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Bethlehem: No Room for Peace |
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What does it mean to say "Peace on Earth", when you're standing in Bethlehem under the shadow of a gun?
Find out on Community Channel on 29 December @ 9pm
With exclusive access, through Feed the Minds and their partner organisations, this documentary goes behind the scenes of a visit by four prominent UK Church leaders to the Holy Land.
 Harsh realities in the Holy Land
Former Feed the Minds director Rachel Searle, who was part of the film's production team, says, “The Christmas story announces ‘Peace on Earth’ but, if you stand on the street corner in Bethlehem, there is anything but ‘Good Will to All’. The Holy Land is the most contested front line of every spiritual and material battle in the Middle East.”
The delegation from the UK Christian Churches arrived in the midst of this situation to witness the harsh realities of life in the midst of conflict.
No Room for Peace is an uncomfortable documentary probing the claim that “Peace on Earth” arrived in perhaps the world’s most violent region. The film tells the Christmas story in a way that mixes the horrific images of conflict with a sense of the divine mystery.
“We were transformed by the stories we heard on this trip,” comments Searle. “ It was disarming, inspiring and devastating, all at the same time.”
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Last Updated ( Friday, 21 December 2007 )
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