Borrowing an aphorism from the Koran, "If you make it possible, it is possible," this work highlights grass roots efforts of peace-making heroes from Israel and the territories. Bay Area filmmaker Lynn Feinerman has captured moving and intimate portraits of individuals who have devoted their lives to achieving non-violent co-existence in the battle torn Middle East. Included are a Muslim who co-founded, with Mubarak Awad, the Palestinian Center for the Study of Non-Violence; a religious settler who meets regularly with Hamas activists; a Dominican priest who founded the Jewish-Arab village Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salaam; and two feminists -- one Palestinian and the other Israeli -- who have built a close friendship through their work with women's issues in a particularly patriarchal society. These peacemakers, who risk their lives on a daily basis, have begun to mend the unraveled fabric of Israeli-Palestinian society and heartily suggest that peace is possible. The film had its American premiere at the 1996 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.

Lyn can be reached at dvashah@yahoo.com