230 WOMEN TAKE INITIATIVE IN RESOLVING ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CRISIS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 23, 2007
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081


Accomplished Documentarian to Show Film on Middle East at MTSU

(MURFREESBORO) – Internationally acclaimed documentary filmmaker Lilly Rivlin will visit MTSU Wednesday, Jan. 31, to show her 2006 film “Can You Hear Me? Israeli and Palestinian Women Fight for Peace.”
The viewing, which is free and open to the public, will be from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the SunTrust Room of the Business Aerospace Building. Rivlin will present the film and will be available afterward to answer questions.
Directed, written and produced by Rivlin and narrated by actress Debra Winger, “Can You Hear Me?” focuses on how dialogue, even among those who have profound disagreements, can bring about positive and significant change
Rivlin’s Web site (http://www.lillyrivlin.com) states, “Can You Hear Me? Israeli and Palestinian Women Fight for Peace’ is the first documentary to explore in depth the role of Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists dealing with one of the world’s oldest conflicts. Though prospects for peace have ebbed and flowed between Israelis and Palestinians, women peace activists have worked consistently to bring an end to the bloodshed that has brought so much anguish to both sides.”
Lilly Rivlin, who can trace her heritage as a Jerusalemite back seven generations, has worked as a journalist, writer and filmmaker for the last 35 years internationally and in the U.S. She also works as a consultant to foundations on Middle East politics, Jewish affairs, gender issues and non-violent conflict resolution. In addition to “Can You Hear Me?,” her films include “Miriam’s Daughters Now,” “Gimme a Kiss,” and “The Tribe.” Rivlin’s writings have appeared in the Washington Post and Ms. magazine, among other publications.
This event is sponsored by MTSU’s Middle East Center. For more information, contact Dr. Allen Hibbard, director, at 615-494-8809 or ahibbard@mtsu.edu, or Dr. Sonja Hedgepeth at 615-898-2280 or shedgepe@mtsu.edu.

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ATTENTION, MEDIA: For color jpegs of scenes from the film “Can You Hear Me? Israeli and Palestinian Women Fight for Peace” and/or a color jpeg of Lilly Rivlin, contact Gina Logue in the Office of News and Public Affairs at 615-898-5081 or gklogue@mtsu.edu.