Sunday, January 31, 2010

Peace is a Verb



That is the theatrical trailer of Abigail Disney's debut film, Pray the Devil back to Hell. She produced this award winning documentary film that tells the inspirational tale of the women of Liberia who joined forces, overlooking all religious and class differences, to bring peace to their war torn country.

Disney came to Lawrence University to talk about her film, her experiences and about peace. The story that the documentary covers is truly extraordinary and why I had never heard of it before. It made me wonder about if a country like Bangladesh (where I'm from in case y'all didn't know) were to be inflicted by some genocide, if the women of the country would be able join forces, hold their own and make peace happen like these women did. In a muslim country like Bangladesh, if the women were to take their clothes off, I don't even know what would result from that.

Disney said, "Peace is a process, it is not an event."
That is a very strong, inspirational statement and she very eloquent in describing her views on peace and war. The sad part about talks regarding major topics such as peace, war, the environment is that they always run the risk of sounding trite very easily. The message is very important but it is truly hard to hold the audience's attention when speaking about ideologies that the audience is being exposed to everyday. That is why I think it is really important to find new and interesting ways to retell these stories.

I liked the part when she said, 'There is no such thing as a smart bomb. All bombs are dumb."

1 comment:

  1. Disney sprinkled her talk with the slogans you mention. Are you saying she's preaching to the choir? She could be spending her inheritance on yachts and jewels instead of films!

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