Sour Milk and Honey trailer

Sour Milk and Honey follows a young man of both Jewish and Muslim descent to the Middle East on a quest to find out what lies behind the headlines and buzzwords of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As he wanders through Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank, we see the lives and hear the stories of men, women, students, settlers, activists, soldiers, militants, and others. From the scene of a bus bomb or protesters' conflagration with the Israeli army, to a visit with the parents of the "American martyr," Rachel Corrie, Sour Milk and Honey is a candid and revealing look at the meaning of peace in one of the world's hottest hot spots.

An independent video-journal-style documentary, Sour Milk and Honey has been warmly received at numerous film festivals and other local and international venues. The film reveals the human contours of the Middle East conflict and has been used as a springboard for discussion amongst community groups and graduate and undergraduate courses on the conflict.

Sour Milk and Honey is the artistic product of diversity: Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Arab, Israeli, Palestinian, American, Moroccan, French, Canadian, are just a few of the ethnic and cultural backgrounds that have contributed to its realization. Similarly, its original soundtrack, written by Guillaume Soucy, blends sounds from the West and the Middle East. With the editing of Najat Jellab, the direction and cinematography of Tarek Maassarani, and the photography of Niv Hachlili, Sour Milk and Honey offers a revealing look at what peace means in one of the world's hottest hot spots.

A longer rough-cut 98 min version may be obtained from the director, which includes additional footage from Jerusalem Day 2003 (a time when tens of thousands of Jewish Israelis march through the Arab Quarter of the Old City to celebrate their reacquisition of the Old City during the 6-day war) and footage of a peace workshop conducted at an inner city DC public elementary school in which the students role-played the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Tags: arab-israeli, conflict, east, human, israel, More…middle, non-violence, palestine, peace, peacebuilding, reconciliation, rights
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