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Stillpoint is a daring, controversial examination of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that shows the struggles of ordinary men and women on both sides. Spanning the period from 1947 to the modern day and showing how lives are affected from Boston to Beirut, from Haifa to Rockport. Do we learn from history? It would appear that we don't. What we learn we can easily forget, but understanding is of a different order, it cannot be forgotten. The poet T.S. Elliot describes this place of

Emma, always, wished on a star. She always wanted it to come try, she would not go to school, and always clean the floors of marble. But slept in the chamber. The mean old lady Gem (aka her mom) beats her with her two older brothers and two older sister, how will she live with a life of death? NOT DONE!

When the educated youth faced unemployment shattering their hopes, what is required is the self-confidence that could take them forward. When faced with the choice of choosing between a man who leans on her, and the one who stands on his own - whom does a girl choose for a life partner?