In Pursuit of Peace / À la poursuite de la paix (2015)

In Pursuit of Peace is a riveting feature documentary film that makes the case for unarmed civilian peacemaking and mediation as a response to violent international conflict. We follow four Canadian peacemakers as they take us inside the drama of their work in some of the word’s hottest conflict zones: land disputes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the civil war in South Sudan, IDP camps with displaced minorities in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq, and stories of mediation in Darfur, Nepal, and Aceh. As we follow our protagonists, we share their challenges and their hopes as they work to create alternative responses to war and violence.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Garry Beitel, Film Director, Afra Jalabi, member of the Syrian Nonviolence Movement and Vice-Chair of the Board of The Day After organization - a Syrian NGO, and moderated by Dr. Tom Hutchinson.

RSVP: angelica [dot] todireanu [at] mcgill [dot] ca.