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Thursday, March 13, 7:00 PM Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael
Q&A with filmmaker Stephen Apkon and film protagonists Iris Gur and Mai Shahin

Friday, March 14, 6:30 PM Roxie Theater, San Francisco
Q&A with filmmaker Stephen Apkon and film protagonists Iris Gur and Mai Shahin

Sunday, March 16, 3:40 PM Roxie Theater, San Francisco
Wednesday, March 19, 6:40 PM Roxie Theater, San Francisco

THERE IS ANOTHER WAY follows a group of Palestinians and Israelis, known as Combatants for Peace, who are working together through nonviolent means to build the social infrastructure necessary to end conflict and occupation.

The film tells the story of a group of visionaries who refuse to surrender to violence and injustice, and in doing so show that another path is possible - for them, for us, and for all humanity. As we are all faced with essential questions about who we are, will we choose collective liberation, where the needs, rights, and safety of all are prioritized - in which our humanity comes first, knowing that no one is free until everyone is free.

Combatants for Peace, nominated for two Nobel Peace Prizes, is an extraordinary bi-national group of former enemy combatants - Israelis and Palestinians - working together during an ongoing armed conflict. Confronted with the devastation and escalating violence of October 7th and the war in Gaza, the very core of the movement faces great challenges in showing that there is another way. The first question they must move past relates to their own beliefs...is this possible?