SEACOAST PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE
"Knowledge Is The Beginning"

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 7pm

at the Exeter Public Library


Set against the backdrop of violence in the Middle East, this documentary follows a collaboration between young musicians from both sides of the divide: Israelis, Palestinians, Egyptians, Jordanians and Syrians.

Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim & Palestinian writer Edward Said founded the controversial West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in 1999. Dedicated to fostering peaceful coexistence in the Middle East, the orchestra has been an overwhelming success, furthering its founders' hopes that music can promote understanding and tolerance of different beliefs and cultures.



The orchestra stands as a metaphor for what could be achieved in the Middle East. In the words of Barenboim: "The impossible is much easier than the difficult..."

(2004, 90 minutes)

Free and open to the public

For more information, please call Herb Moyer 603 772 6910