Violence and nonviolence are, after all, two different forms of theater. They both depend and thrive on the response of an audience.

Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?

Non-violence is not glamorous, and you don't see the effects right away.

If we don't pay attention to [nonviolent protests], they are invisible, and it's as if they never happened. But I have seen first hand that if we do, they will multiply.

For any filmmaker who has just released a film and who is experiencing some measure of success, the temptation can be great to respond to every screening request that comes in.

Violence and nonviolence are, after all, two different forms of theater. They both depend and thrive on the response of an audience.

Violent resistance and nonviolent resistance share one very important thing in common: They are both a form of theater seeking an audience to their cause.