1. The Rhythm of Peace – Mychal Fox
Wright State University
Through the lens of a camera, peace is envisioned as poetry.
2. Peace is Sweet – Boyd Adkins, Kameron Davis, Anthony Richardson
Wright State University
A film that reminds us how conflict would be reduced if we paid less attention to our outside differences and more attention to the "sweetness" inherent inside all of us.
3. Beyond Borders: Faith and Action in the Arizona Desert – Rebecca Bowman Woods
United Theological Seminary
People of faith in Arizona’s borderlands take a stand for peace by calling for a more humane immigration policy and working to prevent migrant deaths in the vast and brutal Sonoran desert.
4. Inner Peace – Davie Powers
Sinclair Community College
After a stressful day at work, finding inner peace proves to be quite a challenge for a young man and his roommate.
5. Youth and Media – Zach Daulton
Wilmington High School
A film that prompts us to consider how, through media messages over time, aggression can be a learned behavior.
6. Dead Ringer – Abeo Miller & Sonny Thomas
Yellow Springs High School
A young man discovers that the one holding the gun becomes inextricably linked to the one at the other end of the barrel.
7. Man Dismayed/Man Dismade – Kyle P. Forquer
Wright State University
A montage that repeatedly questions why humanity keeps choosing war over peace.
(*note: war footage in this film includes explicit violence)
8. Nam – Sydney Albrecht
Kettering Fairmont High School
A veteran seeks inner peace after a hard struggle in Vietnam.
9. Peace – Avery Whitmore
Yellow Springs High School
A thought-provoking expression of a young man's interpretation of the fragility of peace in his time.
10. The Amnesia Party –Travis Campbell
Wright State University
A young man must decide if fighting in the Iraq war will bring peace to his volatile family life.
(*note: this film includes brief partial nudity)
11. The Day I Almost Destroyed My Science Project with the Jealousy Formula – the children of Project Connect
Happen, Inc., Cincinnati, by special invitation
When a student's jealousy causes a science experiment to go horribly awry, only by working in harmony together can the class return peace and order to their world.
12. You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks – the children of Project Connect
Happen, Inc., Cincinnati, by special invitation
If even the least powerful among us can achieve peaceful coexistence, so can we.
13. What is Peace? – Sarah Morrison, Zane Reichert, Eric Rudolph, Colby Silvert
Yellow Springs High School
Students and teachers in Yellow Springs Schools express their thoughts and ideas on what peace means to them. |