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Making Peace Visible

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In the news media, war gets more headlines than peace, conflict more airtime than reconciliation. And in our polarized world, reporting on conflict in a way that frames conflicts as us vs. them, good vs. evil often serves to dig us in deeper. On Making Peace Visible, we speak with journalists and peacebuilders who help us understand the human side of conflicts and peace efforts around the world. From international negotiations in Colombia to gang violence disruptors in Chicago, to women advocating for their rights in the midst of the Syrian civil war, these are the storytellers who are changin...

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A filmmaker’s perspective on the Colombian peace process 04.05.2022 26:47

When Colombian filmmaker Juan Carlos Borerro worked on films or TV shows in the countryside as a young man, the crew would have to stop shooting and run from the FARC when the guerillas came near. Everyone he knew had a family member who had been kidnapped or killed, and he never thought he would live to see an end to the war in his country. So when the government and the FARC forged a peace accor...

Using films to foster peace 24.01.2022 32:10

This is an interview with Nina Streich, the Director and Founder of the Global Peace Film Festival, which operates out of Orlando, Florida. Nina and her partner, Kelly DeVine have probably seen more films on peace than any two people on the planet. Nina talks about the nature of films on peace and what motivates filmmakers to make them. This year, the festival will be celebrating its 20th annivers...

How our brains are affected by war 24.01.2022 53:12

Mari Fitzduff , is a peacebuilder and the author of a fascinating new book, Our Brains at War: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding . Mari’s book is deeply relevant to the polarization and violence that is happening right now in America. Our Brains at War explains a lot about the brain chemistry that’s driving the anger and violence we are seeing, almost every day in the U.S. Making Peac...

How do we address polarization? 24.01.2022 33:18

This is an interview with Julia Roig, Chairman of the Board of The Alliance for Peacebuilding and Founder of The Horizons Project. The Horizons Project is dedicated to developing new narratives to help make the peacebuilding process more accessible to the public. Making Peace Visible is brought to you by the War Stories, Peace Stories Project , working to connect journalists and peace-builders to...