ADDITIONAL VIDEOS
A CONVERSATION WITH MOHSEN MAHDAWI
A conversation between Mohsen Mahdawi, Vermont-based Palestinian human rights advocate, and filmmaker Robbie Leppzer, director of AN ARTIST RESPONDS TO WAR, filmed at the Latchis Theater in Brattleboro, Vermont on October 11, 2026. In this on-stage post-screening discussion filmed before a live audience, Mohsen Mahdawi talks about his life growing up in Palestine in the occupied West Bank, his work as a student activist at Columbia University, his arrest by ICE agents, and the current state of his legal battles to fight deportation by the Trump administration. For more information: www.Mohsen-Mahdawi.com
ART AND ACTIVISM IN A TIME OF WAR - Discussion Panel
A discussion panel with film director Robbie Leppzer, director of AN ARTIST RESPONDS TO WAR; Gili Getz, Israeli-American photojournalist, actor, and peace activist; David Solnit, puppeteer and arts organizer/social justice activist; and Erin Axelman, co-director of the documentary ISRAELISM. This panel followed the virtual screening of AN ARTIST RESPONDS TO WAR, a new film by filmmaker Robbie Leppzer, about Peter Schumann and the Bread & Puppet Theater.