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Public TV Premiere of Repairing the World THIS WEEK
As we prepare to commemorate five years since the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life is premiering on PBS stations across the country.
Repairing the World documents Pittsburgh’s powerful community response in the aftermath of hate. Through the voices of survivors, family members, diverse residents and leaders, the film shows the power of unity in a moment of crisis, the resilience of a vibrant city, and a community working together to understand what it means to be stronger than hate.
Please watch the film with your family and friends, and share news of the broadcast with your community.
New York Times: What’s on TV This Week
Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life is included in the New York Times’s What’s on TV This Week. Find out when and where to watch the film in your area: repairingtheworldfilm.org/broadcast-times
Current: Not in Our Town film highlights power of Pittsburgh’s response to 2018 shooting
Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life is featured in this October 20, 2023 article from Current. “Anyone can cover a tragic event that’s full of sadness, heartbreak, but in this film, Patrice [O’Neill] focused … on how a community can come together despite the tragic elements … to speak out and to fight against hate,” said David Solomon, managing director of production and TV station manager at WQED. “That’s a different spin than I’ve seen in the coverage of this synagogue shooting to date.”
Seeking Justice: Guilty Verdict in Tree of Life Shooting
After only one day of deliberation, a jury in a federal court in Pittsburgh, PA found the man charged with killing eleven people in the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history, guilty on all 63 charges including hate crimes. Six other people were wounded in the attack on three congregations at Tree of Life synagogue on October 27, 2018. The sentencing phase of the trial, including testimony from the victims’ families, is expected to last six weeks. Read more and find links to updates on the trial…
LA Screening of ‘Repairing The World’
In collaboration with IKAR and Samara Hutman's The Righteous Conversations Project, we gathered to watch the new NIOT film Repairing the World: Stories from The Tree of Life. What followed was a deeply meaningful conversation about unity, resilience, and hope featuring: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Congressman Adam Schiff, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Executive Director of NewGround, Aziza Hasan, and the film's director Patrice O'Neill…
Watch: ‘Repairing the World’ Panel at the Columbia Journalism School
Watch this important conversation, hosted by the Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights at Columbia University on Sept. 22, 2022
‘Repairing the World’ Wins AUDIENCE AWARD at 2022 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival!
"Heartbreakingly relevant, Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life, chronicles the tumultuous three years following the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue which took the lives of 11 Jewish congregants in the fall of 2018." -SFJFF
World Premiere at the Pittsburgh JFilm Festival
Repairing the World had its World Premiere at the Pittsburgh JFilm Festival and won the “Best Documentary” audience award at the festival!