{"id":29912,"date":"2014-02-16T23:09:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T07:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=29912"},"modified":"2014-02-17T17:04:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T01:04:11","slug":"the-village-of-peace-niko-philipedes-ben-schuder-2014-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=29912","title":{"rendered":"The village of peace (Niko Philipedes&amp; Ben Schuder, 2014): USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by Filippa Hernius, Viewed at the Metro 4 Theatre, Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/village-of-peace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-30396\" alt=\"village of peace\" src=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/village-of-peace-325x216.jpg\" width=\"332\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/village-of-peace-325x216.jpg 325w, https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/village-of-peace-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/village-of-peace.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>T <\/strong>he Village of Peace reveals the untold story of the African Hebrew Israelites, <span class=\"xiqex6\" id=\"xiqex6_8\"><\/span>now thriving in the Israeli desert.<br \/>\n<strong>H <\/strong>e, the director, met a man who was raised in the village of peace but decided to move away from there, to USA. The director\u00a0decided to do a\u00a0documentary\u00a0of this ordinary\u00a0village<br \/>\n<strong>E <\/strong>ven though it seems to be a good life in the village of peace, some young people decide to\u00a0move away<\/p>\n<p><strong>V <\/strong>ery political documentary also, but focuses more on emotions<br \/>\n<strong>I <\/strong>s a documentary and we got to follow a few different persons. An old man, an old lady and a young man.<br \/>\n<strong>L <\/strong>ove, truthfulness, idea of integrity, peace. Words that describe the village of peace.<br \/>\n<strong>L <\/strong>ive life in its purest form<br \/>\n<strong>A<\/strong> man who went from America to Liberia to embrace the culture before he moved to Israel<br \/>\n<strong>G <\/strong>iven apartments in Israel &#8220;it was home&#8221;, the old man said.<br \/>\n<strong>E <\/strong>ven though medecine is important, they &#8220;use music the way doctors use medecine&#8221;, the old man says<\/p>\n<p><strong>O <\/strong>ld lady moved to &#8220;The village of peace&#8221; 1967, have been there ever since<br \/>\n<strong>F <\/strong>irst thing the man does in the morning is to\u00a0say a pray, then it&#8217;s time to workout<\/p>\n<p><strong>P <\/strong>ray is important. Martin Luther King is the role model. &#8220;We should get to the promised land&#8221;, kingdom of God. Israel.<br \/>\n<strong>E <\/strong>ven if a man has 4 women, it&#8217;s ok. One woman who shares\u00a0a man with four others\u00a0said: &#8220;I Think it&#8217;s good, because then I know who he spends the night with.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>A <\/strong>t least 3 times a week, required to work-out.\u00a0 Key to a good life<br \/>\n<strong>C <\/strong>ook food naturally, under the sun. Without unnecessary machines, and with food they grow themselves.<br \/>\n<strong>E <\/strong>ven though many people in the village of peace\u00a0are from America but moved to Israel, they don&#8217;t see America as &#8220;the land of opportunity&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by Filippa Hernius, Viewed at the Metro 4 Theatre, Santa Barbara. T he Village of Peace reveals the untold story of the African Hebrew Israelites, now thriving in the Israeli desert. H e, the director, met a man who was raised in the village of peace but decided to move away from there, to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3737,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[193,3,216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creative","category-films","category-santa-barbara-film-festival-2014"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}