‘My So-Called Enemy’ film screening, discussion scheduled

A film about building bridges of understanding in communities “My So-Called Enemy” will be screened at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 19, in the Student Union Movie Theater.

Spanning seven years, “My So-Called Enemy” follows six Palestinian and Israeli teenage girls committed to justice and mutual understanding after participating in a women’s leadership program called Building Bridges for Peace. This film documents how the young women’s transformative experience of knowing their “enemies” as human beings in the United States meets with the realities of their lives in the Middle East.

Emmy Award-winning director Lisa Gossels will facilitate a discussion following the screening. This free, public event is cosponsored by the Office of International Programs as part of International Education Week; the Chancellor’s Diversity Challenge Fund; the departments of Philosophy, Religious Studies and Global, International and Area Studies; film studies, Hillel and the Muslim Students Association.