Salam Neighbor Film Screening May 4

The Medford Film Collaborative and Grace Episcopal Church present:

Salam Neighbor film screening
Wednesday, May 4 at 6:45PM
Grace Episcopal Church
160 High Street, Medford
www.medfordfilm.org
FREE

This is a critical moment, with more refugees today than anytime in the last century. In Syria alone, more than 4.8 million people have fled the country to escape the atrocities of war. Right now, we are at risk of losing a generation of youth, destabilizing the region, and perpetuating a cycle of violence and poverty. In an effort to better understand refugee life, the film makers spent one month this winter living alongside displaced families in the Za’atari refugee camp. As the first filmmakers ever allowed by the United Nations to be given a tent and registered inside a refugee camp, we were able to get a never before seen look into the world’s most pressing crisis. Their experience uncovered overwhelming trauma but also the untapped potential our uprooted neighbors posses. With the right programs we can support healing, ease the burden on host countries and even empower the disenfranchised by unleashing people’s creativity.

See the film trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6SxPSZVD9o

Film website: http://livingonone.org/salamneighbor/

– Submitted by the Reverend Noah Evans