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A ONCE AND FUTURE PEACE

SPECIAL PRESENTATION | ART OF IMPACT

US 2021, 96 min Director ERIC DANIEL METZGAR
Throughout ancient and modern times, Peacemaking Circles have long been used by Native American cultures as a practice to resolve conflict between individuals and their community. Based on Indigenous customs, these Circles provide a safe space for honest dialogue where barriers and stereotypes are broken down and damaged relationships can be healed. In his powerful new film, Emmy Award®-winning, San Francisco-based director Eric Daniel Metzger (Reporter, A Film About Animals (For My Children to Watch When They Are Older)) creatively weaves animation and live action footage together to track a Mexican American teenager facing four felony charges as he struggles through the program, shepherded by a former Cambodian gang leader who is serving as his mentor. Filled with heart and passion, A Once and Future Peace offers a rare opportunity to explore how Peacemaking Circles have been reimagined to keep our youth out of prison, garnering positive results in pilot restorative justice programs around the country.

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DIRECTOR

ERIC DANIEL METZGAR is an Emmy®-winning filmmaker and producer. He directed, shot, and edited Reporter (2009), about New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof, which premiered at Sundance and was nominated for an Emmy Award and the International Film Award by Cinema for Peace. He also directed, shot, and edited Life.Support.Music. (2008), which was broadcast on POV, and The Chances of the World Changing (2006), which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Metzgar edited and produced Crime + Punishment, which won the Grand Jury Award for Social Impact at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was shortlisted for an Academy Award®.

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FILM INFO

COUNTRY:US
YEAR:2021
RUNNING TIME:96 min
LANGUAGE:English
DIRECTOR:Eric Daniel Metzgar
PRODUCER:
Mikaela Beardsley
CINEMATOGRAPHER:
Domenic Barbero
EDITOR:
Eric Daniel Metzgar
PRINT SOURCE:
Eric Daniel Metzgar
NOTE WRITER:
Kelly Clement