover who we truly are. There is Another Way tells the story of a group of visionaries who refuse to surrender to violence and injustice, and in doing so show that another path is possible – for them, for us, and for all humanity. As we are all faced with essential questions about who we are, will we choose collective liberation, where the needs, rights, and safety of all are prioritized – in which our humanity comes first, knowing that no one is free until everyone is free.

Combatants for Peace, nominated for two Nobel Peace Prizes, is an extraordinary bi-national group of former enemy combatants – Israelis and Palestinians – working together during an ongoing armed conflict. Confronted with the devastation and escalating violence of October 7th and the war in Gaza, the very core of the movement faces great challenges in showing that there is another way. The first question they must answer relates to their own beliefs…is this possible?

A follow up to the award-winning documentary Disturbing the Peace (2016), which is about questioning the narrative we are born into, There is Another Way is about choosing our future. It takes courage to walk a path even when you yourself feel overwhelmed and afraid—a path where you don’t know the final answer, only that it will emerge from standing in the grief of what we, as humanity, have experienced and created and find yourself unable to turn away.”

Expanding the Conversation: Israel/Palestine is a group of islanders that formed after October 7th to come together in community amidst complex feelings to have difficult conversations, raise awareness, and inspire action towards lasting peace. We stand for peace, truth, justice, and humanity and against islamophobia, antisemitism, and all forms of racism and dehumanization.