‘Beyond Right and Wrong’ Shows Forgiveness in the Face of Tragedy

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Panelists discuss the new film ‘Beyond Right and Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness’ at the Social Good Summit on Sept. 21, 2014
Image: Mashable, Casey Kelbaugh

When Richard Moore was 10 years old, he was shot in the face and blinded by a British soldier.

Faced with his shooter more than 30 years later, Moore had an epiphany. “The first day that I found out his name, everything changed,” he said. “It wasn’t a soldier then. It was Charles … It was a human being.”

In Beyond Right and Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness, one woman explores heart wrenching stories of grief and loss from conflict zones around the globe. The award-winning film is an intimate look at how people are able to rebuild after unimaginable tragedy, and the awesome power that forgiveness can play in the process.

The film has partnered with the website FilmRaise, which is dedicated to providing a free platform to showcase socially impactful films. For every view of Beyond Right and Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness, the site and its partners will make a donation to a charity of the viewer’s choice.

On Sunday, Bassam Aramin, Rob Damelin, and Rami Elhanan joined producer and co-director Lekha Singh to host a session at the 2014 Social Good Summit.

Between screening poignant scenes, the panelists discussed the impact of the film, and how it’s being used in various places to make difference, including hospices, the military and prisons. The idea: forgiveness transcends politics, religion and taking sides.

“I’m very hopeful that humans … are capable of immense healing,” Singh said on stage. “In the darkest places, and the darkest moments, you see the most light.”

The Social Good Summit is a two-day conference about the intersection of technology and social good hosted by Mashable, the United Nations Foundation, the United Nations Development Programme and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The event took place in New York City, with meetups hosted all over the globe.

Beyond Right & Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness – Public Trailer from Lekha Singh on Vimeo.

About Social Good Summit

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The Social Good Summit is where big ideas meet new media to create innovative solutions and is brought to you by Mashable, The 92nd Street Y, The United Nations Foundation, The United Nations Development Programme and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Held during UN Week, the Social Good Summit unites a dynamic community of global leaders to discuss a big idea: the power of innovative thinking and technology to solve our greatest challenges.

Date: Sunday, Sept. 21 through Monday, Sept 22
Time: 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. each day
Location: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y.

Press: Press credentials will be given to press and bloggers from around the world for all Social Good Summit sessions and the Digital Media Lounge (DML). The DML is a fully wired workspace at 92Y to report out of, network with fellow members of the media and self-organize interviews and exclusive content from Social Good Summit sessions. The DML will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. To apply, please fill in the form here.

A special thanks to our sponsors Beyond Right and Wrong, the Jynwel Foundation, BT and the Caterpillar Foundation.

Read more: http://mashable.com/2014/09/21/beyond-right-and-wrong-film/

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