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In time for World Refugee Day: join us to view the new 38-minute documentary film, Terror and Hope, The Science of Resilience, by Portland filmmaker Ron Bourke. Terror and Hope offers a singular view into the impact of war on children. Drawing from the pioneering work of an international team of scientists led by Yale University working closely with Mercy Corps' team in Jordan, the film reveals how trauma affects the brains of youth and the critical work taking place to help point them towards a brighter future. If there’s hope for refugee children and youth, it’s due in large part to those putting science to work for the oppressed and vulnerable.


LIVE Q&A with Mercy Corps team members, filmmaker Ron Bourke, and Catherine Panter-Brick, professor of Anthropology at Yale featured in Terror & Hope

Thursday, June 18th

5:30 PST / 8:30 EST


Register anytime then watch the film before the Q&A from the comfort of your own home. The film will be available between June 14-20.


Terror and Hope is funded in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Council in Portland, Oregon. 


HOW TO WATCH

1. If your screen says “Unlock for free” enter your email and password (you will need to create an account with Eventive if you don’t have one already) and the page will take you to the registration page. After registration, you will see "pre-ordered successfully."


2. You have between June 14 - 20 to begin watching the film after unlocking. Once you begin watching, you have 24 hours to complete the film. You can watch at anytime before the Q&A – the film is 36 minutes.


3. On June 18th at 5:30 PST this same page will host the live Q&A. You must be signed into your account to view. You can type questions and comments into the chat box.


4. Make it a Movie Night and follow this timeline to join in the fun simultaneously with the filmmakers and friends across the country:


Thursday, June 18th

4:50 PST / 7:50 EST

Log in to eventive to watch Terror and Hope from the comfort of your home. The film is 38 minutes long.


5:30 PST / 8:30 EST

Participate in our live Q&A with Mercy Corps team members, filmmaker Ron Bourke, and Catherine Panter-Brick, professor of Anthropology at Yale featured in Terror & Hope.

TERROR AND HOPE is a story about children and war.  It’s about stress so severe and prolonged, it can become toxic.  It’s about scientists and humanitarians working to provide hope in what can seem like a pretty hopeless world. And it’s the story of courageous Syrian families raising their children in the face of unimaginable violence and oppression.  Their past defined by terror, their future driven by hope.


Current neurological and behavioral science offers insights that could have a lasting impact on how we help these children of war to break the cycle of violence.  For peace to be even remotely possible, we will need a generation of young people with the capacity to positively adapt to adversity.  


Terror and Hope follows neurological and behavioral teams from Yale, Harvard and Hashemite Universities; Humanitarian program developers and coordinators in the U.S. and Jordan; and most notably, young researchers and humanitarian volunteers.  If there’s hope for the future of refugee children and youth, it’s due in large part to the teams of aid workers and researchers putting science to work for the oppressed and vulnerable.  Terror and Hope tells their story.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    37 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Ron Bourke
  • Screenwriter
    Ron Bourke
  • Producer
    Ron Bourke
  • Executive Producer
    Margaret Delacy
  • Co-Producer
    Amber Geiger
  • Cinematographer
    Ghassan Nazmi
  • Editor
    Ron Bourke
  • Composer
    Christopher James Thomas
  • Sound Design
    Pyata Penedo