Yom Ha’atzmaut Film: Never Stop Dreaming (OC Premiere)

Part of the Reflections Series and in partnership with IAC

Wednesday, April 26 at 7 P.M.

Film followed by Q&A with director Richard Trank

In celebration of Israel’s 75th birthday please join us for a special Yom Ha’atzmaut film screening on Wednesday, April 26 at 7 p.m. 

Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres features interviews with Peres family members, friends, close associates, as well as a long list of world leaders. This film biography began shooting in close cooperation with Mr. Peres in early 2016, several months before his death. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, two-time Prime Minister and ninth President of the State of Israel, gave Academy Award® winning writer and director Richard Trank, executive producer of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Moriah Films, and his crew more than 50 hours of archival interviews examining his life.

Among the topics President Peres discussed in depth were the period in which he helped to build Israel's military and nuclear program; the Six Day and Yom Kippur wars; the role he played in 1976 organizing Israel’s heroic rescue of hostages in Entebbe; and his many hours focused on the Oslo Peace Accords. Peres also reflected on his legacy, on his belief that Israel's advances in technology and science will ultimately bring peace to the Middle East and why his optimism never wavered.

Fusing optimism with practicality, Peres was both a hawk credited with building Israel’s military and nuclear programs ,and a Nobel-winning dove devoted to brokering a lasting Middle East peace.

Interviews with Peres and former world leaders, archival footage and photos, and George Clooney’s stately narration, complete this stirring profile of an Israeli founding father and humanist.

Director: Richard Trank

Documentary Feature, 129 minutes