Frontiers of Dreams and Fears

This heartfelt documentary from awardwinning filmmaker Mai Masri explores the enduring friendship that evolves between two Palestinian girlsMona who was born and raised in the economically marginalized Shatila refugee camp in Beirut and Manar who lives in the Dheisha refugee camp under Israeli control The two girls begin their friendship as penpals sharing the similarities and differences of life in the two refugee camps Mona and Manar are finally able to meet facetoface at the LebaneseIsraeli border during Israels withdrawal from South Lebanon But when the second intifada suddenly erupts around them shortly thereafter both girls must face heartbreaking changes in their lives