- Actors: Ali Abu Awwad, Sami Al Jundi, Robi Damelin, Shlomo Zagman
- Directors: Julia Bacha, Ronit Avni
- Writers: Julia Bacha
- Producers: Ronit Avni, Daniel J. Chalfen, Darius Fisher, Jehane Noujaim, Joline Makhlouf
- Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen, Import
- Language: English, Hebrew, Arabic
- Region: All Regions
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Typecast Releasing
- Release Date: July 31 2007
- Run Time: 89 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B000R4SKEW
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Encounter Point's Israeli/Palestinian/North American/ Brazilian production team of young women includes: director & producer Ronit Avni (formerly of WITNESS), co-director Julia Bacha (co-writer/editor of the award-winning documentary, Control Room), producers Nahanni Rous and Joline Makhlouf, the first Palestinian female pilot. Encounter Point was edited in Jerusalem and Park Slope, Brooklyn, and features original music by Kareem Roustom, who combines classical Arabic melodies and instruments with traditional Jewish Klezmer to form a harmonious fusion that mirrors the subject matter.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Strong, important, hopeful documentary,,
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This review is from: Encounter Point (DVD)
That unusual thing; a documentary on the Israeli-Palestinianconflict that manages to be hopeful (if still heartbreaking). It focuses an various groups' attempts to find way to forge bonds and end the hatred. Most touching is the group for bereaved parents from both side of the conflict who've lost children in the fighting and who come together to share their pain. Somehow the film as a whole didn't have quite the overwhelming emotional impact it seemed to be headed for, but still a very good, important and worthy documentary.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews) 24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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Encounter Point,
By Wilfredo Benitez - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Encounter Point (DVD)
I highly recommend this excellent documentary portraying the livesof Palestinians and Israelis willing to say no to violence, and hear each others pain in the quest for peace. Most of the media attention in the U.S. is focused on terrorist violence; this film presents the viewer with the story of families on both sides of the violence, who have lost family members to the violence, and yet are reaching out to each other. These families represent the seeds of hope and peace for Palestinians and Israelis. The film was done with sensitivity and balance, and lots of painful but hopeful honesty. 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Amazing and courageous peace initiative,
By Alice - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Encounter Point (DVD)
The Parents-Circle, which is the group this documentary is about is a group of bereaved Israeli AND Palestinian families who each lost a loved one in our ongoing conflict by the 'fault' of the other side. Yet these families succeed to get together, overcoming almost natural feelings of hate or rejection and try to build together a new reality in the Middle East, a new reality which would stop such contious sufferings... You'll see, this experience is absolutely amazing!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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a ray of hope,
By hopeful unicorn - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Encounter Point (DVD)
Anyone who feels there is no way for parties in the Middle East to find a road to peace will be heartened by this film born out of tragedy. But this is a bigger and more important story than what is transpiring in the Middle East. This is a film about grief and and transformation, about choosing the path of peace instead of retribution. Kudos to the Producers for bringing this story to the public. There is hope out there, and the lessons of this film about personal transformation are important lessons for us all.
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