The Narrow Bridge (Virtual)
New York Jewish Film Festival 2023
January 12 - 23, 2023
Four people, Israeli and Palestinian, who have suffered unimaginable grief—the loss of loved ones to violence—manage to use their misfortunes to find a way toward healing and reconciliation in Australian filmmaker and trauma psychologist Esther Takac’s sensitively drawn documentary.
The Narrow Bridge screens virtually from 1/23 to 1/28. Get tickets.
The Narrow Bridge is an eye-opening work of nonfiction about trauma and healing that follows four individuals, Palestinian and Israeli, who have each suffered unimaginable grief—the loss of a loved one to violence—but who manage to use their misfortunes to find a way to healing and reconciliation. The film’s four main subjects, Bushra, Rami, Meytal, and Bassam, are part of an organization called Israeli Palestinian Bereaved Families, a union of people who aim to turn their personal devastation into social change through workshops, talks, and public memorials. As Australian filmmaker and trauma psychologist Esther Takac’s sensitively drawn documentary shows, their objectives are met with strong opposition, yet they are driven along their brave path toward some form of peace that exists beyond politics.
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