The "St. Peter's Del Mar Spirit Film Festival" will be showcasing award-winning feature length documentaries that motivate minds and move souls! These extraordinary films celebrate transformation and the power of the human spirit. Join us for the screening and a light "Soup Supper" at 6 pm, and a Q & A with filmmakers, film subjects, and experts following the screening.

 Feb 25th

The Green Prince 

Directed by Nadav Schirman (Israel)

SUNDANCE AUDIENCE AWARD - WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY
In the style of a tense psychological thriller, this amazing film recounts the true story of the son of a Hamas leader who emerged as one of Israel's prime informants, and the Shin Bet agent who risked his career to protect him.
"Gripping... sustains the tension of a well-executed thriller." Stephen Holden, The New York Times

 

March 4th
Watchers of the Sky 

Directed by Edet Belzberg (USA)

SUNDANCE AWARD - U.S. DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
JERUSALEM FILM FESTIVAL AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY
Why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of an individual?" With this question, Raphael Lemkin, the lawyer who coined the term genocide and lobbied tirelessly for the passage of the UN Genocide Convention, changed the course of history.
Q & A: Professor Lawrence Barron, Professor Emeritus of Film, SDSU.

TBA - A miraculous gem of a story - unbelievable, but true.

A local filmmaker, our very special guest, will be present.

 March 18th

Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness to Change Producer/Director Jayasri Hart

During the bloody marches of 1965 in Selma, Alabama, a startling new group of leaders joined the battle for civil rights: African American and white Catholic nuns. Nine of these nuns look back at the events that changed their lives and helped make Selma a turning point for Martin Luther King's civil rights movement.

Q & A: Filmmaker Jaysari Hart

 

March 25th

The Singing Revolution 

Filmmakers James Tusty and Maureen Castle
A single nation. A million voices. The fall of an empire. Hundreds of thousands of Estonians gathered

publicly between 1986 and 1991, in an effort to end decades of Soviet occupation. The revolutionary songs they created anchored Estonia's non-violent struggle, and form the basis for amazing events which led to their freedom.
Q & A: Debbie Martinez, Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and