Israel / 2017 / 72’
Director: Mordechai Vardi
Producer: Mordechai Vardi
Scriptwriter: Mordechai Vardi
Director of Photography: Mordechai Vardi
Camera: Mordechai Vardi, Raaya Vardi
Editing: Yoni Tzruya
Sound: Ami Arad
Music: Avi Belleli
Gush Etzion junction, between Jerusalem and Hebron: Ali Aboawwad dedicates his family’s field as a Palestinian Center for Non-violence. Despite his life experience, four years in an Israeli prison, his mother’s five year sentence, a brother killed by an Israeli soldier - Ali creates “Roots” with local Israeli settlers advancing responsibility and grassroots work to enable political reconciliation. The film director accompanies the initiative for 2.5 years and documents the changes transpiring on both sides. In 2015, Gush Etzion Junction suffers a wave of violence and the activists face a reality where their own relatives are being attacked.