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Encounter Point (excerpts)
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Learn more about Encounter Point at http://www.encounterpoint.com
Directed by: Ronit Avni and Julia Bacha (Brazil / Canada / Israel / occupied Palestinian territories)
The most important story in the Middle East is not being told on the nightly news. The true heroes of this conflict use something more powerful than bullets and bombs. This is the story of people who lost everything except the courage to face their enemies.
Ronit Avni is the Founder and Executive Director of Just Vision, a nonprofit that widens the influence of Palestinian and Israeli grassroots peace builders. She has co-produced short videos and online video advocacy features in collaboration with filmmakers in Senegal, Burkina Faso, the United States and Brazil while working for Peter Gabriel's human rights organization, WITNESS. She wrote and produced a short documentary film, Rise, with the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.
Originally from Brazil, Julia Bacha came to New York in 1998 to study Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University. Alongside her academic studies, she pursued her interest in documentary photography by portraying life in Cuba, Kashmir, the Brazilian Amazon and the Blue Mountains in Jamaica. Julia Bacha recently co-wrote and edited the critically acclaimed documentary Control Room, about Al Jazeera's coverage of the latest war in Iraq, for which she was nominated for the 2005 Writer's Guild of America Award.
Encounter Point Crew
Director: Ronit Avni
Co-Director: Julia Bacha
Producers: Ronit Avni, Joline Makhlouf, Nahanni Rous
Writer/Editor: Julia Bacha
Co-Producers: Mickey Elkeles, Darius Fisher
Filming: Mickey Elkeles, Ronit Avni, Julia Bacha, Labib Jazmawi
Original Score: Kareem Roustom
Sound Editor: Scott Freiman
Assistant Editor: Ned Jaszi
Associate Producer: Daniel Chalfen
Executive Producer: Ronit Avni, Jehane Noujaim
Sound: Tahrir Fakhr Eddin, Alex Epstein
Production Assistants: Leora Gal, Jared Levine, Ana Rosansky
Additional Photography: Tahrir Fakhr Eddin, Mohammad Fawzi, Lydia Khoury
Featuring
Ali Abu Awwad
Sami Al Jundi
Rutie Atsmon
Robi Damelin
George Sa'adeh
Tzvika Shahak
Aziz Tanji
Shlomo Zagman
Music
Kinan Abou-Afach: Cello
Tareq Aboushi: Buzuq
Nathaniel Barrett: Cello
Hanna Khoury: Violin
Chloe Kline: Viola
Karim Nagi: Percussion
Kareem Roustom: 'Ud & Guitar
Bassam Saba: Nay
Jamal Sinno: Qannun
Ilene Stahl: Clarinet
Thafer Tawil: Percussion
Recorded by Scott Freiman (Second Act Studio Irvington, NY), Rob Ruccia (Uptown Recording Chicago, IL),
John Weston (Futura Productions Boston, MA)
Original Score Mix: John Weston - Futura Productions, Boston, MA
Sound Recording: Scott Freiman / Second Act Studio
Score Produced by Kareem Roustom
Credits
Editing Studio: Sabreen Productions
Main Title/Graphic Design: Robert Davidian
Graphic Design: Cory Shaw
Digital Intermediate Supervisor: Darius Fisher
Digital Intermediate Coordinator: Melanie Franciosi
Online Post Production & Motion Graphics: Digital Neural Axis
Colorist: Teague Cowley
Color Correction Services: Tunnel Post, Inc.
Online Supervisor: Julia Bacha
Trailer Creative Consultant: John O'Hara
Consulting Producer: Kim Snyder
Translators: Ronit Avni, Eitan Buchvall, Leora Gal, Khader Khader, Joline Makhlouf, Wendy Pearlman, Misha Shulman, Yahav Zohar
Accounting & Administration: Earthways Foundation
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