LEADER 02420ngm a22003377a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20240129103722.0 005 hubpceu 006 g|||||r|||| 00| 0 007 v| |||||| 008 121017b########xx#|||############m|heb|| 040 |bEnglish |chubpceu 041 hebeng |jeng 099 FL Record |f1215 100 Heymann, Barak, |edirector. 100 Heymann, Tomer, |edirector. 242 Bridge Over the Wadi |yeng 245 Gesher Al Ha'wadi 260 Israel : |bIsraelifilms, |c2006. 300 DVD-ROM (57 min.) 337 Moving image 500 Verzio Film Festival Submission 520 In 2004, Arab and Israeli parents embarked on a joint initiative to establish a bilingual elementary school in Kara, a village in Israel's Wadi Valley. Fierce debates preceded the opening of the school. Although the initiative was idealistic and noble, the reality was that parents still had some major hurdles to overcome. In addition, they were forced to defend their decision in the face of opponents and skeptics. The school, which is called Bridge over the Wadi, has places for 50 Jewish and 50 Arab students, but is located in the Arab part of the valley. The filmmakers observe how students, faculty and parents struggle to coexist peacefully during the first exciting year. Teachers spend a great deal of time teaching mutual respect, and they arrange field trips to the mosque and the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Some parents feel reciprocal integration is going too far when students are asked to participate in each other's religious festivities. An Arab teacher has more and more difficulty in meeting the demands of parents. Yet by the end of the year, it appears that they have succeeded in laying the foundations, however shaky and unpredictable they may be. In 2005, twice as many students signed up to attend the school. 580 Verzio Film Festival Submission 655 4 Documentary films 942 |2ddc |cDVD-ROM 952 |00 |10 |40 |50 |70 |8FL |991110FL |bFL |d2016-11-25 |l0 |r2016-11-25 |w2016-11-25 |yDVD-ROM 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6FL_RECORD_1215_000000000000000 |70 |8FL |9146527FL |bFL |d2019-03-06 |l0 |oFL Record 1215 |pHU_OSA_00002878.mp4 |r2021-11-04 |w2019-03-06 |yDIGIFILM |zAccess Copy, MP4 format |cAudio Visual 920 01 koj6LgoO 966 True |bHU_OSA_00002878 |cDigitally Anywhere / With Registration