| Event Name | City of Borders - Rainbow Reels Screening |
| Organization | Waterloo Public Interest Research Group |
| Region | Kitchener-Waterloo |
| Date | Saturday, Mar 20 |
| Location | Princess Twin Cinema |
| Start Time | 7:00 p.m. |
| Event Info | City of Borders - Dir. Yun Suh - Documentary
City of borders follows the daily lives of five Israelis and Palestinians at Jerusalem’s only gay bar as they navigate the minefield of politics, religion and discrimination to live and love openly. Set against the construction of the separation wall between Israel and the Palestinian territories and the struggle for a gay pride parade in Jerusalem, these inter-woven stories reveal the contradictions and complexity of the struggle for acceptance.
“Everyone comes from their own ghetto and meets at Shushan,” says the bar’s owner Sa’ar Netanel, a secular Israeli and Jerusalem’s first openly gay city council member. Sa’ar’s outspokenness has made him a target of numerous death threats.
In observing the patrons’ daily fight for dignity and their very existence, this extremely relevant and inspiring documentary explores the bond forged when people from warring worlds embrace what they share in common rather than be divided by their differences.
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| Type | Video-Film |
| Event Website | http://www.rainbowreels.org |
| Organization Info | WPIRG is a student funded and directed organization whose mission is to provide a framework and support for students to research, educate, and take action on environmental and social justice issues. |
| Email | info@wpirg.org |
| Organization Website | http://wpirg.org |
| Phone Number | (519) 888-4882 |
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