A Day in Sherborne with Peter Kosminsky
300 sixth-formers in Sherborne, Dorset, tackled Israel-Palestine issues in a study day on 28 November 2011, based on an acclaimed Channel 4 series filmed by Peter Kosminsky.
View inside the hall at the Gryphon School, seating 300 sixth-formers. Onstage: filmmaker Peter Kosminsky and the Bishop of Sherborne, Dr Graham Kings. Photo credit: Michael Ford
The Bishop of Sherborne, Dr Graham Kings, introduces Peter Kosminsky to the gathering. Photo credit: Michael Ford
Peter Kosminsky thanks the Bishop for his introduction and quickly warms to his theme - careful preparation leads to best results. Photo credit: Michael Ford
Filmmaker Peter Kosminsky introduced three clips from the film, giving a flavour of the issues in Israel-Palestine. Photo credit: Michael Ford
Filmmaker Peter Kosminsky talks of checkpoints and a dividing wall between villages. Photo credit: Michael Ford
The Bishop of Sherborne, Dr Graham Kings, talks onstage with Peter Kosminsky. Photo credit: Michael Ford
Peter Kosminsky onstage at the Gryphon School, Sherborne. Photo credit: Michael Ford
Dr Hammadi Nait-Charif, a Muslim academic, talks with sixth-formers. Still image from film by Jon Pullman.
Sixth-formers discuss the film with Michael Ford, Communications Co-ordinator. Still image from film by Jon Pullman
Sixth-formers discuss the film. Still image from film by Jon Pullman
The Bishop of Sherborne, Dr Graham Kings, introduces the panel discussion. Photo credit: Michael Ford
The Bishop of Sherborne addresses the gathering. Photo credit: Michael Ford
Peter Kosminsky concludes with final remarks and thanks to the organisers and sixth-formers, including "difficult questions" being raised. Photo credit: Michael Ford
Glyn Secker (Jews for Justice for Palestinians) speaks, watched by Anne Clayton from Friends of Sabeel UK, (an inter-denominational Palestinian Christian organisation based in Jerusalem), Dr Hassan Qasrawi, a Palestinian refugee who grew up during the British Mandate, and Jonathan Herbert, a human rights monitor who served on the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. Photo credit: Michael Ford
Left to right: Liberal Rabbi Danny Rich, filmmaker Peter Kosminsky, Bishop of Sherborne Dr Graham Kings, Muslim academic Dr Hammadi Nait-Charif. Photo credit: Michael Ford
Speakers from the day with Peter Kosminsky and staff from Sherborne schools. Photo credit: Michael Ford