Beyond the Divide

About the Project:

Set in the vast, moun­tain­ous beau­ty of Mon­tana, BEYOND THE DIVIDE is a fea­ture-length doc­u­men­tary film about war, peace, and the courage to find com­mon ground.

Almost 50 years have passed since the begin­ning of the Viet­nam War. The pol­i­tics and casu­al­ties are his­to­ry yet deep scars remain between those who served and those who fought a dif­fer­ent war at home. In Mis­soula, Mon­tana, a mys­te­ri­ous graf­fi­ti peace sym­bol inflamed the endur­ing ani­mos­i­ty, divid­ing a com­mu­ni­ty for decades. Through the coura­geous acts of a Viet­nam vet­er­an and a peace advo­cate, BEYOND THE DIVIDE illu­mi­nates a path to heal­ing old wounds and demon­strates authen­tic peace build­ing. The sto­ry inspires audi­ences to take coura­geous first steps to reach beyond polar­iza­tion in search of what unites us instead of what divides us.

Beyond the Divide is a pro­duc­tion of Qui­et Island Films