Peace One Day
Politics
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1h 20m
The story of director Jeremy Gilley's six year quest to persuade the global community via the United Nations to sanction officially a day without conflict. This film documents the process to the eventual unanimous adoption by UN member states of the first ever ceasefire day or global day of peace, fixed as September 21st.
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