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Documentary Film Screening Schedule

Non-Violence: 

The next great Revolution

In Peace We Trust 

A film by Petra Daher

Based on the work of the Meta Peace Team

MPT working with Poor People's Campaign

MPT at Poor People's Campaign protest in Lansing, Michigan

MPT at The March For Women

Michigan Premiere

Earthwork Harvest Gathering, Lake City, Michigan, 

Midnight @ the Barn Saturday, September 21, 2019
Sunday, September 22, 2019 11am 
Panel Discussion on Non-Violent Resistance 

Details  www.earthworkharvestgathering.com

Lansing Premiere and Discussion

Peace Quest, 
MSU B117 Wells Hall East Lansing, Michigan,  

7:15 Wednesday, September 25, 2019 

Discussion with MPT Trainers 

Peter Dougherty, Kim Redigan and Filmmaker Petra Daher
Concluding with a  Sing along with Karen Hoene and Peter "Standing on the Side of Justice."

Details https://peacequestgreaterlansing.org   

Produced and Directed by Petra Productions 

For more information contact www.petradaher.com 
or www.metapeaceteam.org

Filmmaker Petra Daher interviewing MPT Co-founder Peter Dougherty

MPT Working with Refugee Service

In Peace We Trust

Non-Violence: The Next Great Revolution


The documentary film In Peace We Trust by Petra Daher Productions explores the Meta Peace Team, a group promoting non-violent alternatives for over 20 years in the United States and abroad. The documentary features co-founder Peter Dougherty and explores the tools and resources the MPT uses to deal with conflict through a series of interviews with key members and footage of peace teams in action. The documentary exposes how the MPT provides resources for citizens to become peacemakers and the benefits and success of non-violent alternatives.

Featuring footage of 

The Meta Peace Team

The Poor People’s Campaign

The People’s Water Board

World Water Day

Black Lives Matter

Detroit to Flint to Lansing Water Justice Journey

The Women’s March

The Lansing Garden Project

Half Barn Farm

Little Artsram Puppet and Mask Theater

For more information visit

http://www.petradaher.com/in-peace-we-trust.html 

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The Chris Clark Fellowship

Filmmaker Petra Daher, Chris Clark Fellow

I’m excited to announce that I received a 2017 Chris Clark Fellowship in support of my documentary film work.  This support comes thanks to the Arts Council of Greater Lansing and Chris Clark.  

Chris Clark created a memorable legacy; he passed at 29 and left his inheritance to the arts.  He was a businessman and nationally known DJ who bequest his life insurance policy to the Arts Council of Greater Lansing to support working artists.  Each year 8 artits from Michigan receive the fellowship.

I’m an independent film producer and director, who is a one-woman production company.  My goal as a digital storyteller is to create and share stories that make a difference.  I’ve been making documentaries since I was a teenager and I still love the process; being a filmmaker is a labor of love.  Documentary film production is long, complicated and undefined, money is scarce and grants are rare and very competitive.  Equipment is expensive and software and equipment standards are always changing.  So gifts like the Chris Clark Fellowship are rare and I am very grateful.  I’ll use the money to purchase a state of the art 4k video camera.  I’ve been working with a DSLR camera and I can’t wait to have a video camera in my kit again.  Video cameras offer a completely different approach to cinematography, but that’s another story.  

Currently, I’m independently producing two documentary projects: Tree Hugger Travel and Great Lakes Water Warriors.  Tree Hugger Travel is travel and nature documentary project.  I create environmentally centered travel guides focusing on eco-tourism and activities that support local economies.  I do this through photographs, pod casts, video postcards, documentaries, and website design.  The series includes digital storytelling about Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon and I’m currently writing the script for Michigan.  

Petra Productions editing Pipe Out Paddle Protest footage highlighting the need to end Enbridge Line 5

Great Lakes Water Warriors, my latest project, is a series of short documentaries about Michigan Water advocates who are working to protect water and enforce healthy environmental policies.  I explore the Flint Water Crisis, Water Shutoffs in Detroit, and the movement to shut down Enbridge Line 5.  The Great Lakes Water Warrior Series will be used as an educational tool and shared at teach-ins throughout the great lakes region.  I’ve spent the past two years working with community leaders and activists from Lansing, Flint, Detroit and Northern Michigan and I am in the unique position to capture their stories in a very personal way.  These grassroots activists need and deserve to have their stories shared.

I’m also partnering with the Lansing based non-profit group the Meta Peace Team, and am in the postproduction stage of Empowered Peacemaking.  This 30-minute documentary is about the mission and philosophy of The Meta Peace Team.  The group teaches peace studies and conflict resolution and places peace teams both domestically and abroad.  The documentary will help share the mission and philosophy of this very important group.

We are living during a critical moment in history.  Art, humanities, human rights and the environment are under attack.  I have set the goal to center my work around projects that support humanities, human and environmental health and the arts.  As a Media Arts Activists and Collector of Stories, I believe the arts are part of the solution and necessary to create paths for understanding and healing.

Staff and Award winners at Arts Council of Greater Lansing

 “Documentary filmmaking serves an important role in society; I love the process of capturing stories and the ability to be a media activist and artist who promote stories with a purpose."

Petra Daher