La Vida Bajo Las Bombas [DVD]

Making life possible under bombs is the challenge of Lebanese civil society, NGOs, citizens and volunteers during the war with Israel. Aid to refugees and children, international solidarity, human shields, the impact of cluster bombs and anti-personnel mines on the civilian population, environmentalists. Stories forgotten by the media, stories of hope, non-violence and peace in the midst of death and conflict. During the war between Israel and Lebanon, NGOs, Lebanese civil society, volunteers and people with no previous experience, meet and organize to help refugees fleeing the bombings and make it possible, as the title of the documentary states, the continuity of life and hope under the bombs. An unprecedented story in a war situation that the traditional media failed to capture. The 78-minute documentary describes the chronological evolution of the events and key locations of that war from the first days to the weeks after the conflict. Civil groups helping refugees, art workshops for displaced children, demining and the impact of bombs, the work of environmentalists to alleviate the environmental impact of war, the international solidarity of NGO delegations and unions , a caravan of human shields to stop the bombings. The totality of these stories constitute an unprecedented plea against death and war.