Peace Commandos

Directed by: Skye Fitzgerald Produced by: Skye Fitzgerald Released: 2010 Running Time: 27 min, with additional sequences: 54 min PEACE COMMANDOS is a documentary film featuring the work of Search for Common Ground (SFCG), an innovative organization working to transform conflict in Congolese society through interactive street theater, and Mines Advisory Group (MAG), a humanitarian mine action organization working to collect and destroy weapons stores in the country. The film also raises global awareness regarding the ongoing conflict in Democratic Republic of the Congo, and documents the use of local interactive street theater as a tool for resolving violent conflict, thus expanding the public's knowledge about the intersection of loosely-held weapons and landmine stockpiles in civilian environments, while demonstrating a positive peace-building model for communities for many parts of the world to emulate. The film profiles the work of SFCG and MAG, exploring the thesis that both the