Jews Step Forward is a confessional documentary featuring 24 Jewish activists who “deconstruct Zionism” against a backdrop of searing, on-the-ground images and footage of atrocities perpetrated by Jewish citizens and military against Palestinian men and women.
Directed by Marjorie Wright, Jews Step Forward premiered in 2015, and has screened at a number of prestigious institutions and film fests, including Mexico International Film Festival 16IFF, Washington National Cathedral, and Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards, where it won Award of Recognition in July 2016.
Few are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change. Each time a person stands up for an idea, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, (s)he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
— Robert F. Kennedy
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Time: 1 hour, 8 minutes
