One Day for Peace

Produced by Urban Theatre Projects, this multi-faith documentary combines everyday ritual with reflections on humanity, impermanence and social justice. One Day For Peace wrestles with some big (and not so big) questions inside homes, prayer houses and from the back seat of a taxi.

To make the documentary, Director Rosie Dennis spoke with more than 100 people across cultures, religions and regions in Western Sydney, and interviewed over 50 individuals. The final documentary features 27 people from 10 different faiths, including Aboriginal Spirituality, Baha’i, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Mandaeanism, Meditation, Orthodox Christianity and Sikhism.

One Day For Peace invites us into the daily lives of these 27 different people as they speak openly about what they believe, how and why they practice, their questions and doubts, and their understanding of life, death, divinity and the afterlife.

Produced by Utp, this multi-faith documentary combines everyday ritual with reflections on humanity, impermanence and social justice. One Day For Peace wrestles with some big (and not so big) questions inside homes, prayer houses and from the back seat of a taxi in Western Sydney.

To make the documentary, Director Rosie Dennis spoke with more than 100 people across cultures, religions and regions in Western Sydney, and interviewed over 50 individuals. The final documentary features people from many different faiths, including Aboriginal Spirituality, Baha’i, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Mandaeanism, Meditation, Orthodox Christianity and Sikhism.

One Day For Peace invites us into the daily lives of these people as they speak openly about what they believe, how and why they practice, their questions and doubts, and their understanding of life, death, divinity and the afterlife.

One Day For Peace engages directly with the following General Capabilities of the National Curriculum:

• Ethical Understanding
• Critical and Creative Thinking
• Intercultural Understanding

It is also relevant to Year 7–10 studies of History, Civics and Citizenship, and English.

To accompany the film, a study guide has been produced for teachers of late primary school and secondary school across a range of humanities subjects, namely Human Society and Its Environment (HSIE), Studies of Religion and Geography.

One Day for Peace addresses the General Capabilities of (i) Ethical Understanding, (ii) Critical and Creative Thinking as well as (iii) Intercultural Understanding of the Australian National Curriculum.

A full study guide can be downloaded from The Education Shop. If you are interested in purchasing the full film please get in touch here. You can also download a free study guide by getting in touch here.

One Day For Peace aired on ABC’s Compass program on Sunday, 25 September at 6:30pm. It was available on ABC iview until 25 October 2016.

One Day For Peace was premiered over two weeks in 14–27 September 2015, screening nightly in high pedestrian traffic locations across Western Sydney. The film was projected onto buildings, in shopping centres and train stations in Auburn, Bankstown, Blacktown, Canley Heights, Liverpool, Mt Druitt and Parramatta, with the aim of intersecting with people’s everyday. The project also attracted widespread media coverage, appearing on Lateline, ABC 702 Mornings and Sydney Morning Herald.

On 22 September 2015, the ABC’s Geraldine Doogue facilitated a public talk at Parramatta Town Hall asking diverse panelists to respond to the film. Panellists includedMaha Abdo, Professor James Arvanitakis,Dr. John Rees, and Rosie Dennis.

Would you like One Day For Peace to be screened your school, community or corporate event? You can purchase a screening kit, which will allow you to host your own One Day For Peace screening. Please contact Utp [[email protected]] for more information.

Screening kits include:•    Screening Licence•    Copy of the film•    Electronic poster and invitation templates to let everyone know

Film

• Director: Rosie Dennis
• Cinematography: Sam James
• Editor: Nicholas Beauman A.S.E.
• Additional Editing: Bin Li
• Sound Recordist: Mark Blackwell
• Composer: James Brown
• Additional Music Composition: Aaron Symonds
• Assistant Editor: Nicholas Ralph
• Sound Editor: Andrew Belletty
• Post Production Facilities: Spectrum Films & twodogs.tv
• Post Production Producers: Winnie Sempio & Murray North
• Colourist: Billy Wychgel
• Online Editors: James Cowie & Tim Hitchen
• Production Assistant: Frank Mainoo
• Associate Producer: Antonia Seymour
• Producer: Tian Zhang
• Executive Producers: Julieanne Campbell & Rosie Dennis

2015 Screenings

• Production Manager: Garth Knight
• Assistant Production Manager: Aden Dalton Wessels
• Marketing: Maria White
• Administration: Lukas Bliekendaal
• Finance: Amanda Smith

Ahmed Abdo, Ashish Bhuta, Seforosa Carroll, Tahera Chaudhary, Pojivovthy Chettiar, Shadan Chohili, Roni Cohavi, Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, Ciaron Dunn, Joseph Jarczewski, John Jegasothy, Arvinder Kaur, Michael Morris, Firas Naji, Benjamin Oh, Nam Phan, Gerald Polites, Mina Polites, Dr K. Rajendran, Monir Rowshan, Thich Phuoc Sanh, Rishama Salah, Gursagar Singh, Jaspal Singh, Padam Deep Singh, Ursula Stuart, Firaol Tujuba.

Auburn City Council, Australia Council for the Arts, Bankstown City Council, Blacktown City Council, Crown Resorts Foundation, Fairfield City Council, Liverpool City Council, Packer Family Foundation, Sydney Community Foundation, University of Western Sydney

We would like to acknowledge the support of the Crown Resorts Foundation and Packer Family Foundation for the funding provided by the Western Sydney Arts Initiative grant which has allowed us to produce ONE DAY FOR PEACE.