World Premiere: Opening Night Gala /
Feature Competition
SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary
Festival
Silver Spring, MD
BOOK TICKETS AT
WWW.SILVERDOCS.COM -- THEY WILL SELL OUT
TUESDAY 15TH JUNE, 7PM : OPENING NIGHT GALA
THURSDAY 17TH JUNE, 12.45PM : FEATURE
COMPETITION
What if you were given the opportunity to sit down
face-to-face with someone you consider your enemy? What if you had the
chance to spend three weeks living with them? Could you coexist? Would you
live in peace?
In SEEDS, a feature documentary, we meet ten extraordinary teenagers who
undertake that challenge. Every summer, these kids from war-torn countries
gather together at the Seeds of Peace International Camp in Maine. For
three life-changing weeks, they learn to share their dreams and fears, to
listen to opposing views, to see beyond prejudices, and eventually to
respect each other as individuals as they attempt to build the one thing
they all strive for: a future.
Back home it's impossible to believe a Palestinian can share a bunk with
an Israeli; unimaginable for an Indian to speak freely with a Pakistani;
inconceivable for an American to gain insight into the way an Afghan
thinks and even more difficult to imagine any real sense of trust. But
here, in the woods of Maine, there's a small opportunity to break through
the fear and catch a glimpse of what it might be like to live together.
IN ORDER TO MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR ENEMY, YOU HAVE TO
GO TO WAR WITH YOURSELF
Following the screening, CNN's Judy Woodruff will
moderate a discussion with campers from the film, Aaron David Miller and
the filmmakers. The evening concludes with a gala reception at Discovery
Communications World Headquarters at One Discovery Place, across the
street from the AFI Silver. Buy tickets at
www.silverdocs.com
Find out more about the film at
www.seedsthemovie.com
Other Festivals you can watch SEEDS:
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Sunday, July 25, 4:15pm at
the Castro Theater in San Francisco
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Sunday, August 1, 1:00pm at
the Century 16 Cinemas in Mountainview
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Tuesday, August 3, 6:00pm
at Wheeler Auditorium in Berkeley
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Saturday, August 7, 1:30pm
at the Smith Rafael Center in San Rafael
Buy Tickets at:
http://www.sfjff.com or call
925-275-9490
